GrandeVitesse: measuring records

Longines has sought to give material form to the concept of speed through a series of models have the honor to remember the fastest men in history and destined for bold sportsmen of today just with the GrandeVitesse line. Fluid lines, aerodynamic curves, momentum-filled typography, tachymeter and the form of the pushers are just some of the distinctive signs of this watch made for speed. It is inspired by the world of automobile and motor sports, for which Longines for years provided the timekeeping just for unforgettable measuring records.

•Case: Round, in stainless steel with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with a single layer of anti-reflective coating on the underside; black aluminium bezel with double tachymeter scale (Km/h – MPH); transparent case-back with sapphire crystal.

•Diameter: 42 mm. Water-resistant to 50 metres (~ 160 feet).
•Movement: L667 self-winding mechanical movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 46 hours of power reserve.
•Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock. Chronograph mechanism: central 60 seconds, 30 minutes counter at 12 o’clock and 12 hour counter at 6 o’clock. Date at 3 o’clock.
•Dial: Black, with big “12″ at 12 o’clock and 11 painted indices. Silvered hands with Superluminova luminescent material.
•Bracelet: Black leather strap with deployment buckle.

For more than 50 years, Speedmaster has been at the heart of those great moments in time that tested the limits of physical endurance and human courage, including the first manned lunar landing in July of 1969 and every single one of NASA’s manned missions since May of 1963, The Speedmaster has accompanied man on many missions from an inspiring six round trips to the moon, one Apollo-Soyuz test project to a future project aimed to take flight this year. A Speedmaster will take to the skies on board an entirely solar airplane. This solar impulse prototype with a wingspan like that of an airbus A340 and weighing only 1.5 tons will try to circumnavigate the earth solely utilizing solar energy to power of the aircraft. In great human accomplishments, Speedmaster is the timepiece to withstand the elements and witness the spirit of achievement. If ever you would like to embark on that voyage of a lifetime, take an Omega Speedmaster along, it will ensure your success.

•Reference:3577.50.00

•Movement:Omega 1861,famous manual-winding chronograph movement that was worn on the Moon.Rhodium-plated finish and providing 48 hours of power reserve.

•Crystal:Hesalite crystal

•Case:Stainless steel case

•Dial:Black dial

•Diameter: 42 mm. Water-resistant to 50m (~167 feet).

Longines DolceVita – elegance for today

This is a watch made for special ladies which called The DolceVita collection, Longines melds the tidy, trim lines of the 1930s in the glamorous of the 1950s，this watch which made by Swiss watchmaker put the stylish timepiece expressing enjoyment of life and the finest Italian spirit together, with its inspired refinement and unique way with style. Longines designers and watchmakers have consequently given their inspiration free rein, turning the strict rules of geometry to a superior aesthetic freedom-as a result, create the delightfully inventive, unfailingly stylish collection called Longines DolceVita. Both banquet and a dance party, this model is guaranteed to be noticed at the most fashionable party as well as on a luxurious belt tightening pulley.

•Case: Rectangular, in stainless steel with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal.

•Dimensions: 26.30 x 32.10 mm. Water-resistant to 30 meters (~100 feet).

•Movement: L176 quartz.

•Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock.

•Dial: White, featuring an Arabic numeral at 12 o’clock and 10 applied teardrop hour markers, silvered hands.

•Bracelet: Stainless steel with triple safety clasp and push-piece opening mechanism. / Also available on a leather strap.

La Grande Classique de Longines – confirming an enduring tradition

With its long and distinguished traditions, Longines has from the start built its worldwide reputation on timepieces notable as much for their intrinsic quality as for the style and timing of their launch. These new designs with tradition are reaching world markets precisely as consumers signal their clear preference for products that not only offer genuine value but unmistakable character as well.

La Grande Classique de Longines watches Capture the soul and the style of Longines’ earliest design tradition, they have largely retained their original appearance and proportions until today. The clients’ changing expectations and technical advances have now prompted Longines to update their design, not at least introducing a larger case size and offering an even broader choice of subtly refined dial faces. But the slim, sleek La Grande Classique de Longines case profile remains unchanged, as does the cool elegance that gives this collection an appeal as enduring as the classic tradition itself.

•Case: Ultra-slim, round, in 18 carat pink gold set with 48 Top Wesselton VVS diamonds (0.403 carats); scratch-resistatn sapphire crystal.

•Diameter: 24.50 mm. Water-resistant to 30 meters (~ 100 feets).

