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Longines Lindbergh
The American aviation pioneer Charles A. Lindbergh, who in 1927 had been the first to cross the Atlantic from New York to Paris with a single-engine airplane (“Spirit of St. Louis”), because of his experience with the problem of rapid position detection consulted the watch company Longines at the development of a special watch, by which the determination of the longitude could be made possible easily and quickly. This watch is also known as the „Hour angle watch“ because the most important part in determining the longitude, the hour angle from Greenwich, can be directly read from the watch. In August 1931 this watch was launched under the name “Lindbergh” simultaneously in Europe and overseas.
The brilliant design idea, how one could quickly synchronize the watch with the time signal on the radio by a central, rotating auxiliary dial, incidentally came, not by Lindbergh, but from …
Watch Classics
Automatic
- Rolex Datejust
Long-term classics from the Rolex Oyster series still in sound quality and with high prestige - Rolex Submariner - Rolex Sea-Dweller
The legendary dive watch and one of the best known and most popular watches altogether - Audemars Piguet Royal Oak
A sensation in the 1970's, today the elegant prestige sports watch - Patek Philippe Calatrava
Classic of simple, elegant luxury - Rainer Brand Panama
Understatement watch for the connoisseur with a style that is still a rewarding insiders' tip
Manual Winding
- Cartier Santos (first model)
This watch is a founder of the wristwatch as men's accessoire - Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso
Timeless classic of the Art déco and still the most importan model of the manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre
- Longines Lindbergh (Urmodell)
Authentic pioneer spirit revived - IWC Fliegeruhr Mark XI (first model)
The best known pilot's watch, perfectly readable and highly resilient - IWC Portuguese (first model)
First model in the history of oversized watches - Nomos Tangente
An icon of the factually-modern Bauhaus style, now knighted by a manufacture movement
Automatic Chronographs
- Breitling Navitimer
The classic with slide rule scale, remaining equally popular
Manual Winding Chronographs
- TAG Heuer Carrera - TAG Heuer Monaco (first models; today automatic)
Re-launched classical sports watches - Omega Speedmaster Professional
The “Moon Watch”, chosen by NASA after thorough testing and the only actual watch on the moon