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New Transcontinental Speed Record Set By Two Army Planes, Timed Exclusively By Longines
From The American Horologist magazine, July, 1944
New Transcontinental Speed Record Set By Two Army Planes, Timed Exclusively By Longines
New Transcontinental Speed Record Set By Two Army Planes, Timed Exclusively By Longines
Colonel Clair Peterson, the personal Pilot of Lt. General "Hap" Arnold, piloted a P-51 North American Mustang fighter plane, fully equipped as if ready to go into battle with the Packard Rolls Royce 1520 h.p. Merlin Motor, arrived at LaGuardia Field 6 hours, 31 minutes and 30 seconds, after leaving Los Angeles, California, on May 12, 1944.
The official time as taken from a Longines stop watch which passed timing tests according to the rules and regulations of the Federation Aeronautique 'Internationale according to the Neuchatel Observatory Bulletin was 3:32 p. m. Eastern War Time, and exactly seven minutes later Lt. Colonel Jack Carter arrived in the same type plane, after making a non-stop flight.
Colonel Peterson spent six minutes and 25 seconds refueling in Kansas City and by having a lighter weight carrying plane actually made the record seven minutes faster than Lt.
Colonel Carter, who lost five minutes circling over the Los Angeles airport to check his retracted landing gear.
It took almost seven years to beat the record established by Howard Hughes in 1937, when he flew from Burbank, California, to Newark in 7 hours and 28 minutes, averaging 327.1 miles an hour. The epochal flight of Howard Hughes was also officially timed in 1937 with Longines watches, which are the only watches available in this country with the proper Certificate of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Bulletin, issued by the Neuchatell Swiss Observatory.
John P. V. Heinmuller, President of the Longines- Wittnauer Watch Co., Inc., is also Chief Timer for the National Aeronautical Association. He was assisted in officially timing this flight by Fred Wilkinson, who acted as Timer for the National Aeronautical Association.
Following the last war Mr. Heinmuller helped organize the Timing Contest Board of the National Aeronautical Association, in harmony with chronometric specifications of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and became Chief Timer of this organization, the position he still holds today. Among the outstanding flights he timed with Longines watches were those of every major wor1cl record established in the last fifteen years. Mr. Heinmuller's new book "Man's Fight to Fly" with the chronological history of aviation has just been published by Funk and Wagnalls. It is heralded as the most outstanding aviation book published thus far. These one motored fast pursuit planes called "MustangP-51" will no doubt in the near future fly directly to Europe. The plane has a wing span of 37 feet and a four blade propeller. It can travel 30,000 feet high at which approximate altitude the Transcontinental flight was made.
The official time as taken from a Longines stop watch which passed timing tests according to the rules and regulations of the Federation Aeronautique 'Internationale according to the Neuchatel Observatory Bulletin was 3:32 p. m. Eastern War Time, and exactly seven minutes later Lt. Colonel Jack Carter arrived in the same type plane, after making a non-stop flight.
Colonel Carter, who lost five minutes circling over the Los Angeles airport to check his retracted landing gear.
It took almost seven years to beat the record established by Howard Hughes in 1937, when he flew from Burbank, California, to Newark in 7 hours and 28 minutes, averaging 327.1 miles an hour. The epochal flight of Howard Hughes was also officially timed in 1937 with Longines watches, which are the only watches available in this country with the proper Certificate of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale Bulletin, issued by the Neuchatell Swiss Observatory.
John P. V. Heinmuller, President of the Longines- Wittnauer Watch Co., Inc., is also Chief Timer for the National Aeronautical Association. He was assisted in officially timing this flight by Fred Wilkinson, who acted as Timer for the National Aeronautical Association.
Following the last war Mr. Heinmuller helped organize the Timing Contest Board of the National Aeronautical Association, in harmony with chronometric specifications of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale and became Chief Timer of this organization, the position he still holds today. Among the outstanding flights he timed with Longines watches were those of every major wor1cl record established in the last fifteen years. Mr. Heinmuller's new book "Man's Fight to Fly" with the chronological history of aviation has just been published by Funk and Wagnalls. It is heralded as the most outstanding aviation book published thus far. These one motored fast pursuit planes called "MustangP-51" will no doubt in the near future fly directly to Europe. The plane has a wing span of 37 feet and a four blade propeller. It can travel 30,000 feet high at which approximate altitude the Transcontinental flight was made.
Longines Hear From Watches In Antarctica
From The American Horologist magazine, July 1940
J. P. V. Heinmuller, President of Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co., Inc., has received a letter from Capt. J. Glenn Dyer, U. S. Cadastral Engineer written from Palmerland, U. S. Antarctica dated March 11, 1940, reporting on the performance of Longines timepieces with the Byrd Expedition. Capt. Dyer, who is chief navigator for the expedition, wrote that he has kept a daily record of the rate of the various watches since the expedition left Boston and has noticed an increase in the variation of the rate in the high latitudes of the south polar regions. The Expedition has 16 Longines navigational timepieces including special timing watches. The Expedition is expected to return to the U. S. A. in June or July, 1941.
Longines Hear From Watches In Antarctica
A Fine Longines Pocketwatch
This Longines is a bit larger than a standard 18 size watch, and its heavy silver hunter case case gives it an even more substantial feel. It is stem wound and lever-set.
My watch history knowledge is more limited when it comes to pieces like this. I mostly stick to American makes. So I can't say much about the lineage of this piece of the top of my head. If I had to guess I'd put it in the ballpark of 1900. Some of it's parts are somewhat roughly finished indicating early machinery and some handwork.
Perhaps someone with more information will comment.
Perhaps someone with more information will comment.
I was unfortunately unable to do a repair on this watch. It needs a part that in spite of all efforts could not be located. It's mainwheel is all chewed up. The watch as a result can not be wound or set. This is a shame because it is in good condition otherwise. I put just a little power on the mainspring and it ran nicely for about an hour. 
Longines
Here's something a bit different. It's a 16 size, 17 jewel Longines pocketwatch. This one is an extra thin design.
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