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Review: Rebirth of a Legend - Longines Skin Diver
We take a look at the latest vintage-inspired novelty from the Longines: the Skin Diver, from the legendary Heritage collection.
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Longines refreshes one of its most quietly interesting re-editions with a light blue opaline dial. Still 38mm, still the same central power-reserve rotating disc, still the silicon-hairspring L896.5. €3,950 on strap, €4,050 on bracelet.
A hand-wound monopusher with 1930s soul and a very modern calibre, dressed in blue or silver
A fresh sky blue dial option lands on both Spirit Pilot references, and it works better than you might expect
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We take a look at the latest vintage-inspired novelty from the Longines: the Skin Diver, from the legendary Heritage collection.
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A few weeks ago I travelled to Rome to check out the Longines Conquest V.H.P. GMT Flash Setting, a GMT not like any other. And in between the first-look video, horse racing and spectacular rooftop launches, we thought we’d do some sightseeing around Rome and put the V.H.P. GMT through its paces as a travel … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: What makes a travel watch? Exploring Rome with the Longines Conquest V.H.P. GMT Flash Setting appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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If we’re completely honest, it’s hard to make quartz technology sexy. Which makes the achievement of Longines’ V.H.P. technology even more remarkable. Not only do these quartz Conquests look the part, with clean, slightly sporty style and some very nice dials, the movement ticking away inside has a host of features dedicated to improving accuracy … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: Smarter than your average GMT – the Longines Conquest V.H.P. GMT Flash Setting appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Right now in the world of watchmaking, there’s a distinctly warm and fuzzy feeling of nostalgia in the air. A sentiment that is owed in no small part to Longines, who more than 10 years ago pioneered the popular heritage reissue trend we all know and love today. With a history that stretches back over … ContinuedThe post LIST: 6 of the best Longines Heritage releases appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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When someone’s watch story starts in the backstreets of Havana, you know it’s going to be good. In fact, it would be a good story, even if the watch itself didn’t match up to the tale. Luckily for all involved, Adam’s oversized mid-century Longines, double signed with famous retailer Cuervo y Sobrinos, stands up. On … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: “I’m in a back street in Havana and a watchmaker says you should look at this…” – Adam and his Longines Cuervo Y Sobrinos appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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There are few things I love more than a watch that surprises me. It’s something that doesn’t happen near enough for my liking, but it happened with this Longines. It was in the Longines booth at Baselworld, the first day of the fair. Trays and trays of watches had just been laid out in front … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar – unassuming and awesome appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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We recommeend 6 quartz watches. Have we gone mad? Quartz? We answer in the article featuring Citizen, Grand Seiko, Longines, Luminox, Casio and Breitling.
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Editor’s note: The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève (GPHG) is the industry’s premier awards ceremony. One of the most exciting (and accessible) categories is the Petite Aiguille, which is open to watches with a retail price between 4000 – 10,000 CHF. The GPHG Jury has selected a shortlist of six watches, from a longlist of 21. … ContinuedThe post NEWS: Rose gold Longines Record nominated for the Petite Aiguille at the GPHG appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The Longines Conquest V.H.P is a quartz watch with an exceptiona movement. It is a revival of an underappreciated chapter in the maison's 146 years history. In this article, we bring you an in-depth coverage of the new V.H.P.
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Looks can be deceiving. The Longines Conquest V.H.P. looks the part of a sporty and versatile watch, but inside lies an movement capable of exceptional accuracy. This is our first impressions on the piece.
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If we’re guilty of one thing when it comes to Longines watches here at Time+Tide, it’s that we maybe focus a little too hard on their heritage heat. It’s something that Andrew realised a while back when he explored their outstanding Master collection, and it’s something I realised at Basel when I saw the latest … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Longines HydroConquest receives a substantive, stylish upgrade appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Editors note: While I’m not sure that Barney Stinson (the chap from How I Met Your Mother, paraphrased above) would be familiar with the Longines Legend Diver, he definitely should be. Like him, the LLD possesses effortless good looks, easy charm, a youthful energy and slightly playful personality. Honestly, it’s a perfect match … Longines … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: This Longines is Legen … wait for it … Dary! appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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A little while ago we got mildly excited about the fact that Longines were auctioning off a watch (and an awesome experience package) in aid of brand ambassador Kate Winslet’s charity. Well, they’re at it again, only this time with a sporty twist. Longines, along with Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi (who both have been … ContinuedThe post NEWS: You’ve got 3 days to bid on some exceptionally limited Longines to support Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf’s charities appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Longines introduces 2 new limited models of the V.H.P. to honour two tennis legends it has been closely involved with for a decade.
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Oh what a difference a strap makes. Last year, when Longines chose to pair their mighty Legend Diver - a watch the Vice President calls the most successful heritage model ever - with a Milanese loop bracelet, they succeeded in creating a third wave of interest in the model that made its way to the door of Time+Tide in … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: The Longines Legend Diver that seems to have won everyone over appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Last year, Longines doubled down with the release of the Record collection. Illustrating just how serious they are about creating classically handsome and highly accurate watches, with price tags that won’t break the bank. The result was their first ever COSC-certified collection that combined a variety of dial options and colours, with four different sizes … ContinuedThe post HANDS-ON: The Longines Record – going for gold appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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A Baselworld's 2018 revelation - The Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar is reviewed. Hands-on impression with live images of one of the most affordable annual calendar offered by Longines.
