Built by ETA and internally known as the ETA A31.L21, it comes as standard with an anti-magnetic silicon balance spring. This was also used in the Heritage Classic Tuxedo Chronograph, a watch we included in our selection of the best chronograph watches of 2020, the year it was presented. Underneath the sapphire crystal caseback sits the Longines Calibre L895.4 chronograph movement. Just above the central axis for the hands sit the winged hourglass logo and the Longines name, with “Automatic Chronometer” just below. The subdials have a concentric pattern with gilt bevels and scales.

The leaf-shaped central hour and minute hands are gilt, as are the rest of the hands (small seconds, central chronograph seconds, chronograph 60-minutes). The applied hour indices are a mix of baton markers and Arabic numerals. On the outer perimeter sits a gilt tachymeter scale combined with a minutes/seconds track.

Harking back to the glorious days of mechanical chronographs, the matte black dial has the typical design of the 1940s and 1950s. Part of the Swatch Group since 1983, the brand is now known for producing excellent watches at a relatively attainable price and has a profound knack for vintage-inspired designs. The company has close ties to aviation, horse racing and other types of sports timing. The winged hourglass manufacturer can look back on a long and storied history, with countless iconic watches and monumental achievements. And once again, it reaffirms Longines’ excellent ability to look into its archives and select some very fine watches as inspiration for its present-day portfolio!Īuguste Agassiz founded Longines in 1832, which is no surprise for those who already did the maths based on the 190th anniversary mentioned in the intro. Known as the Longines Record Heritage, part of the new Record collection, it showcases a delectable retro design that seems to come straight out of the 1940s or 1950s. To once more bring attention to the celebration of almost two centuries, Longines has just pulled the covers of a rather dashing retro chronograph. Then shortly after the summer, the refined Longines Master Collection 190th Anniversary was launched. First and foremost, we had the return of the Longines UltraChron, an iconic high-frequency watch. Longines is celebrating 190 years of watchmaking with a selection of very nice watches.

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