Longines Heritage Lindbergh Hour Angle Mens Watch L2.678.4.11.2 - Replica Watches

Limited numbered edition

White lacquered dial with painted double minute track and 12 painted roman numerals. Degrees painted in blue numerals.

Packaged in beautiful wooden box with leather clasp inside brown cover box.

In May 1927 Longines accurately timed Charles Lindbergh's double record: the first solo flight across the Atlantic from New York to Paris, and the greatest distance ever flown in a straight line - in 33 hours and 30 minutes. Shortly thereafter, the close collaboration between Longines and Lindbergh gave birth to the Longines Hour Angle watch, devised and designed by Charles Lindbergh, to determine the exact longitude during long-distance flights. To calculate one's longitude, two parameters are necessary: the time of the Greenwich meridian, giving one hour angle, and the time at one's present position, giving another. The longitude is the difference between these two hour angles, which can be instantly read off this stunning re-edition, the Longines Heritage Lindbergh Hour Angle watch.

Folding caseback reads 'Longines Hour Angle Watch', No. xxxx, Designed by Col. Chs A. Lindbergh in automatic version Stainless Steel Waterresistant Swiss Made'