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Hong Kong, Oct 14, 2021
LOT 195
Longines
Ref. 628.5240, self-winding, centre-seconds, Hour-Angle; “Hour Angle Watch Designed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh”; stainless steel and gilded stainless steel
HKD 12,600 - 25,200
CHF 1,500 - 3,000 / EUR 1,400 - 2,800 / USD 1,650 - 3,300
Stainless steel, self-winding, “tonneau”-shaped, aviator’s wristwatch, hinged case-back (opening by the push-piece located on the case-band at 4 o’clock), gilded colour dial with centre-seconds and one horological complication:
· Hour-Angle (revolving central silver colour dial independently adjustable by the crown; toothed bidirectional revolving bezel engraved with the 15 degrees)
Gilded metal revolving bezel with green and black enamelled 15 degrees graduation and graduated band; the winding-crown activates the hour and minute hands; the crown actives also the revolving central dial.
Gilded metal revolving bezel with green and black enamelled 15 degrees graduation and graduated band; the winding-crown activates the hour and minute hands; the crown actives also the revolving central dial.
| Grading System | |
|---|---|
Grade: A |
Good |
Case: 3-8 |
Good Slightly scratched |
Movement: 2* |
Very good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 2-01 |
Very good HANDS Original |
Brand Longines, Saint-Imier (Bernese Jura)
Model “Hour Angle Watch Designed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh”
Reference 628.5240
Year circa 1990-2000
Movement No. unnumbered
Case No. 25 076 557
Material stainless steel and gilded stainless steel
Bracelet stainless steel and gilded stainless steel Longines bracelet with clasp
Diameter 36.6 mm. (bezel)
Caliber L.628.1
Dimensions Length 190 mm. (approx.)
Height 42.7 mm.
Width 38.1 mm.
Signature dial, case and movement
Accessories service box, booklet
Notes
The original Certificate mentioned that this watch was sold by Biber Uhrmacher ung Goldschmiede, Stäfa, Zürich, on January 28, 2000.
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Longines “Hour-Angle” watch
The “Hour-Angle” system was invented by Philip Van Horn Weems (1889-1979) of the Annapolis Naval Academy, an authority in the 1920’s and 1930’s. He trained the famous Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974), who set the record for the first non-stop transoceanic flight.
The watch was intended for rapid determination of longitude during flight. As a navigational instrument for airplane pilots, is used in conjunction with a sextant and the appropriate nautical tables, to permits the rapid computation of the Greenwich hour angle, that is, the aircraft’s longitude.
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Longines “Hour-Angle” watch
The “Hour-Angle” system was invented by Philip Van Horn Weems (1889-1979) of the Annapolis Naval Academy, an authority in the 1920’s and 1930’s. He trained the famous Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974), who set the record for the first non-stop transoceanic flight.
The watch was intended for rapid determination of longitude during flight. As a navigational instrument for airplane pilots, is used in conjunction with a sextant and the appropriate nautical tables, to permits the rapid computation of the Greenwich hour angle, that is, the aircraft’s longitude.
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