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Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph Record (Ref. L4.754.4.52/72.X)The new Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph Record automatic watch comes equipped with a strange-looking direct-drive second hand with a vernier scale that mimics the same device installed on a 1966 Longines chrono.Frankly speaking, I failed to grasp the idea behind this device, but, at least, the vernier scale makes the second hand more entertaining to look at.Painted bright red, the awkward-looking hand is matched with a 30-minute counter at 9 o’clock that features a rim of the same color.The watch is powered by the caliber L688.2 automatic chronograph movement aka ETA A08.231.Developed by ETA S.A. exclusively for Longines, the device was first announced in March 2009 and also powers the other members of their elegant Column-Wheel Chronograph series.Naturally, the new CWC Record features the same dial layout with the small seconds indicator at 9 o’clock and a 12-hour totalizer at 6 o’clock. The small date window is placed between 4 and 5 o’clock.However, while the other members of the family were more of a dressy kind, this particular model just screams “sports” or, rather, “sports utility” since you will be able to wear it both with jeans and a polo shirt as well as with a formal suit.Its black dial provides a perfect background for the rhodium-plated hour and minute hands that feature tine patches of Superluminova luminescent substance on their tips.To make the watch even easier to read at nights, the Swiss watchmaker has also applied nine more dots of green lume in 5-minute intervals.Well, this is a very nice watch. If Longines manages to keep the price below €3500, it may well become a bestseller.

This new Longines Lindbergh Atlantic Voyage Watch is a really elegant timepiece that will look very nice on the wrist of anybody with deep enough pockets to be able to purchase one. The 47.5mm wide case has a hinge at the back that opens to reveal a sapphire crystal and the internal ETA A07.231 automatic 30 minute chronograph movement. To see more please visit their site.