Since the dawn of flight, pilots have relied on their timepieces for navigation, with a number of brands enjoying a reputation for aviation models with easy-to-read dials and timing features. That said, attendees at the forthcoming About Time Watch Weekend will discover that it was a brand commonly associated with more elegant timepieces that found itself on the wrists of the pioneering era’s greatest heroes.

That brand is Longines, and a heritage expert from the brand’s museum in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, is bringing archival pieces and precision instruments not seen here before to the Watch Weekend.