Longines

ABOUT THE BRAND

Founded in 1832 in Saint-Imier, a town in the Swiss Jura mountains, Longines developed, as early as 1878, it’s first instrument for timing sport events: a chronograph pocket watch with a monopusher crown. Some years later, in 1889, Longines was already able to measure to 1/5 of a second. The 1880’s marked the start of Longines glorious history of sports timing at horse racing events in the United States. By working as a professional timekeeper of sporting events in nearly all disciplines and as a manufacturer of instruments for professionals like pilots, navigators, explorers and sportsmen.

Longines learnt a lot by working on professional timepieces, eventually transferring its know-how to wristwatches. To do so, the heart of the watch – the movement – often needed to be redesigned and miniaturized. Their watchmakers truly blazed the trail, manufacturing the first wrist chronograph in 1913, the fist high-frequency pocket chronograph ticking at 36,000 beats an hour in 1929, the world’s first wristwatch with rotating bezel in 1931 and patented the world’s first flyback-chronograph in 1936. To improve the precision of timing events, in 1954 Longines introduced the electronic quartz-clock. Using this know-how, their watchmakers launched one of the first quartz-wristwatches in 1969.

With generations of experience as Official Timekeeper of World Championships, and as partner of International Sports Federations, Longines has built strong and long-lasting relationships in the world of sport over the years. These challenges kept the drive for innovation and the pioneering spirit very much alive.

With its timeless design and cutting-edge performance, the Longines Legend Diver has been a veritable icon of the brand since 1959. This 39 mm-diameter model, certified as a divers' watch (ISO 6425) and water-resistant to 30 bar (300 m), is powered by an exclusive Longines calibre L888.6 equipped with a silicon balance-spring and resistant to magnetic fields. This self-winding mechanical movement offers a power reserve of up to 72 hours. The entire watch is chronometer-certified by the COSC. The elongated indexes and raised Arabic numerals are coated with Super‑LumiNova®, as are the polished rhodium-plated arrow hands. A figure of a diver, the symbol of the collection, is stamped on the perfectly angled screw-down case back. The watch comes in 3 dial colors – Green, terracotta-coloured and anthracite-grey, is fitted with a stainless-steel bracelet fitted with a double-safety folding clasp with micro-adjustment.