Lo scorso ottobre è stato inaugurato a Roma il nuovo edificio della Rinascente, una volta della famiglia Agnelli oggi del gruppo thailandese Central Retail Corporation. Per la nuova costruzione stata abbattuta una palazzina risalente agli anni ’50. Come spesso accade a Roma, durante gli scavi sono venute alla luce tracce di antichi insediamenti che hanno prolungato di un paio d’anni i lavori e appesantito il bilancio della compagnia thailandese per sostenerne il recupero.
Per Francesco Prosperetti, Soprintendente di Roma, «la scoperta di ben 15 arcate dell’Acqua Vergine, tra i più cospicui pezzi di acquedotto romano all’interno della città, grazie alla collaborazione tra pubblico e privato, ha permesso la creazione di una nuova e preziosa area archeologica all’interno di Rinascente». Nel cantiere seguito dall’archeologo Roberto Egidi sono emerse le antiche arcate di uno degli acquedotti romani più importanti dell’antica Roma. Le arcate, di epoca augustea, risalgono a quando nel 19 a.C. il Console e generale Marco Vespasiano Agrippa (genero dell’imperatore Augusto) fece arrivare l’acqua corrente fino al Pincio, al Pantheon e alle sue terme.
La concessione da circa 25 milioni di euro per realizzare il nuovo grande shopping center di 17.500 metri quadri è destinata alla riqualificazione del Tridente e alla sistemazione delle strade fra piazza del Popolo e largo Goldoni. Anche l’acquisto dello storico marchio della milanese famiglia Borletti, «La Rinascente»(un nome trovato da Gabriele D’Annunzio), è stato perfezionato negli ultimi giorni di luglio dal gruppo thailandese nuovo proprietario per 205 milioni di euro.
Con questo nuovo edificio in Via del Tritone, La Rinascente tornerà così in pompa magna e a poca distanza dalla sua vecchia sede di Via del Corso (chiusa nel 2009 e ceduta poi a Zara) offrendo alla Capitale un secondo shopping center assieme a quello storico di piazza Fiume. «In una città come Roma, commenta la nuova proprietà, non poteva mancare un departement store di alto profilo, all’altezza delle cattedrali dello shopping che si trovano a Parigi e a Londra». Ma con una nota in più: la vista sull’antico Acquedotto Vergine.
A world-famous, diamond-encrusted Rolex 6062 was commissioned directly by the last Emperor of Vietnam, known as the Bao Dai (or Keeper of Greatness), in 1954 Geneva.
Spring of 1954, Geneva. Following the Indochina war, the world powers meet in Switzerland to negotiate with the Viet Minh on the future of Vietnam. During a recess, a man steps out of the Hotel des Bergues, where informal negotiations were taking place, to get some fresh air. He doesn’t know it yet, but his country will soon be split in two and he will be known as theLast Emperor of Vietnam.
The Emperor’s request is a simple one: He wants the rarest and most precious Rolex ever made.
He decides to take a stroll but his footsteps take him only across the street to Chronomètrie Philippe Beguin, a famed Rolex retailer. The Emperor’s request to the staff is a simple one. He wants the rarest and most precious Rolex ever made. Before the numerous refusals of the different models presented to him, Rolex is called to the rescue and a clerk is rapidly dispatched from the Rolex workshops in the outskirts of Geneva, bringing with him a rare timepiece: the Rolex reference 6062 in yellow gold, with a black dial and diamond indexes.
A timepiece that will forever be associated with the Last Emperor of Vietnam, even taking his name: Bao Dai.
Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thụy was the 13th and last emperor of the Nguyễn Dynasty. It was not until he ascended the throne in 1925 at age 12 that he was granted the title of Bao Dai — Keeper of Greatness. Bao Dai championed reforms in the judicial and educational systems, and tried to end the more outdated trappings of Vietnamese royalty. He ended the ancient Mandarin custom that once required aides to touch their foreheads to the ground when addressing the Emperor.
Not only a man of wealth, Bao Dai was also a man of taste. He commissioned the greatest artisans of the time to create superb unique creations fit for an Emperor, may it be a villa, private yacht or car. (He notably owned a famed Ferrari 375 MM Spyder rebodied by Scaglietti to a blue/silver Tour de France.) He wanted the best, and had the eye and finesse to recognize it.
