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Seiji Lépine
·[QUOTE="Syrte, post: 908982,
So I’m sorry, but with all of the money now flooding the world of vintage watches, especially issued, I see no reason to trust documents found randomly on line, that’s not identifiably sourced to a specific archive or historian or to a credible research predating the vintage price bubble.
Well, I have potentially some interesting news on that front. It turns out P.V.H. Weems, who invented these watches, was born in Tennessee and the state Library and Archives holds his papers. Since it’s only about 3 hours away, I may take a weekend trip down there and see if there are any papers related to the original purchase. As I understand it, he worked for Longines at the time.
I don’t think there is any way these would have been issued to U.S. pilots without some kind of lobbying effort on his part. Hopefully, there might be a record.[/QUOTE]
Now after thinking about it more, I feel it is likely the is more accurate information elsewhere than articles I found. Hope you find us more information.
