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What do you think of these watches?
Is there any information about the pilots that these watches were given to?
These are the Japanese ones.
Below is one of the Imperial Japanese Pilots wearing the Longines Weems.
It says here in this book that the Longines Weems for the Imperial Japanese Navy was ordered by the Tateyama Air Base.
Here is a great picture of a Mitsubishi G4M Bomber Observer wearing the Longines Weems.
It says here in this book that the Longines Weems for the Imperial Japanese Navy was ordered by the Tateyama Air Base.
Here is a great picture of a Mitsubishi G4M Bomber Observer wearing the Longines Weems.
Here is a picture of the Longines Weems at the Tateyama Air Base Historical Museum
These are the photos I have of my watches. Both are IJN Weems.
Number 832 and 946. I don't have photos of 946 case base.
832 is in John Goldberger's Longines book.
Pilot wearing one.
Pilot wearing one.
That one belongs to UBIK. Very nice gentleman living in the UK. These watches are incredibly rare.
Not many were made and I believe only 19 still exist.
I know him. But I cannot remember if it is his, or another one I spotted in a shop in Paris... You might well be right, as I took these photos the same day I took another Weems in photo, too
And this one belongs to him, that's for sure.
Does anyone here have any details about how the watch was used by the Japanese Navy?
I have a lot of information about the remaining 19 watches, but not a lot about the military history.
I have a lot of information about the remaining 19 watches, but not a lot about the military history.
Well, please don’t take this the wrong way. I have spent a year looking for all the IJN Weems. I am fairly certain I have found all of them and not one was close to new old stock condition. They don’t have boxes, they don’t have warranty cards, and they don’t have any identifying tags. Most of the IJN watches all have tropical dials and some degree of damage is common. I have never seen one without scratches and dents.
The order numbers should be for ref 4356 20852, or 20853. For 5350 the order numbers are unknown to us. The first two orders were invoiced June 1940.
I believe the NOS you saw was a civilian watch which is in amazing condition.
The order numbers should be for ref 4356 20852, or 20853. For 5350 the order numbers are unknown to us. The first two orders were invoiced June 1940.
I believe the NOS you saw was a civilian watch which is in amazing condition.
If interested, there is an IJN in honest condition available on chrono24 and it is only $36K
Longines historian claims that only about 500 watches for the IJN were produced. I am not certain that number makes sense. There is an estimate of 4000 Kamikaze.
Reconnaissance pilot in full gear. Reconnaissance Equipement.
This is the equipment used by the Reconnaissance pilots on board the G4M Bombers
No I do not. I have the Kamikaze Karafu watches like the Type 93. I took pictures of the Seikosha Tensokudokei at Sotherby's
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Some more reference pictures and my collection of Seikosha Kamikaze watches. One was captured on Iwo Jima. It is know these pocket watches were worn by Zero IJN pilots.
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