longines quartz jubilee

Longines has been known to create complicated mechanism behind their luxurious watches. Now they are showing off their watch making skills by adding a retrograde power reserve indicator in their watches such as their masterpiece shown above.This Longines watch feature an 18 carat rose gold case with an equally luxurious brown alligator strap. Inside this very elegant case lies the very complicated automatic Longines L697 movement which runs the time and the retrograde indicators on the dial. This watch has a very simple dial but made very interesting with its retrograde 24 hour 2nd time zone on the left side, retrograde date on the right side, power reserve on the bottom and a retrograde day on top.This interesting watch is not yet available for purchase but expect it to come very soon.

This watch is a classic chronograph calendar timepiece that will be most welcomed by people who value a quality device that looks nice on their wrists as well. The Baume & Mercier Classima Executives XL watch is powered by a Valjoux 7751 movement, which is the same movement that powers the Longines watches. It has a 42 hour power reserve and a Cotes de Geneve decorated rotor.Despite the reputation that goes with the brand, the Baume & Mercier Classima Executives XL watch does not look so exciting. This may be because of the lack of aggressiveness in its looks.The watch comes with a stainless steel rounded case measuring 42mm in diameter and 13.1mm in height. The silver-colored dial features dark grey hands and an 18-Karat red gold day of the month indicator. The face of the watch has complications for day of the week, month, chronograph, moonphase and a 24-hour time zone.The watch looks classy with the black alligator strap which comes with an adjustable triple folding buckle. It is protected by sapphire crystal and is water resistant by up to 30 meters.