Framed by its stainless steel case of 47.50 mm of diameter, Longines' Lindbergh watch shows the hours and minutes with a pair of blued steel "Breguet" style hands plus the seconds on a white lacquered dial, protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. Along with black painted double minute track and Roman numerals, the dial features twelve blue painted Arabic numerals serving to calculate and display longitudes. The seconds hand is synchronized to a radio time signal via the silvered rotating center dial featuring a black painted double minute track and red numerals. The blue and black Arabic numerals engraved on the case's rotating bezel serve to adjust it to daily variations in the equation of time. This model is equipped with an L699 selfwinding mechanical movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 42 hours of power reserve. A hinged and engraved back cover can be lifted to reveal a transparent sapphire plate through which the movement's sparkling dance can be observed. The watch features a brown leather strap. This watch is water-resistant to 30 meters (~100 feet).

Charles Lindbergh made the first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean, between Roosevelt Field (New York) and Le Bourget (Paris) on May 20-21 1927, on board of the Spirit of Saint Louis. Following this achievement Charles Lindbergh conceived the design of the Hour Angle Watch whose production was then entrusted to Longines..

In the early decades of the last century, the "Louis XV" oversized knurled crown of the Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch could easily be manipulated by a pilot or navigator's gloved fingers. Nowadays it gives an optimal handling to its user.

The L699 movement equipping Longines' new Original-Size Lindbergh watch provides this model with 42 hours of power reserve, longer than the entire duration of Charles Lindbergh's epochal 1927 flight from New York to Paris. With 16 1/2 lines in diameter, 24 jewels and a 28,800 vibrations per hour beat, this first-class movement possesses more than enough resources to keep a watch so steeped in history running smoothly and dependably for a long time to come.

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