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    • Longines

    Longines is a Swiss watch brand and a subsidiary of the Swatch Group. Longines was launched in 1832 and is popular for its connection to aviation through the Longines Aviator watches. Charles Lindbergh designed a watch after his flight over the Atlantic and Longines still produces this model today.

    In 1896 Longines was the time keeper of the Olympics and has since seen a number of endorsements from sports celebrities and adventurers. The first Longines in-house movement (caliber) was produced in 1867. Notable lines are the Longines sports watchs, Longines aviation watches, Among the more popular Longines watch models are the Longines Master Collection, Longines Legend Diver, Longines Conquest Classic.

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    FEATURE

    Field Ready: The Complicated Story of the Simple Field Watch

    How the field watch journeyed from saving lives in the hellish trenches of World War I to decorating the wrists of fashionably rugged-looking civilians a century later is a rather befuddling tale. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, correspondent Allen Farmelo takes us through it.

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    Jul 27, 2021 by Allen Farmelo

    Borrowed Time: Reviewing the Longines Spirit Chronograph 42mm

    Longines introduced its Spirit collection last year, drawing its main inspiration from the timepieces that it produced in the early 20th century for pilots and explorers; Amelia Earhart, Howard Hughes, and Paul-Emile Victor were among the brand’s most famous wearers, along with Charles Lindbergh, who famously co-designed the Hour Angle, Longines’ most emblematic and enduring...

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    Jul 23, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    The History Channelers: Inside the Longines Heritage Collection

    The vintage-look trend continues apace, and one watch brand has devoted an entire family within its portfolio to resurrecting timepieces from its long and creative history. In this feature from the WatchTime archives, we explore the origins, inspirations, and varied offerings of Longines’s ever-expanding Heritage Collection.

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    Jul 12, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    Ready for Takeoff: The Story of Longines and the Pioneers of Aviation

    Daring pilots relied on Longines watches aboard their flying machines in the 1920s and 1930s. The brand’s recently launched Spirit models recall this exciting history. Freezing cold. Deafening noise. Leaden fatigue. He’s been flying for 11 hours and now night has fallen over the Atlantic Ocean. It will be more than twice as long before...

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    May 31, 2021 by Ruediger Bucher

    Mission Timers: Five Modern Watches with MIL-SPEC Origins

    Like Jeeps, GPS, and the Internet, some of today’s popular wristwatch models started out as military projects. Here are five modern timepieces whose ancestors were made-to-order for soldiers, sailors, and airmen.

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    May 5, 2021 by Mark Bernardo

    What a Year! Reviewing the Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar

    In 2020, our extended test examined an annual calendar from Longines, a mix of elegance and superior functionality at a great price. Our test of theAnnual Calendar from the Longines Master Collection took place over a period of several months. Some people, due to superstition, regard leap years as catastrophic. Better to wait before building...

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    Apr 2, 2021 by Martina Richter

    Longines Draws a Bead on the 1950s with New Heritage Silver Arrow

    Longines has started rolling out its new releases for 2021, and as in many years prior, much of the brand’s focus is on expanding its vintage-inspired Heritage Collection. Last week, we looked at Longines’s latest take on 1930s-inspired Avigation BigEye, with a titanium case and smoked blue dial; now, we turn to one of the...

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    Feb 23, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    Eye of Blue: Longines Updates the Avigation BigEye with Titanium Case and Smoked Blue Dial (With Live Pictures)

    Longines has, in recent years, been substantially growing its already expansive Heritage Collection. In the past year alone the Swiss brand has unveiled, among many others, the Legend Diver Bronze, Military Marine Nationale, and Classic Tuxedo series. Returning once again to its rich archives, Longines this year adds another version of its historically inspired pilot’s...

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    Feb 20, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

    2020, The Watch Year in Review: 7 High-Flying Pilots’ Watches

    It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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    Dec 28, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    WATCH REVIEW

    High Flying Eye: Reviewing the Longines Avigation BigEye

    Inspired by a chronograph from the 1930s, the Longines Avigation BigEye unites aviation history and modern watchmaking and boasts a column-wheel movement manufactured exclusively for Longines. We review the watch in this feature from the WatchTime archives.

