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Longines

Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date 2018 © Glashütte Original
Trend Forecaster
What’s wrong with the Sixties?

The 1960s and ‘70s are widely remembered as a time of freedom and fantasy. Always quick to claim inspiration from these decades, in reality very few watchmakers dare to truly embrace such a bold aesthetic.

Wednesday, 09 June 2021
4 min read
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The Longines Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch 1927-2017 - 90th Anniversary
Watch Stories
Military watches – don't mention the war

Time's migration from pocket to wrist owes a lot to military watches whose many qualities have earned these honest, well-made timepieces their stripes. Even so, brands prefer to focus on their vintage appeal rather than dwell on their origins in the heat of battle.

Friday, 22 May 2020
5 min read
30
Drive de Cartier Extra-Flat © Cartier
Trend Forecaster
10 luxury watches under €6,000

End-of-year bonus, bank account in the black, Christmas on the horizon… what better time to indulge in some of that "affordable luxury" we hear so much about. We take the matter in hand with 10 mechanical or quartz watches, with something for every wrist in every style.

Friday, 16 November 2018
6 min read
10
Oyster Perpetual Deepsea © Rolex
Trend Forecaster
Summer isn't summer without a dive watch

The dive watch is de rigueur for brands whose DNA is distinctly aquatic. The ultimate tool watch, solid and reliable by definition, make certain one of these twelve beauties is on your holiday checklist.

Thursday, 12 July 2018
5 min read
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Kate Winslet
Watch Stories
Kate Winslet talks time

A Longines ambassador, Kate Winslet speaks about her own watches and some of the special moments associated with them.

Tuesday, 31 October 2017
Frank Rousseau
4 min read
Schaltkreis ODC04 Beta 2
Culture
Fifty years of the quartz wristwatch

Fifty years ago, an institute in Neuchâtel fulfilled its mission to produce a quartz movement small enough to fit inside a wristwatch. This was the beginning of a revolution, for better and for worse, in the Swiss watch industry.

Thursday, 28 September 2017
6 min read
Walter von Känel
Beginner's Guide
Longines' martial art (II)

While Longines advocates elegance as a way of life, this hasn't prevented it from implementing a strategy more akin to a battle plan, conquering fourth place among Swiss watch brands in the process. Still leading the troops after 48 years, Walter von Känel has his sights set on the next rival in line.

Friday, 14 July 2017
6 min read
10
Longines
Beginner's Guide
Longines' martial art (I)

While Longines advocates elegance as a way of life, this hasn't prevented it from implementing a strategy more akin to a battle plan, conquering fourth place among Swiss watch brands in the process. Still leading the troops after 48 years, Walter von Känel has his sights set on the next rival in line.

Thursday, 13 July 2017
4 min read
10
Longines Original Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch
Videos
All about the hour angle
Friday, 23 June 2017
The FHH Journal editors
3 min watch
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