This elusive Rolex 6062, cased in yellow gold, is one of only three black dial models known to be set with diamond markers. While two examples feature six diamond markers for odd hour numbers, this particular lot from The Geneva Watch Auction: FIVE displays five diamond numerals for even numbers and a different dial layout, making this piece truly unique. It is interesting to note that due to the diamond numeral at 12 o’clock, the Rolex crown was moved down, consequently making it impossible to have the “Rolex Oyster Perpetual” above the day and month apertures. The “Officially Certified Chronometer” wording was also removed from the center of the dial and placed below the moonphase indication.
This timepiece is not only extremely desirable due to its imperial provenance, but is also a condensate of Rolex‘s genetic code: the iconic Oyster case, a Rolex “perpetual” in-house movement and of course the ultimate rarity of a full calendar complication featuring a moonphase display. The reference 6062 embodies what Rolex stands for without a shred of compromise.
The “Bao Dai” first appeared on the market in 2002, consigned by the family of the Emperor, where it was already sold by Phillips for a record breaking CHF 370’000, making it the most expensive Rolex ever sold at the time. We are delighted to offer this Rolex milestone 15 years later, from the collection of the second owner. The watch is still in spectacular, untouched and unrestored condition.
Its imperial provenance, rarity and superb condition make the “Bao Dai” one of the most valuable timepieces ever produced regardless of the brand.
Quando arrivi a New York e percorri la superstrada che collega l’aeroporto JFK con la grande mela, lo sguardo punta l’orizzonte in attesa del sorgere dello skyline di Manhattan.E puntuale esso appare in tutta la sua imponenza, sempre la stessa ma sempre diversa. Tu lo osservi in cerca di una forma nuova, un nuovo componente di questo ritratto di famiglia che presenta New York ad ogni nuovo visitatore.
Questo rito, questa iniziazione ha assunto un nuovo significato dopo l’11 settembre 2001. Mancano due protagoniste assolute, ma non solo fisicamente, anche emotivamente. Al loro posto oggi si trova la “freedom Tower” o come formalmente si chiama: il One World Trade Center. Un edificio nuovo, che sovrasta l’area della più assurda e immane tragedia terroristica che sia mai accaduta.
L’impressione arrivando in quell’area, che possiamo definire sacra, è che la gente non si renda conto di quanto quello sia stato il più terrificante degli spettacoli mai girati al centro di una grande città. I visitatori sorridono, si fanno ritrarre sul bordo delle impronte delle due torri come se alle loro spalle ci sia il Colosseo e non una gigantesca tomba.
Le due fontane o vasche che lacrimano acqua perennemente sono uno spettacolo commovente, drammatico e magnifico allo stesso tempo. Sono al centro di quella piazza e gli edifici che le circondano sembrano proteggerle dagli insulti del tempo e della storia, accompagnandole maestosamente verso l’eternità.
Unica considerazione che posso fare, al di fuori del contesto commovente di questo tragico sito, è la mancanza fisica di quelle due torri. La purezza, l’austerità immutabile espressa da quei due giganti mi è rimasta nel cuore; e seppur con grande sforzo architettonico, la nuova torre con le sue linee complesse non potrà mai eguagliarne il fascino.
…e subito il figlio di Decio cadde mortalmente trafitto da una freccia. Alla notizia il padre, sicuramente per rianimare i soldati, avrebbe detto “Nessuno sia triste, la perdita di un solo uomo non deve intaccare le forze della Repubblica”. Ma poco dopo, non resistendo al dolore di padre, si lanciò contro il nemico cercandovi o la morte o la vendetta per il figlio… Perse pertanto impero e vita…
(Giordane, De origine actibusque Getarum, XVIII, 3.)
Passeggiando nei pressi di Piazza Navona, più esattamente dal lato dei resti antichi dell’ingresso dello Stadio di Domiziano, sorge Palazzo Altemps, una delle sedi del Museo Nazionale Romano. Una struttura imponente ancora permeata dal fascino opulento del rinascimento ed ora dedicata a custodire parte del patrimonio antico che contraddistingue la capitale.
