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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 168

Longines, "Lindbergh" No. 846/1000, invented by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, US Pat. 1923305, made in 1987. Very fine, hour angle, centre second, stainless steel aviator' wristwatch, accompanied with a wooden fitted box, certificate and an attache-case containing a wooden replica of the "Spirit of St-Louis" airplane.

CHF 1,500 - 1,800

Sold: CHF 2,760

C. polished, revolving bezel with the enamelled 15 degrees graduations, graduated band, the hallshaped crown activates also the revolving central dial, hinged back. D. white enamel with enamelled Roman Humeral for the12 hours indication, concentric, the 180 degrees, at the centre, revolving champagne dial bearing the 60 minutes and the 15 degrees. "Breguet" Blued steel hands. M. 17"' rhodium plated, l7jewels, lever escapement, monometallic balance, antishock system, self-compensating flat balance-spring. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 48 mm.


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Grade: B

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Dial: 1-51

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Partially reprinted

Notes

The original Longines Hour Angle Watch was designed by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh as a navigational instrument for airbone pilots. Used in conjunction with a sextant and the appropriate nautical tables, the watch permits the rapid computation of the Greenwich hour angle, that is, the aircraft 's longitude. This watch is a replica of the Hour Angle Watch which was presented by Longines on May 21, 1987 at Le Bourget airport near Paris, the airfield where Lindbergh had landed 60 years before after opening the Atlantic to aviation with this historic solo flight from New York. This watch is a faithful replica, actual size, of the famous post-World War I navigator 's watch, developed jointly by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Longines at the occasion of the flight of May 20- 21, 1927. Like the original, the Longines-Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch is equipped with a hand-wound mechanical movement. The model is produced in small series only and each watch is numbered.