Debuting in 1967, the Ultra-Chron was created as part of Longines’ centenary celebrations and marked the brand’s push to have the first mass-produced high-frequency precision watch. Produced for only six years, the original Ultra-Chron was promoted with a guarantee that… Read More ›
Meet the latest addition to Longines Conquest Heritage family – the Central Power Reserve, a nod back to 1959 and released as a part of the brand’s celebration of seventy years of the Conquest name, which dates back to 1954…. Read More ›
Once again, Longines has reliably come up with a handsome heritage-inspired chronograph model. This time, the new Record Heritage Chronograph is also the first such chronograph in this collection family. The new model comes in a 40mm-sized (13.8mm thick) stainless… Read More ›
Longines’ newly announced Ultra-Chron Diver is a revival of a 1968 high frequency watch of the same name. Its 2022 version uses a new high frequency movement – the Calibre L836 beats at 36,000 VPH and has a power reserve… Read More ›
If back in 2007 when the good looking black modern Longines Legend Diver (LLD) made its appearance (date or no date, remember that?) you had said that it would be not just flourish but end up available in over a… Read More ›
It is obviously a constantly changing situation, but the list of companies from financial and other services to sporting associations, film/ entertainment, automobile, technology, fashion, sporting, logistics groups, retailers and more who are suspending operations in Russia increases by the… Read More ›
Back in 2019 Longines released the Heritage Classic. Featuring a central silvered opaline disc surrounded by a satin finished disc and small seconds in striated silvered opaline, it was a very handsome modern version of a 1934 sector dial reference… Read More ›
The green-hued watches of various types that we’ve covered over the last twelve months have generally tended towards being at higher price points part of the spectrum, so today is about a new model from a brand which is accessibly… Read More ›
From Tuesday 27 October until Sunday 13 December 2020 the History of Science Museum, Oxford, is hosting an exhibition on time and time-keeping called “The Heartbeat of the City: 500 Years of Personal Time”. It is presented by the History… Read More ›
The recent history of Longines’ Avigation watches is not unknown here, nor in fact is the model name of Avigation Type-A 1935 an unfamiliar one. Like the Avigation Type-A 1935 that we covered in 2016, the 2020 variant is in… Read More ›
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