Si sa che Roma antica pulsa sotto i piedi dei suoi cittadini o di chi le fa visita ma credo che su di alcuni questo pulsare, questo battito, sortisca degli effetti per così dire da sindrome di Stendhal. Non a caso tale sindrome fu “battezzata” dallo stesso scrittore francese Stendhal (alias Marie-Henri Beyle) esattamente 200 anni fa, nel 1817 durante una delle tappe del suo Gran Tour, esperienza turistico-artistica appannaggio della classe abbiente dell’800.
Pochi giorni fà in occasione di una esposizione speciale dedicata ad Antinoo, ho deciso di tornare a visitare Palazzo Altemps, ma il fine sapevo non essere esattamente quello. Qualcosa di più profondo mi spingeva a rientrare in quelle sale, un richiamo che proveniva da un oggetto che mi era rimasto impresso e che avevo visto lì al palazzo qualche anno fà: il sarcofago Ludovisi. Quest’opera incredibile appare al visitatore non appena si entra in una grande sala dove al centro troneggia la celebre scultura del Galata Suicida.
E’ naturale che il primo sguardo lo si rivolga a quest’ultimo ma l’attenzione immediatamente scivola sull’oggetto che già si infiltra nella mente del visitatore: il sarcofago. Un groviglio inestricabile di figure attorcigliate le une alle altre in una battaglia senza fine, una guerra che appare eterna… e forse lo è. La mente si rivolge al nostro drammatico passato e, da romano, fingo di di sentire legate a me vicende che in realtà appartengono a tutti noi, all’umanità intera che selvaggiamente avanza e si evolve sacrificando lungo il suo cammino genitori e figli.
Più che un monito dal passato quest’opera rappresenta per me un avvertimento per il futuro, l’immagine nitida, quasi uno scatto fotografico di un passato tragico che attraverso le sue figure simboliche ci mostra la proiezione contemporanea del dramma dello scontro tra popoli e culture diverse. Uno scontro che ritmicamente si ripropone nella storia diverso solo nei suoi metodi ma uguale nella sua tragedia umana…
A unique Rolls-Royce Phantom I, estimated at £500,000-700,000
A unique Rolls-Royce Phantom I built in 1926 for the American businessman Clarence Gasque as a gift for his wife Maude, is one of the star lots at Bonhams Bond Street Sale in London on 4 December. It is estimated at £500,000-700,000.
Maude Gasque, a Woolworth’s heiress, had a passion for French 18th century history and design and her husband, who was the Finance Director of Woolworth’s UK operation, wanted the car’s interior to have a French theme. (He also stipulated that it should be grander and more lavish than the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost made for his Woolworth colleague Surefire Snow). Setting no limit on the budget, he left the details to the Wolverhampton based coachbuilders, Charles Clark and Sons. Clark’s owner, John Barnett, had the inspired idea of using a Marie Antoinette sedan chair he had come across at the Victoria and Albert Museum as a model. The result was a spectacular confection more resembling the throne room at Versailles than the inside of a car. On delivery, the Rolls-Royce cost £6,500, of which £4,500 had been spent on the interior – (£500 was enough in 1926 to buy a house).
Craftsmen from the famous carpet makers, Aubusson, in France, spent nine months working on a tapestry for the rear seats at a cost of £500. In keeping with a car that would come to be known as The Phantom of Love, naked cherubs featured prominently in the exotic interior, appearing in painted scenes on the ceiling and as lighting supports at the rear corners. Additional lighting was concealed behind the ceiling’s carved and gilded cornice. A bow-fronted drinks cabinet, reminiscent of an antique commode or chiffonier, was mounted on the internal division, concealing fold-down, inward-facing occasional seats – also upholstered in tapestry – in cupboards at either side. Surmounting this elaborate division was a small French ormulu clock and two French porcelain vases containing gilded metal and enamel flowers. In honour of the Gasque family’s French origins, Barnett devised a faux coat of arms at his client’s request, which was applied to the rear doors.
The bow-fronted drinks below a cherubic scene painted on the ceiling
Sadly, Clarence died in 1928 and in 1937 Maude – who lived until 1959 and spent the rest of life promoting vegetarianism – put The Phantom of Love into storage. She sold it in 1952 to the well-known Rolls-Royce car collector Stanley Sears, and it subsequently passed through the hands of enthusiasts in Japan and the USA before returning to the UK and its most recent owner. Bonhams Senior Motor Car Specialist Rob Hubbard said, “Extensively illustrated and described in numerous books and magazine articles about the Rolls-Royce marque, The Phantom of Love is, arguably, the most famous surviving Rolls-Royce after ‘AX 201’, the factory owned 1907 Silver Ghost. Unique and well documented, it is of the highest quality and without question one of the very finest examples of art and craftsmanship applied to an automobile. The Phantom of Love would grace any important private collection or make a wonderful exhibit for a museum display.”