•Mouvement: L209 quartz

•Functions: Hours and minutes.

•Dial: White matt with 12 painted Roman numerals and black “Baton” hands.

Conquest ceramic: the elegance of performance

The Longines Conquest is the most amazing quintessential expression of the brand’s sporting elegance. We have to pay special attention to the aesthetics of the bezel, the cabochon crown and the links, they are all made of ceramic. which combines timeless glamour and novel technical features with this exceptional material. As a subtle marriage of steel with ceramic, performance with elegance, the Longines Conquest includes technical characteristics that meet the standards of the most demanding sportsmen and women. Both sober and sophisticated, this model is guaranteed to be noticed at the most fashionable party as well as in the stands at the prestigious Royal Ascot or the Melbourne Cup Carnival horse races.

•Case:crystal, with a single layer of anti-reflective coating on the underside; screw-down case-back and screw-in crown.

•Diameter: 41 mm. Water-resistant to 300 meters (~ 1000 feet).

•Movement: L667 self-winding mechanical movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 46 hours of power reserve.

•Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock. Chronograph mechanism: central 60 seconds, 30 minutes counter at 12 o’clock and 12 hour counter at 6 o’clock. Date at 3 o’clock.

•Dial: Black lacquered. Big “12″ Arabic numeral at 12 o’clock and 11 indices. Silvered hands.

•Bracelet: Black rubber strap with deployment buckle.

HydroConquest: profoundly sporty

For sure or for certain this diving watch is par excellence, the models in the HydroConquest series are a homage to the men who have dedicated themselves to conquering the oceans and full of passion of the open seas. They meet the strict requirements demanded by this discipline: they are water-resistant to 300 m, are fitted with a unidirectional turning bezel, screw-down case and screw-in crown, lateral protection for the crown and double security folding clasp with integrated diving extension-piece. Rigorous guarantees and completely safety, fit in perfectly with the harmony of this silent world. Performance and elegance, a unique Longines combination.

• Case: Round, in stainless steel with “studs” bezel; scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with a single layer of anti-reflective coating on the underside; screw-down case-back and screw-in crown.

• Diameter: 41 mm. Water-resistant to 300 meters (~ 1000 feet).

• Movement: L633 self-winding mechanical movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 38 hours of power reserve.

• Functions: Hours, minutes, date at 3 o’clock.

• Dial: Blue “sunray”. Big “12″ and “6″ Arabic numerals and 9 Superluminova luminescent indices. Silvered hands with Superluminova luminescent material.

• Bracelet: Stainless steel bracelet with double security folding clasp and integrated diving extension.

Longines Admiral: sporting performance, an affair of attitude, spirit and form

The Admiral series always can connect the aesthetic feeling with precision and the beauty of the action predominate in our mind. The frequent travelers and the adventurers show special favor to the 24h “second time zone” watches. This line introduces the subtle ambivalence of an outline that is both sober and robust, and perfectly illustrates Longines’ ability by nature to match both elegance and performance. Values revealed by the aesthetic purity and detailed manufacture of the automatic 24h watches and chronographs with tachymeter of this series.

•Case: Round stainless steel with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal with a single layer of anti reflective coating on the underside; Screw down case-back and screw-in crown.

•Diameter: 42 mm. Water-resistant to 100m (~ 320 feet).
•Movement: L705 self-winding mechanical movement beating at 28′800 vibrations per-hour and providing 46 hours of power reserve.
•Functions: Hours, minutes, small seconds at 9 o’clock. Date at 6 o’clock. Chronograph mechanism: central 60 seconds, 30 min at 3 o’clock..
•Dial: Black “sunray” finished with big “12″ and 8 Superluminova luminescent indices. Silvered (polished rhodium-plated) hands with Superluminova luminescent material.

•Bracelet: Stainless steel bracelet with triple safety folding clasp and push-pieces opening mechanism.

Sports Legends: Timepieces that have gone down in history thanks to their performance

The Sports Legends line of Longines has produced over these years includes contemporary versions or updated models of exceptional watches. The brand tightly bound to the world of aviation, then in the first flush of development led to the creation of watches that have since become legendary, such as the famous Lindbergh Hour Angle watch based on a design by the American aviator Charles Lindbergh, who was the first man to fly non-stop across the North Atlantic, namely in his aircraft the Spirit of St. Louis. Lindbergh’s Atlantic Voyage watch, created specially for the long trip Lindbergh made with his wife around the coast of the North Atlantic is one of the legendary models that Longines is celebrating with this line. The Longines Weems Second-Setting watch, adapted from a design by Captain Philip van Horn Weems, an officer in the US navy and the inventor of an ingenious navigation system, is also among the timepieces that have marked the history of aviation.

