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Weems and the Luftwaffe: Hour Angle Watches by Longines, Lange, PP and V&C

Timing Instruments for German Aviation before WWII:
In 1933 the technical department of the German Aviation Ministry (RLM: Reichs-Luftfahrtministerium) tested the hour angle watch of
Longines based on developments by Weems and Lindbergh.
See the att. spec Luftwaffe document of the ‘Zeitwinkeluhr’ with 180° dial and 47,5 mm diameter (Fl 22604 of 1933) imported by Paul Baumeister Berlin.

At least the German Aviation Ministry changed the specs for the wrist watch to 55mm diameter for better…

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Help identifying a 1940s (?) Longines

Hi! Total newb here and hoping someone might be able to help me identify this. It was my grandfathers – who died in 1948 – so I know it predates then. But that’s pretty much all I know 😀

Actually I also know it’s 35mm. And that if I take the back off …

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I am in love with this watch, is it a scam ?

I want to buy my firdt watch and I am on low budget, I saw this watch and fell in love with it !
here are all the information I could get :
-under the hour VI it is written : 761swiss6244
and in the back : Stainless steel back. Below the number 201520…

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For the love of the 12.68 or 12L…

I bought this beater late last year. Thought I could use it for parts, even if it is a whole watch.

Even if it is a redial….

Once I had my hands on it, I ran the numbers past Longines:

The original serial number 6’510’974 identifies a wristwatch in stainless steel bearing the reference 5223 and the order number 22344. It is fitted with a Longines manually wound mechanical movement, caliber 12.68N (also called 12LN in the USA). It was invoiced…

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Weems dial query

Curious about this one that’s coming to the auction block.
Is this the correct dial for what this purports to be?
I’d have thought it was a US dial as the style corresponds with those I’ve seen, as well as having “SWISS” rather than “SWISS MADE”.
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Early longines keywind

Measures 45.1mm across the dial. I’m told it’s around 1870ish going off the 23311 serial number. Where would I go about getting a bezel and crystal for this?

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Vintage Longines metal bracelets

I am not sure if this topic has been discussed here before?
Original Longines metal bracelets from the fifties and sixties seem to be rare.

We know that some Conquest models like the power Reserve were available with such straps. Also the first Longines diving watch Nautilus from 1959.

Two of them are marked JB Champion on the back.
I can’t find any manufacturer’s mark on any of the other straps.

For which models were these straps originally produced?
Who were the manufacturers?

Thank…

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Search for the Oldest Longines – 183. The historically important transitional Comptoir AA4 made 1867

After reading Stephanie’s Longines book and seeing in person the oldest Longines watch the museum has in it’s collection, I started doing a little research on my own.

I was curious about the unfamiliar caliber designation of this watch in…

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Been eyeing the Master Collection Moonphase Retrograde– Where is it?

So, I keep looking at this watch in 41mm : https://www.longines.com/en-us/p/watch-longines-master-collection-retrograde-l2-738-4-71-6

It seems pretty great, a complicated movement with a fantastic looking dial, in a pretty fantastic package! BUUT, The no one at the AD in my area have even heard of it! It has basically no youtube video presence, and I don’t really see it for sale 2nd hand on forums/etc (never been for sale here OR WUS!) like everything else. Did this just never…

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What vintage Longines is on your wrist today?

Here is a honey single button stop watch about 1935.

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