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For a collector who covets the ever-desirable Caliber

These watches were anything but afterthoughts

All points west of the Prime Meridian would subtract from GMT to determine longitude and local time

including Nevile Maskelyne

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Longines Weems Second-Setting Watch Archived For a collector who covetsIn this age of global travel, its easy to take for granted the sight of contrails snaking across the sky. And yet in the early years of the last century, airplanes were a new invention. But thanks to the contributions of aviation pioneers like Alberto Santos Dumont, whose achievements in aviation are matched by those in watches, flying became more commonplace. Since aeronautical navigation posed its own particular challenges, there arose a need for