How the Syrian Railway kept time
One of the oldest railway networks in the region, the Syrian Railway was nationalized in 1956 and their staff were given Longines chronometers to help them stay on time. We take a closer look at an unsual relic of a bygone era. Adriano Davidoni Syria’s railway network is a legacy of the Ottoman Empire, which estabilished the railway in 1895 to build better transport links in Syria and also allow easy access to the holy cities of Mecca and…