Longines Champagne Watches

This watch has nothing spectacular to boast about but if you look at its case you will realize that it indeed looks different from all the other watches in the market today. The Longines Dolce Vita 18k Gold Mens Watch is a luxury watch and this is evident the moment you see its brilliant gold color.The Longines Dolce Vita 18k Gold Mens Watch comes in an 18 Karat solid gold case with matching 18 Karat solid gold bracelet. What makes this watch a stand out is the unique bezel which looks like a perfect circle shining in gold.This timepiece is the perfect gift for the holidays but only if you can afford its retail price of $9,900. The sparkling gold case and bracelet contrasts with the white dial which sports gold Arabic numerals and time indices. Even the hand indicator is in gold. It has a date display at 3 o'clock.The watch has a Swiss Quartz movement protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. It is water-resistant by up to 100 feet.

In 1947 France instigated a series of exploratory missions to the Arctic and Antarctica under the leadership of a renowned scientist, Paul-Emile Victor. These expeditions brought together geologists, geodesists, meteorologists, physicists, biologists, geographers and glaciologists all were aiming to explore, study and understand the North and South Poles. The mass of equipment required by the first Paul-Emile Victor missions for exploring these inhospitable regions included four Longines ship's chronometers and fifteen Longines wristwatches which were used for determining their astronomical position. In honour of these exploratory missions the Swiss watchmaker has re-issued the time-piece used by the scientists on the Exp��ditions Polaires Fran?aises �C Missions Paul-Emile Victor to explore Greenland and the Ad��lie Coast. The Longines Exp��ditions Polaires Fran?aises �C Missions Paul-Emile Victor watch is an almost exact replica of the instrument that the scientists took with them on their polar expeditions in the 1940's. The engraving on the back cover recalls the two opposite destinations of the polar expeditions which would go down in history: the Arctic and Greenland, and the Antarctic and the Adelie Coast. The original Longines model worn by the members of the Exp��ditions Polaires Fran?aises �C Missions Paul-Emile Victor was a stainless steel wrist-watch with a centre seconds hand. This feature was not common in the 1940s but apparently met the team's requirements as to its legibility, enhanced by the use of a luminous coating on the indices, the numerals and the hands. The Longines 12.68N caliber used in this watch also featured a shock-absorber system. Specifications of the Re-Issue Reference L2.732.4.76.X Stainless steel case measuring 38.5mm with an AR-coated sapphire crystal and water resistance to 30 meters. The dial is silvered, with blued steel hands covered in Superluminova. Movement is the Swiss automatic Longines caliber L619 (base ETA 2892-A2) with 21 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 42 hours. Strap is available in black leather or brown alligator with steel buckle.