L’abito con cui Marilyn Monroe fece la storia e con il quale intonò il leggendario “Happy Birthday Mr President”è in asta e si prevede possa realizzare tra i 2 e 3 milioni di dollari.
La star indossava il vestito, attillato e trasparente, color carne cucito a mano con oltre 2.500 cristalli quando sali in scena al Madison Square Garden, New York, per la memorabile performance del 19 maggio 1962. L’attrice, che morì a 36 anni meno di tre mesi dopo, chiese espressamente un abito capolavoro allo stilista Jean Louis.
La misura era così stretta che Marilyn non portava nulla sotto ed alcune cuciture furono ultimate solo dopo che lo aveva indosso pochi attimi prima di salire sul palco del Madison. Questo evento segnò forse la fine di un’epoca storica dove le prospettive di un’America nuova e più unita con il suo popolo si infransero solo un anno dopo, nel 1963, con la morte dello stesso Kennedy in un attentato a Dallas.
Alla storica riunione del Madison per la raccolta fondi democratica parteciparono 15.000 ospiti, molti dei quali erano celebrità. Quando Marilyn apparve sul palco si racconta che il pubblico rimase senza fiato. Inoltre il tono intimo della sua performance insieme con l’assenza di Jacqueline Kennedy la sera dell’evento, contributi a diffondere voci di una relazione tra la Monroe e il presidente.
Anche se la sua performance durò solo 30 secondi, più di 50 anni dopo è ancora una delle più famose della cultura popolare moderna.
L’abito fu acquistato all’asta dall’attuale proprietario nel 1999 per $ 1.267.000.
Owned by one of Napoleon’s most brilliant generals and then the founder of the world’s first news agency, the story of Breguet No. 217 — one of only two watches of its kind from the very rare perpétuelle series — is extraordinary
Regarded as one of Abraham-Louis Breguet’s masterpieces, the reappearance of this exceptional perpétuelle watch after decades in an important private collection provides devotees with the opportunity to obtain one of the most complicated and desirable watches ever made. Its remarkable provenance includes one of Napoleon’s generals — later a rival — and Charles-Louis Havas, the founder of Agence France-Presse (AFP), the world’s first news agency.
In addition to being from the self-winding or perpétuelle series, a great rarity in itself, Breguet No. 217 has the extra complications of both day and month calendar, power reserve and, most unusually and importantly, an equation of time indication. The equation of time in astronomy is the quantity that needs to be added or subtracted to switch from real time given by the sun, to the mean time: our time, which arbitrarily divides a day into 24 hours.
Breguet et Fils, Paris, No. 217, Self-Winding Quarter Repeating Pocketwatch with Equation of Time, Day, Month and Power Reserve. Estimate: $600,000-1,200,000 / CHF600,000-1,200,000. This watch is offered in the Rare Watches auction on 16 May at Christie’s Geneva
Within Breguet’s total production between 1790 and 1830, only 15 watches with equation of time were made. Of these 15, only two are known to have been from the perpétuelle series — No. 217, and the legendary ultra-complicated watch No. 160, known as the ‘Marie Antoinette’ and now in the L. A. Mayer Museum in Jerusalem.
A copy of the Breguet Certificate No. 2385 dated 10 March 1896
Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823) was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, but it was in Paris that he spent most of his career. His early breakthroughs included the development of the successful self-winding perpétuelle watches, the introduction of the gongs for repeating watches and the first shock-protection for balance pivots. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were among the early enthusiasts for his watchmaking.
During the French Revolution, Breguet took refuge in Switzerland. When he returned to Paris, it was with the ideas that led to the Breguet balance-spring, his first carriage clock (sold to Bonaparte), the ‘sympathique’ clock and its dependent watch, the tact watch, and finally the tourbillon, patented in 1801.
He became the watchmaker to the scientific, military, financial and diplomatic elites of the age. For his most celebrated clients Breguet designed exceptional timepieces, including the world’s very first wristwatch, conceived in 1810 for Caroline Murat, queen of Naples.