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Mr Walter von Känel, CEO of Longines, tells Wei Koh about his 400 guns, 40,000 bullets, 60 kilos of TNT, 16,000 military books and some watches at Baselworld 2018.
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Longines and Time+Tide bring you an exclusive opportunity Longines is the official Watch and Timekeeper of the XXI Commonwealth Games to be held on the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4th, 2018. To commemorate this event, Longines have released the Conquest V.H.P. (Very High Precision) Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games edition and, with it officially … ContinuedThe post ANNOUNCING: We are selling 10 of the last remaining Longines V.H.P. Commonwealth Games watches in Australia, but that’s only half of what you get… appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Longines have a well-earned reputation for exceptionally strong heritage releases, and while their Baselworld 2018 collection featured a particularly hot blacked-out Legend Diver, it was newer lines, like the extensions to Record and V.H.P. that really stood out. On the one hand, the new gold and two-tone additions to the traditionally styled Record impressed with … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: 4 standout Longines from Baselworld 2018, including a brand new Legend appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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It was only a matter of time. And if you were a betting man, you’d have safely bet that it would be right on a year that Longines would double down on the Record Collection and offer it in gold. The benefits are immediate, giving the otherwise conservative new range a whole snap, crackle and … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The COSC-Certified Longines Record Collection gets a luxe extension appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The Longines Legend Diver Watch, a reimagined version of a diving watch from the 1960s, had a dramatic reintroduction in 2017, care of the Milanese bracelet addition - perhaps the best strap hack of the year, period - and now it’s going to set pulses racing even faster with a new version in black PVD. Vital Statistics … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Longines Legend Diver is back, and yes, it’s in black. All black appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The Conquest is considered by Longines to be “the ultimate sports line”, and with the V.H.P. chronograph, the brand is combining sportiness with next-level precision, care of the impressive technical quartz heart that makes the watch accurate to +/- 5 seconds a year. It’s not the first time the winged hourglass brand has set its … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Longines Conquest V.H.P. Chronograph appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Longines are expanding their HydroConquest collection for 2018 with new models featuring a bezel with a coloured ceramic insert matched to the colour of the dial. Vital statistics Longines are expanding their HydroConquest collection for 2018 with new models featuring a bezel with a coloured ceramic insert matched to the colour of the dial. The … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Longines HydroConquest, now with ceramic bezel appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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The all-mechanical Longines Master Collection, the best-selling in the brand’s portfolio, expands to offer Longines’ first ever annual calendar. For those who are wondering, an annual calendar watch automatically manages the varying lengths of the months. This allows the timepieces to distinguish between a month with 30 days and a month with 31 days for … ContinuedThe post INTRODUCING: The Longines Master Collection Annual Calendar, their first ever annual calendar appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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When it comes to Longines’ yearly new releases we are like heatseeking missiles for the vintage fire the brand has at its disposal – few archives are as deep or as versatile as Longines, and it means they can pick and choose between adventurers watches, avant garde designs, classic dress, the options are almost endless and … ContinuedThe post VIDEO: So, awkward, we’d never noticed the Longines Master Collection, until this watch… appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Editor’s note: It’s just 37 days until the 2018 Commonwealth Games, to be held on Australia’s glorious high-rise holiday haven, the Gold Coast. This alarming reminder brings one of the oddest, in its way quite refreshing, watch releases of the year sharply back into focus; the Conquest V.H.P. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games edition. I don’t know if it’s … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: The Longines Conquest V.H.P. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games has the craziest damn colourway we’ve seen in a long time (and we can’t look away) appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Time is a funny thing. The PR schedule was fast and furious when Longines Ambassador of Elegance Aishwarya Rai Bachchan held court at her Four Seasons suite during the afternoon prior to the Sydney opening of Longines’ flagship boutique. But sitting in front of the world’s most famous grey-green eyes, as they surveyed the harbour … ContinuedThe post INTERVIEW: 15 minutes with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan – “Elegance is an attitude” appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Wherever Aishwarya Rai Bachchan goes in India there is a monumental crowd surge, and it was no different in Sydney at the weekend when Longines launched their flagship boutique in Australia and celebrated their starring role in the upcoming Commonwealth Games. Some local Indian film fans had brought their entire clans and staked out a … ContinuedThe post EVENT: Bollywood royalty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan opens Longines flagship Sydney boutique appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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Editor’s note: Even though the dust of SIHH has barely settled, things are heating up for Baselworld. And one of our burning questions is … what awesome heritage piece is Longines going to pull from their archives? They’ve had a good run over the last few years, including this cracking take on a traditional trench … ContinuedThe post EDITOR’S PICK: Looking back at the Longines Heritage 1918 appeared first on Time+Tide Watches.
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