The Longines WWW watch which means wrist watch with the function of waterproof- a historical timepiece used by the British army and designed to meet precise, technical specifications – is another of these legendary models. And the final model in the Sports Legends line is a reproduction of a diving watch that was manufactured in the 1960s. This model – the Longines Legend Diver Watch -makes great contribute to the brand’s commitment to marine exploration.

These exceptional watches occupy a special place in the history of both the brand and the equipment used in pioneering fields where high quality and precision were of vital importance.

•Case: Round, in pink gold 5N with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. Back stamped that opens to reveal a transparent case-back with sapphire crystal.

•Diameter: 47.50 mm. Water-resistant to 30 meters (~ 100 feet).

•Movement: L699 self-winding mechanical movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 46 hours of power reserve.
•Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, internal rotating silvered dial for synchronization of the seconds hand with a radio time signal.
•Dial: External white lacquered dial featuring 12 stamped black Arabic numerals and internal silvered opaline dial with black printed minutes indications and blued “Breguet” hands.
•Bracelet: Brown alligator strap with extension and buckle.

Longines was over 175 years old and has been the heir of a watchmaking tradition that was forged in the furnace of elegance and precision. Over all these years the brand has played an very important role in keeping classical beauty in watchmaking with regard to both pocket watches and wrist watches. By virtue of this rich watchmaking heritage Longines has created a line of watches called the Heritage Collection. This collections makes great contribution to the historical creations that have an aesthetic quality which has since become classical and essential. While some timepieces remain as evidence of a production that more or less excluded the wristwatch until the end of the 19th century, the Heritage Collection contains principally models intended to be worn on the wrist. The Elégantes de Longines line, inspired by the Art Deco movement that was characteristic of the 1920s and 1930s, pays a subtle tribute to the elegance of ladies’ watches. The Présence Heritage line focuses on the classicism of the pocket watch that has been adapted – with just a touch of nostalgia – to be worn on the wrist. The Conquest Heritage, Silver Arrow and Flagship Heritage lines offer models that celebrate the golden age of traditional mechanical wristwatches, a period when Longines competed to set certain stylistic standards with regard to timepieces.

•Case: Round, in stainless steel with scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. Transparent case-back with sapphire crystal.

•Diameter: 40.00 mm. Water-resistant to 30 metres (~100 feet).

•Movement: L678 self-winding mechanical beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 46 hours of power reserve.
•Functions: Hours, minutes, central 60 seconds chronograph hand, date shown by a circle ring on the dial and indicated by the half-moon central hand. Moon phase display with 12 hour counter at 6 o’clock, small seconds with 24 hours indicator at 9 o’clock, 30 minute counter with day and month display at 12 o’clock.
•Dial: Silver-finished “barleycorn” patterned, featuring 9 black Arabic numerals and blued steel hands.
•Bracelet: Brown alligator strap with triple safety clasp and push-piece opening mechanism. / Also available on a stainless steel bracelet.

Who could get the 1920s out of mind? That was a time of rapid change through out the whole world, important progress in many areas has just got started, as well as an incredible degree of freedom for artists, and of course stylists too. Fashion and design took off the rigid and centuries-old rules and fetters while personal accessories of every description grew increasingly handy, compact and stylish.

The ladies’ and men’s watches of the new Longines evidenza collection was just draw their inspiration from that huge waves’ change in habits and styles. While a 1925 model inspired the specific design of Longines evidenza, its tonneau shape goes back to a Longines model dating from 1911.

Collection Longines evidenza

·Case: “Tonneau shape”, in stainless steel with domed, scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with several layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside. This model’s shape was from the old age which never went out of style

·Dimensions: 34.90 x 40.00 mm. Water-resistant to 30 meters (100 feet).

·Movement: L650 self-winding mechanical beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour and providing 42 hours of power reserve.

·Functions: Hours, minutes, central 60 seconds chronograph hand, small seconds at 3 o’clock, 12 hour counter and date at 6 o’clock, 30 minute counter at 9 o’clock.

·Dial: Silvered “flinqué”, featuring 10 blue Arabic numerals and blued steel hands.

·Bracelet: Brown alligator strap with triple safety clasp and push-piece opening mechanism. / Also available on a stainless steel bracelet.