A detail of the movement under the dial on Breguet No. 217
No. 217 was first sold in 1800 to Jean Victor Marie Moreau, who paid 3,600 francs for the watch. Moreau was a French general who served under Napoleon Bonaparte before later becoming a rival, and ultimately being exiled to the United States of America.
Moreau arrived in the USA in 1805. Seven years later President Madison offered him command of the U.S. troops, but Moreau decided instead to return to Europe, where he became involved with republican intriguers supporting the Prussians and Austrians in leading an army against Napoleon.
Moreau was mortally wounded at the Battle of Dresden in 1813 and died six days later from his injuries. His wife received a pension from Tsar Alexander I of Russia, and Moreau was posthumously given the rank of Marshal of France by Louis XVIII.
Breguet, as was his custom, particularly with the perpétuelle watches, bought back watch No. 217, presumably from Moreau’s family. He made some aesthetic improvements to it in the form of a new case and a stunning new guilloché silver dial by Tavernier in the latest style. This replaced the original white enamel dial, which by 1817 would have been regarded as old-fashioned.
Breguet’s repurchasing, updating and resale of his watches made excellent business sense because he could often update the watch and resell it for a much higher price. The perpétuelles, in particular, were very expensive, selling for upwards of 3,000 francs.
Charles Louis Havas (1817-1858), the founder of Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Charles-Louis Havas became the second owner of watch No. 217, purchasing it on 31 December 1817 for 4,800 francs. Born in 1783 in Rouen, France, into a wealthy Jewish family of Hungarian descent, Havas was a merchant, banker and publisher who had learned a number of languages — a very useful tool for his future business exploits.
In August 1832 he opened his own office in Paris, supplying news about France to foreign customers and translating articles from foreign papers and selling the translations to bankers, businessmen and politicians. Three years later, he restructured his operation and launched the world’s first news agency, calling it Agence Havas, which was described as ‘the first information bureau for the press’.
Havas employed every form of information technology available at the time, including hundreds of carrier pigeons delivering daily information on London stock exchange prices and news on various wars and conflicts. He was the first to use Samuel Morse’s invention, installing electromagnetic telegraph machines as of 1845, and thereby revolutionising the distribution of news.
The growth of the agency saw correspondents reporting from Crimea, Italy, Mexico and the United States. To cover his growing costs, the pioneering Havas created an advertising division in 1852.
His concept of an agency distributing news to the media was quickly adopted in other countries, notably by his most prominent employees, Paul Julius Reuter and Bernhard Wolff, who went on to establish Reuters in the United Kingdom and Wolff in Germany, the forerunner of Deutsche Presse Agentur. The 1859 agreement between the three major agencies — Reuter, based in London, Wolff in Berlin, and Havas — divided the world between them for the collection and dissemination of information.
Charles-Louis Havas passed away on 21 May 1858, and in 1879 Agence Havas became a publicly limited company.
Bregeut et fils, Paris, No.217 comes with Desoutter box numbered 217 containing a spare crystal, photocopy of Breguet Certificate No. 2385, photocopies of the 1965 catalogue entry and Daily Telegraph article
On 25 November 1940 the News section of Havas was nationalised and became a government agency. The advertising branch, which retains the name Havas, and the news branch, which was renamed Office Français d’Information (OFI), were legally separated. Less than four years later, a group of journalists seized the offices of the OFI and issued the first news dispatch from the liberated city under the name Agence France-Presse.
Breguet watch No. 217 was sold at Sotheby’s in London in July 1965, and was described in the catalogue as ‘probably the finest Breguet watch to be offered for sale since well before the war’. It was bought by the famous Portuguese collector and art connoisseur Antonio Medeiros e Almeida for the then enormous sum of £8,500, an event deemed worthy of a story in The Daily Telegraph in London.
Today, Agence France-Presse (AFP), the company built by Charles-Louis Havas and headquartered in Paris, is the world’s third largest international news agency after Associated Press and Reuters.
Craft of land, sea and air are offered at Bonhams Goodwood Members’ Meeting Sale, with two aeroplanes, a boat, and rare collectors’ motor cars going under the hammer on 20 March.
