Longines present a new piece, the Longines Master Collection Retrograde Moon Phases.  If you enjoy a bit of dial action this one has it all – six hands, four of which are slender retrogrades fluttering like flirty blue eyelashes, to these add two apertures for the moonphase and day/night indicators and you have one [...]

Longines release their Les Elégantes Collection for 2010. Ladies watches have in recent times mirrored that of their more masculine counterparts, manufacturers have realised that women want the complications, the sporty styling, even the outsize “look-at-me” cuff shredding size synonymous with some men’s collections.  Throughout these evolutions the exquisitely crafted quintessentially quaint dress watch has [...]

Longines release a replica of a watch once used by the scientists on the Expéditions Polaires Françaises – Missions Paul-Emile Victor which began in the 1940′s with the purpose of  exploring the coast of  Greenland and the Adélie Coast. The piece features a self-winding movement, the Calibre L619 with a power reserve of 42 hours. [...]

With two new releases, the The Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph and The Longines Column-Wheel Sports Chronograph the brand continues to consolidate its historical position as creators of classical and sporty timekeepers. Both pieces use the L688.2 self-winding movement developed with ETA which was launched in 2009.  For many traditionalists the presence of a column-wheel (in this [...]