Swiss watch maker Longines has been among the many brands in recent years to dive deeply into the heritage reissue well. This time, they have released a vintage-inspired pilots watch which pays tribute to their longstanding history with aviation. The Longines Avigation BigEye features aesthetics borrowed from several of their vintage aviation and military pieces as well as [...]
When it launched in 1957, the Flagship was, as the name implies, Longines premier collection. The brand has now renewed the collection of dress watches in 2017 for the 60th Anniversary. The Longines Flagship Heritage 60th Anniversary is a vintage-inspired limited edition remake done right and is essentially an elegant dress watch with classic design and [...]
Sponsored Post written for by advertiser.On June 10, 2017, Swiss watchmaker Longines and the brands ambassador Kate Winslet joined together at the brands Paris boutique to launch an exclusive and very limited timepiece collection: The Flagship Heritage by Kate Winslet. The occasion also marked the start of Longines online auction to benefit the Golden Hat Foundation, c [...]
A brands 185th anniversary is no small achievement-lets just make that clear. At Baselworld 2017, Longines marked this occasion by announcing a new collection of simple, Calatrava-styled timepieces known as the Longines Record watches. Aside from offering buyers a choice from four sizes and an assortment of dial options, these watches incorporate a few?technical t [...]
In a pleasant surprise,?Longines invited us for the presentation of a new quartz movement that marks the return of their Very High Precision (VHP) watches. It is so important to the brand that Longines wanted to get ahead of the Baselworld 2017 rush. I assume, therefore, that this is going to play [...]
Vintage, throwback, heritage.?These are all words that have bombarded us regularly, and they can mean a variety of things.?Most of it is simply marketing fluff, used to denote a particular look or design that may have no actual ties to history, and is simply made to look old (such as a forced patina on a case or vintage-colored lume).?Then again, you do have brands coming to the table tha [...]
In an effort to reign in the past while continuing to offer pieces that catch the eye of modern watch buyers, Longines has built up a legitimate offering through their Heritage Collection. Whether youre looking for a diver or a Weems, there are quite a few choices?that seem to be placed above the usual?options you have when looking at the brand. Dive watches are popu [...]
Announced last fall, the Heritage Military COSD continues Longines run of producing reissue-style pieces that connect with various sporting designs of their past. While the past few years have seen a substantial increase in the trendiness of vintage-inspired designs, Longines was arguably in the first wave of this trend [...]
With the Heritage line, Longines has been leveraging their design history to produce some supremely cool watches, including the Legend Diver, Avigation (reviewed here), and the Heritage Diver 1967 (hands-on here). Adding to that collection with the brand new Longines Heritage Military COSD, Longines has designed a watc [...]
Longines is treating us to the modern interpretation of a classic by reissuing the Longines Pulsometer Chronograph for 2015. This watch stands out immediately for its retro-styling and eye-catching dial that features an unusual chronograph scale. A tachymeter, used for measuring speed over a known distance, is a common chro [...]
Longines has added a new dive watch to its Heritage collection, and this time, its a chronograph. The new Longines Heritage Diver 1967 is a great-looking vintage-inspired piece that, as is all the rage these days, draws inspiration from a past Longines model. With classic good looks, strong proportions and an enthusiast-approved movement, the Longines Heritage Diver 1967 manages to st [...]
These days, it has become rather popular,?or dare I say?trendy for brands to reminisce. When you have a brand that has its foundation in the 1830s, as Longines does, the assignment of Heritage to a collection can carry a bit more weight. And when?you can base a new watch off of something produced in the 1950s-for the British Army, in this instance?C then H [...]
The Longines Conquest Classic Chronograph is everything its name implies?it to be: a tri-compax chronograph with traditional design elements,?made as part of the brands?Conquest collection and hence styled to represent what Longines likes to call sporting elegance. We went on to spend some wrist-time with [...]
More retro-styled Longines watches? Oh, yes. New for 2014 is this collection of Longines Heritage Diver watches that come in two versions,?including?the Heritage Diver chronograph ref. L2.796.4.52.9 and the Heritage Diver three-hand ref. L2.795.4.52.0. Each of these dive watches is inspired by 1970s Longines sport watches, and [...]
Welcome back to an original interview series, My First Grail Watch. In this series, we ask prominent people in the watch industry about the first timepiece that they lusted after. Today, were speaking with Peter Roberts, who is, well, is hard to pin down in a single sentence, in terms of his relation to the watch industry. Hes been in it [...]
Longines has just announced a new (old looking) collection with the new Avigation Oversize Crown pieces. As a mid-year release, these are in line with the many classical sport watch pieces that Longines enjoys producing. Retro looking pilot watches are unquestionably in their renaissance as they no [...]
This past May, Longines invited us to attend the 139th Running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville. In typical Derby fashion, it was all fancy hats, mint juleps, beautiful horses, and fast women. It was an epic weekend, and were just now sobering up enough to tell you about it. Seriously, have you ever had a mint julep? F [...]
Longines will soon release these two vintage inspired watches that are lovely and affordable examples of classic sport timing timepieces. The watches are the Telemeter Chronograph and Tachymeter Chronograph. What makes them different? The dials, thats pretty much it. Each of these designs are faces we have seen before in the past, rendered here nicely in what is in my op [...]
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