From the skies, the only remaining airworthy Canberra PR9 – XH134 is offered, estimated at £50,000-70,000, in addition to a Hawker Hunter – XK600, estimated at £8,000-12,000 and offered at no reserve.
The Canberra was a jet-powered medium bomber aeroplane manufactured in Britain throughout the 1950s. It could fly at a higher altitude than any other bomber at the time, and set a world altitude record of 70,310 ft (21,430 m) in 1957. Due to its ability to evade the early jet interceptors and its significant performance advancement over contemporary piston-engined bombers, the Canberra was a popular export and served with air forces of many nations.
On land, more than 60 collectors’ motor cars are offered, including several exciting competition models, such as the ex-Don Grimshaw 1958 Austin-Healey 100/6 Rally Car. Estimated at £150,000-200,000, the Healey boasts a competition provenance that includes the 1962 and 1965 Monte Carlo Rally, the 1965 East African Safari and the 1965 Spa-Sofia-Liège Rallies.
Further competition car highlights include the ex-Gerry Marshall/Peter Brock, 1977 Spa 24 Hour Class winning and 2nd overall 1977 Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300 Coupé, estimated at £80,000-120,000, and the 1965 Fiat 2300S Abarth Coupe, estimated at £30,000-40,000.
For cruising the water, a Healey Marine Sprite Powerboat ‘Mimi’. Best known for Healey and Austin-Healey motor cars, the Donald Healey Motor Company were also expert boat builders. The model offered is one of the last boats produced by Healey Marine, and is estimated at £7,000-10,000.
Tim Schofield, Bonhams UK Head of Motoring, said: “The Goodwood Members’ Meeting Sale is the first in a trio of exciting auctions held by Bonhams at Goodwood each year. After the success of the inaugural sale in 2015, we now return to Members’ Meeting with an extraordinary variety of interesting lots, each available to the highest bidder.”
Bonhams Members’ Meeting sale will take place at Goodwood Motor Circuit, Chichester, on Sunday 20 March 2016. Entry to Bonhams auction is permitted by catalogue only. To order a catalogue please visit: https://www.bonhams.com/departments/MOT-CAR/
Cosa ci viene in mente quando pensiamo a un orologio Longines? La risposta è semplice: un aeroplano. Quando l’aviazione è emersa dal suo sviluppo pionieristico ed è entrata nella sua epoca d’oro tra le due guerre mondiali, il volo è diventato un tema di famiglia per Longines e questo grazie ad un solo uomo: Charles Lindbergh.
Nel 1927, Charles Lindbergh lasciò Roosevelt Field a Long Island NY, e atterrò a Le Bourget, Parigi, dopo 33 ore e 32 minuti esatti. Divenne così un fenomeno internazionale, una vera celebrità. Anche con l’assenza di paparazzi, news 24/7 e di internet, lo zoo dei media discese sul nuovo fenomeno.
Charles completò l’impresa a bordo di un monoplano, lo Spirit of St. Louis, mono posto e in completa solitudine. Solo immaginare di “sorvolare” l’oceano per più di 24 consecutive senza vedere altro che una distesa infinita di mare e senza GPS o punti di riferimento fa rabbrividire anche il più scaltro e avventuriero individuo.
Per Lindberg una discrepanza di pochi secondi nel corso del tempo poteva significare una deviazione di rotta di diverse miglia. Come compensare la variazione nel tempo riuscendo sempre a mantenere la rotta con precisione? Vi aveva già pensato Philip Van Horn Weems (1889–1979) ufficiale della Marina americana e inventore di diversi strumenti di navigazione e del meccanismo orologiero Second Setting Watch o stopsecond che consentiva al pilota di arrestare rapidamente i secondi senza dover modificare le lancette ogni qual volta la posizione lo richiedeva. Il dispositivo si diffuse rapidamente su calibri di diverse dimensioni, qui e nel nostro shop un Cronografo mini Weemsstopsecond diametro 33,5 mm a carica manuale Calibro 1268zc.
Cosa ci viene in mente quando pensiamo a un orologio Longines? La risposta è semplice: un aeroplano. Quando l’aviazione è emersa dal suo sviluppo pionieristico ed è entrata nella sua epoca d’oro tra le due guerre mondiali, il volo è diventato un tema di famiglia per Longines e questo grazie ad un solo uomo: Charles Lindbergh.
meridianae 