LONGINES | LINDBERGH WEEMS NAVIGATION WATCH ‘SWISSAIR EXCLUSIVE’, REF 628.5241 STAINLESS STEEL AVIATOR'S WRISTWATCH WITH DUAL TIME ZONE CIRCA 1990

Longines are particularly known for their ‘Aviators’ range of watches. This venture started when Longines collaborated with Captain Philip van Horne Weems, and brought out the first pilot navigation watch bearing his name. After Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic flight in 1927, Lindbergh set out to update and improve the Weems watch, based on his experience of flying over the Atlantic. He explained to Longines what he needed from a navigational watch, and the watchmakers went to work, with Charles Lindbergh giving his stamp of approval on the final product. In 1931, the Longines Lindbergh watch was born. Longines gained huge publicity through their association with Charles Lindbergh, selling the watch to working pilots and the adoring public alike. The present watch is a special numbered edition made by Longines for Swissair.