Patrick Hanson

“I only went out for a walk…”

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@ATLVsTheWRLD

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@ppearlman Get on the Coltrane
🚋✌️🎷❤️

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@amazingmap https://t.co/OvdDlqR1I3

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@AmyTrask @EarthWindFire

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@MCCCANM Legit 📸 - thanks for sharing.

Would dig hearing about your military journey - why you joined up and what was the spark for your passion for ✈️ - keep on posting brother - great writing style.

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@ppearlman Daisy 👉 Perro Bravo

👇 same same 👇

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@ppearlman @code3movie @WayfarerStudios @AuraEntFilms @LilRel4 🤙🤟

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

Best take since
Mother, Jugs & Speed - Paramagics👉redheaded stepchildren of 911 - shoutout Patrick Pianezza & crew for telling this story 🚑☕️🚨
#Code3Movie

[Code 3 Movie @code3movie]

🚑 The chaos has arrived. #Code3Movie is available now on @Hulu. Watch now!

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

Same vibe 💫
☘️Go Irish 🗣️🥊
#NotreDame @adon_shuler

[MedievalistMatt @medievalistmatt]

Skies out, thighs out

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@Vol_Football 🦋🧡🍊
#GBO
#DollysLibrary

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@CarlosOnTheGo12 🦋🧡🍊
#GBO
#DollysLibrary

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

“Mes amis nous allons quelque part dont tout le monde
Se rappelle d’un endroit ou l’herbe etait toujours verte
Et la fete ne s’arretait jamais
A autour du rocher.”
Jimmy Buffett - a son of Pascagoula, Mississippi. And so many other beautiful things.
@jimmybuffett

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@Fly_Airlink 🤡✈️

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@dollyslibrary Empty yer coffers Lads, for Dolly
🦋☘️
#DollyParton
#ImaginationLibrary

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@juliet_turner6 🦋🦋🦋

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@StephenGeoRae

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

Take a pic of the back Ray and see what Grok thinks…I ran your post thru and this is what came up. Sweet watch ✈️⌚️

“This is a vintage Longines wristwatch (likely 1940s–1950s era based on the style), described by the poster as his grandfather’s pilot watch, paired with an Eastern Air Lines 20-year “Hat in the Ring” service pin on the metal bracelet.15
The Watch
It is a classic Longines with a round case, aged cream/off-white dial, full Arabic numerals (1–12), outer minute track, and subsidiary seconds at 6 o’clock. The hands appear to be dauphine or similar style, and it has a signed crown. It is fitted to a metal expansion/link bracelet. This is a typical mid-20th-century Longines dress or utility watch rather than one of the brand’s specialized large military pilot models (such as the Weems Second-Setting, Lindbergh Hour Angle, or Czechoslovak Air Force Majetek/“Majetek Vojenské Správy” pieces with rotating bezels).2
Longines has a strong aviation heritage dating to the early 20th century. The company timed record flights, supplied instruments and watches to pioneers including Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart, Richard E. Byrd, and others, and developed specialized navigational watches (Weems second-setting designs from 1929 onward and the Lindbergh Hour Angle watch from 1931). Commercial and military pilots commonly wore reliable Longines timepieces of this general style for their accuracy and legibility.2
Without the case-back serial number, movement caliber (common Longines calibers of the period include variants of the 12.68 or similar), or reference, a precise model or exact production year cannot be confirmed from the photo alone. These watches were produced in volume for civilian and professional use; a pilot for a major U.S. carrier would have found a Longines a natural, high-quality choice.
Relation to Eastern Air Lines and the Service Pin
Eastern Air Lines (originally rooted in earlier mail/passenger operations and renamed in the 1930s) was led for decades by World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker (America’s “Ace of Aces”). He adopted the “Hat in the Ring” emblem from his famous 94th Aero Squadron (the “Hat-in-the-Ring” squadron) as a company symbol representing courage, loyalty, and commitment.47
Eastern awarded “Hat in the Ring” service pins to long-term employees. The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds an example of the 20-year version: a stamped silver “Hat in the Ring” insignia. Contemporary accounts note a progression by years of service (20 years typically without a diamond; higher milestones added diamonds).15
The pin on this bracelet is the grandfather’s personal 20-year Eastern service award, added to the watch as a memento of his career as a pilot for the airline. Eastern was a major U.S. carrier (known for its East Coast and Florida routes, the “Great Silver Fleet,” etc.) until its decline and cessation of operations in 1991. A 20-year pin indicates a substantial career spanning the airline’s mid-century heyday under or shortly after Rickenbacker’s influence.
In short, the Longines is a solid period pilot’s/working watch from a brand closely tied to aviation history, while the pin directly commemorates the grandfather’s long service with Eastern Air Lines and its iconic Rickenbacker-era symbolism. For a more precise identification or dating of the watch itself, the case-back serial/reference and any movement details would be needed (Longines archives can often provide extracts for such pieces).”

[Patrick Hanson @1938Flood]

@IndefiniteLT @BDHerzinger Oldman is perfect.