1832: The Saint-Imier watchmaking establishment is founded by Auguste Agassiz, brother of the famous naturalist Louis Agassiz. Auguste and his two partners make and sell pocket watches with crown-wheel escapements similar to those produced by the Swiss watchmaking industry in general.
Here are five selected Longines for you to consider when you start your collection. (Recommended by watchtimes).
Longines Conquest 24 Hours
Announced in 2012 by Longines to celebrate 180th anniversary. It aims at providing an explorer tool watch while still remains elegance that is suitable for all occasions. This watch sized at 41mm and available with silver, blue, and black dials. It keep a good balance between an on oversized sports watch and undersize dress watches. It features 24 hour display capable of tracking two timezones. The bright red 24-hour hand show a second time zone.
The Longines Conquest 24 Hours is priced at $1,600. Jomashop has 22% discount which selling at $1,248.00
The Conquest 24 Hours offers sporty good looks that make it a versatile companion.
Longines HydroConquest
This is a dive watch that has as much as 300 meter water resistance rating. The red dial accents give this dive chronograph a strong sporting character. The case measures 41 mm x 15.7 mm, and it houses the mechanical, automatic winding caliber L688 column-wheel chronograph movement, developed exclusively for Longines by ETA. The subdials include a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, and small continuous seconds at 9 o’clock. For maximum safety while diving, all models are equipped with unidirectional rotating bezel red, black or blue, the hands are coated with Super-LumiNova for optimal reading in all conditions
The Longines HydroConquest chronograph retails for $2,325. Jomashop is offering a 20% discount which selling only at $1,860
http://www.jomashop.com/longines-watch-l36964536.html
The HydroConquest combines racing chronograph flair and dive watch good looks.
Longines Master Automatic Chronograph
The Longines Master collection includes only mechanical watches offering classic looks. This is the very basic impression for people once they think of Longines watch. The stainless steel case is classically sized at 38.5 mm, and the dial has a richly textured silver barleycorn finish. The dial sets off the blued steel hands to great effect. The movement is a Longines Caliber L651 with central chronograph seconds and a 30-minutes counter at 9 o’clock. The continuous small seconds are located at 9 o’clock. The movement can be viewed through a sapphire display back.
The Master Automatic Chronograph retails for $2,775. Jomashop is selling at $2,231.25 (20% discount)
http://www.jomashop.com/longines-watch-l26294785.html
The Master Automatic Chronograph exemplifies the classic Longines look.
This is a dive watch that has as much as 300 meter water resistance rating. The red dial accents give this dive chronograph a strong sporting character. The case measures 41 mm x 15.7 mm, and it houses the mechanical, automatic winding caliber L688 column-wheel chronograph movement, developed exclusively for Longines by ETA. The subdials include a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, and small continuous seconds at 9 o’clock. For maximum safety while diving, all models are equipped with unidirectional rotating bezel red, black or blue, the hands are coated with Super-LumiNova for optimal reading in all conditions
The Longines HydroConquest chronograph retails for $2,325. Jomashop is offering a 20% discount which selling only at $1,860
http://www.jomashop.com/longines-watch-l36964536.html
The HydroConquest combines racing chronograph flair and dive watch good looks.
Longines Master Automatic Chronograph
The Longines Master collection includes only mechanical watches offering classic looks. This is the very basic impression for people once they think of Longines watch. The stainless steel case is classically sized at 38.5 mm, and the dial has a richly textured silver barleycorn finish. The dial sets off the blued steel hands to great effect. The movement is a Longines Caliber L651 with central chronograph seconds and a 30-minutes counter at 9 o’clock. The continuous small seconds are located at 9 o’clock. The movement can be viewed through a sapphire display back.
The Master Automatic Chronograph retails for $2,775. Jomashop is selling at $2,231.25 (20% discount)
http://www.jomashop.com/longines-watch-l26294785.html
The Master Automatic Chronograph exemplifies the classic Longines look.
Longines Heritage 1973
The Heritage 1973 is a special model from Longines. The look is based on a watch Longines produced during the 1970s,
It is 40mm in diameter. It comes with both a black and silver dial, and houses the L688 calibre, a column-wheel chronograph developed specifically for Longines by ETA. The caseback on this watch is transparent sapphire, allowing you to see the whole caliber, the blued column wheel, in action.
Retail price of the Longines Heritage 1973 is $3,275
The Heritage 1973 embodies individualistic, modern styling.
Avigation Oversize Crown
The Avigation Oversize Crown, is based on a model they produced in the 1920s. The feature of all three models is the oversized onion crown. It has long stem. making it a very eye-catching watch.
Though the design has it's own function But to our eyes, it is a signature design of this line.This longines has three models. L2.777.4.53 three-hand model. Avigation L2.783.4.53.2 chronograph GMT L2.778.4.53$3,500, the Avigation Oversize Crown chronograph.
With its monopusher, column-wheel movement, the Avigation Oversize Crown represents excellent value.
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