| Brand | Longines |
|---|---|
| Model | |
| Year of production (circa) | 1935 |
| Material | 14k Yellow gold |
| Crystal | Acrylic |
| Dial color | Champagne |
| Movement | Hand-wound |
| Diameter | 49 mm |
Dress, Vintage Watches
Longines Pocketwatch ‘The Flying Dutchmen’
Okay Amsterdam is not Hollywood, but we have also a great movie world. Documentary and movies about historical events of Dutch history. For example, Albert Plesman and Anthony Fokker, are famous for bringing civil aviation to The Netherlands. For the stylist a challenge to find the right props.
So they came to us for a pocketwatch they can use, and see here the Longines pocketwatch that they used. From about 1935 with Arabic numerals and blue hands. Comes with an old box and 2-year warranty.
So come and fly with us on the 9 streets in Amsterdam.
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Brand
Longines
Dial color
Champagne
Model
Pocketwatch
Movement
Hand-wound
Year of production (circa)
1935
Diameter
49 mm
Material
14k Yellow gold
Warranty
2 year (AWCo)
Crystal
Acrylic
It was back in 1832 in St. Imier that we find the roots of Longines. The house was founded by Auguste Agassiz and is currently under ownership of the Swatch Group. The brand would get its recognizable winged hour glass logo in 1889. It is the world’s oldest registered trademark.
Longines is currently very active in equestrian sports, but its heritage is predominantly in aviation. In 1927, the brand manufactured the 47mm Weems avigation (aviation navigation) watch in cooperation with Philip Van Horn Weems. Four years later, an hour angle watch for aerial navigation was developed in cooperation with Charles Lindbergh. A smaller Weems watch, measuring 33mm’s was introduced in 1937.
Note that this is long before the days of GPS or other automated navigation tools. Navigating your way through the sky was an extremely complex affair that required specialist tools like a Weems or Hour angle watch.
Throughout both world wars, Longines supplied military watches. They were one of the Dirty Dozen suppliers during late WWII. You will also find examples of the caged WWI trench watches in Longines’ archives.
Over the decades, Longines committed to many different genres of watches. From dress watches to chronographs and from pilot’s watches to divers. Today, its 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s dress watches are a a great entry point into vintage watch collecting. All the heritage and quality you could desire, but still relatively attainable. Once you get sucked into the brand though, there are all sorts of exotic and rare collectibles to be found.
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