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    Nov 20, 2020 by Martina Richter

    Longines Heritage Legend Diver Surfaces in New Bronze Case

    The watch world’s new Bronze Age marches on, with yet another divers’ watch emerging in a new case made of bronze, a metal historically used in maritime equipment due to its anti-corrosive properties. The latest timepiece outfitted in the material is a retro-look timepiece from Longines’ Heritage collection, the Legend Diver, which pairs up the...

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    Nov 9, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    A French Navy Design Resurfaces: Introducing the Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale

    Longines has dipped into its archives to revive a watch design, once exclusive to the French Royal Navy crews, borrowing the warm colors, subdued subdial, and counterweight second hands from a vintage classic. The Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale is the latest edition to join the brand's Heritage collection, following an array of updates to its aviation and military-inspired references.

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    Sep 5, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

    PORTFOLIO

    Splash! A Plunge Into the Colorful World of Watersports Watches

    Take the plunge with us into the colorful world of water sports. Here you can find professional instruments with appealing technologies, styles, and prices. In this article, we present divers’ watches without complex additional functions (e.g., chronographs) because the watches listed here are designed to focus your undivided attention on the time of day and the...

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    Aug 19, 2020 by Alexander Krupp

    Vintage with a Twist: The Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935

    The Longines Avigation Watch Type A-71935 pays homage to Longines' aviation and aeronautical past. This new timepiece takes inspiration from a model ordered by the U.S Air Force in 1935, the Type A-7, a watch designed for pilots, which was re-produced last year and added into the brand's Heritage line.

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    Aug 6, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

    Introducing the Longines Heritage Classic Tuxedos — Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy

    As any longtime reader of the “Vintage Eye” series knows, Longines is a major leader when it comes to vintage-inspired and vintage-reissue watches. With its neo-vintage Heritage collection, which includes attention-grabbing models like the Heritage Classic Chronograph 1946, Heritage Military Watch, and Heritage 1945, among many others, the Swiss brand has been at the forefront...

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    Jun 28, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

    WATCH REVIEW

    Borrowed Time: Longines Avigation Watch Type A-7 1935

    There’s nothing quite as distinctive — and, in some cases, as polarizing — in the arena of vintage-style timepieces as a really period-accurate replica pilot’s watch, and Longines — whose century-plus timepiece archives have yielded an expansive and increasingly popular collection of Heritage models — has taken the style to a new level with the Avigation Watch Type A7 1935, a re-edition of a watch that debuted in that model name's suffix year and which was worn by U.S. Army pilots in the years leading up to World War II.

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    Jun 18, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    Aviation, Exploration, and Historical Design Inspire New Longines Spirit Collection

    Many historically minded watch mavens know that Longines timed Charles Lindbergh’s record-setting transatlantic flight in 1927 (and worked with him on the Hour Angle watch afterward). But did you know that Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes also wore Longines watches on their own historic flights? Or that polar explorer Paul-Émile Victor wore one when he...

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    Jun 10, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

    WATCH REVIEW

    All For One: Reviewing Monopusher Bicompax Chronographs from Hanhart, Longines, & Montblanc

    Monopusher chronographs honor the origins of the stopwatch function with looks that often cite their own history – a good fit for the current vintage-look trend. The bicompax displays on our test pieces — from Hanhart, Longines, and Montblanc — underscore the linear nature of the stopwatch function. See how they stack up against each other in this feature from our archives.

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    Apr 9, 2020 by Martina Richter

    FEATURES

    Five Chronometer-Certified Watches That Won’t Break the Bank

    The past two decades have seen a shift in why people wear watches. Thanks to the omnipresence of smartphones, laptops, and other digital devices, it’s no longer necessary to wear a watch to know the exact time. While the reasoning we cherish our mechanical marvels of the wrist may have changed — be it a romantic...

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    Mar 23, 2020 by WatchTime

    NEWS

    Longines HydroConquest Now Garbed in Green

    Longines has in recent years added new and eye-catching colorways to its sportiest divers’ watch, the HydroConquest, most recently with last year’s all-black and all-grey models with ceramic bezels that matched their dials. Among this year’s new releases, which the brand previewed last week in New York, is the latest version of the HydroConquest sporting...

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    Feb 11, 2020 by Mark Bernardo
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