Vintage Watches Collection : A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time with the @longines Heritage Department at St Imier. Our good friend Matt Hanson of @vintagelongines joined us and this is the first of a series of articles to be published by him over the coming months about some of the amazing watches we shot. The first article is Four Longines Youve Never Heard Of. This mysterious prototype is recorded in the Longines archives as a wristwatch in stainless steel containing a manually wound movement calibre 12.68n. The watch was produced in 1949 and was presented to the technical director Mr. Pfister and has remained with the brand ever since. The piece features a 12-hour rotating bezel and a rather curious double minute hand. At first glance it would appear that the piece has a GMT function however as the second minute hand is attached its not quite that simple. After a discussion with the historic team at Longines and the Heritage watch-makers the current theory is that the piece which was designed for Aviators relates to airplane fuel reserves. According to what weve heard pilots are to note the remaining fuel in minutes should the fuel get to that critical stage and this function would allow the pilot to note the time and use the second hand as a countdown for 30-minutes until the fuel reserves run out. This should certainly not be taken as categorical truth and we would encourage any input below as to what it could relate to but it remains a mystery! Link in the bio.

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A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time with the Luc Sury Heritage Department at St Imier. Our good friend Matt Hanson of @vintagelongines joined us and this is the first of a series of articles to be published by him over the coming months about some of the amazing watches we shot. The first article is Four Longines Youve Never Heard Of. This mysterious prototype is recorded in the Longines archives as a wristwatch in stainless steel containing a manually wound movement calibre 12.68n. The watch was produced in 1949 and was presented to the technical director Mr. Pfister and has remained with the brand ever since. The piece features a 12-hour rotating bezel and a rather curious double minute hand. At first glance it would appear that the piece has a GMT function however as the second minute hand is attached its not quite that simple. After a discussion with the historic team at Longines and the Heritage watch-makers the current theory is that the piece which was designed for Aviators relates to airplane fuel reserves. According to what weve heard pilots are to note the remaining fuel in minutes should the fuel get to that critical stage and this function would allow the pilot to note the time and use the second hand as a countdown for 30-minutes until the fuel reserves run out. This should certainly not be taken as categorical truth and we would encourage any input below as to what it could relate to but it remains a mystery! Link in the bio.