Longines Heritage Watches

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.

Longines is known for their watch making skills and that's one reason why many watch enthusiasts still love their creations. Aside from that, they create their timepieces with simplicity and elegance like what is shown by this Longines Master Collection Watch.This Longines Master Collection is undoubtedly a very simple looking timepiece with simple functionality. But despite of these, it is still considered a great watch because of the mechanism behind this watch and the classic look that their design gives. This timepiece is made with a slim polished stainless steel case that houses the caliber L961 movement. To make this look more classic, they have included on this a brown crocodile leather strap with white stitch accents on both sides. This watch also has a simple guilloche patterned dial highlighted in silver and accented with blued hands and black hour numbers. This watch also has a date indicator on 3 o'clock aside from its center time function.For its classic look, Longines is giving this Master Collection Watch a tag of as much as $2,400.00.