Watches Longines

Longines is one of the oldest and most respected Swiss watch brands in the world – a symbol of elegance, tradition, and reliability. Founded in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz in Saint-Imier, it has remained unchanged in Switzerland for over 190 years, creating watches that combine timeless elegance with technical excellence and rich sporting heritage.
From the first precision chronometers, through legendary aviation watches accompanying aviation pioneers, to contemporary timepieces combining classic aesthetics with modern technical solutions – Longines consistently fulfills its mission of creating watches of exceptional elegance and precision. Unlike many contemporary brands, Longines maintains fidelity to its long tradition while constantly evolving and adapting to the needs of successive generations.

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Longines watches have accompanied the most important moments in the history of exploration and sport: from Charles Lindbergh’s first transatlantic flights, through Admiral Byrd’s polar expeditions, to contemporary world championships in skiing, equestrian sports, and gymnastics, where the brand serves as official timekeeper. They are more than elegant timepieces – they are precision instruments that have supported human pursuit of excellence for generations.
Longines’ offering includes several outstanding collections that combine the brand’s heritage with contemporary needs, offering watches of diverse character – from classic, elegant models to advanced sports chronographs.

Longines Master Collection
Master Collection is the quintessence of Longines’ elegant watchmaking, introduced in 2005 as a tribute to the brand’s finest traditions. This collection combines classic, timeless design with advanced watchmaking complications and the highest quality of execution, representing the pinnacle of the manufacture’s skills.
It is a proposition for connoisseurs of classic elegance who value refined style, advanced functions, and traditional watchmaking craftsmanship. Master Collection perfectly balances formal elegance with everyday functionality.

Master Collection Annual Calendar
Elegant models with annual calendar, displaying months, days, and moon phases in harmonious arrangement. This is a refined complication for those who value practicality – watches that automatically account for different month lengths throughout the year, requiring correction only once a year, at the transition from February to March. Subtle calendar indications are harmoniously integrated with the collection’s classic aesthetics.

Master Collection Moonphase
Romantic models displaying moon phases on an elegant dial, combining poetic function with technical precision. This is a combination of practicality with poetry – watches whose dials are adorned with a carefully crafted moon phase indicator. This classic watchmaking complication adds romantic character while offering practical information about the lunar cycle, valued by travelers and astronomy enthusiasts.

Master Collection Chronograph
Elegant chronographs combining sporting functionality with refined design, ideal for both formal and sporting occasions. This is perfect balance between elegance and sporting character – watches offering precise time measurement in a classic, elegant edition. Harmonious subdial arrangement, high-quality finishing, and universal design make them ideal companions for any occasion.

Master Collection GMT
Models with additional time zone, designed for traveling businessmen and globetrotters. This is an elegant tool for international travel – watches combining classic style with the practical function of tracking time in two time zones simultaneously. The additional GMT hand and 24-hour scale are subtly integrated with the design, without disturbing the dial’s harmony.

Longines Heritage Collection
Heritage Collection is a tribute to the brand’s rich history, offering contemporary reinterpretations of Longines’ most important historical models. Each watch in this collection tells a fragment of the brand’s fascinating history, combining nostalgia for the golden era of watchmaking with modern standards of quality and reliability.
This is a proposition for lovers of watchmaking history and vintage style who appreciate authentic heritage and the characteristic aesthetics of bygone decades.

Heritage Avigation BigEye
Contemporary interpretation of the legendary aviation chronograph from the 1960s, with the characteristic enlarged chronograph minute counter. This is a tribute to the golden era of aviation – a watch referencing the times when Longines was one of the most important suppliers of instruments for the aviation industry. The characteristic “big eye” minute counter at 3 o’clock and black dial with white accents create classic pilot aesthetics.

Heritage Skin Diver
Elegant interpretation of Longines’ first diving watch from 1959, combining retro style with modern parameters. This is a return to the beginnings of diving watches – a model that captures the nostalgic charm of the first underwater timepieces, when diving was just becoming a popular sport. Its compact dimensions, clear dial, and internal rotating bezel create authentic vintage aesthetics.

Heritage Classic
Elegant models referencing classic Longines watches from various decades, from the 1920s to the 1970s. This is a journey through the history of elegance – watches recreating characteristic styles and proportions from the most important periods in the brand’s history. From Art Deco geometry of the 1920s, through streamlined design of the 1930s, to refined simplicity of the 1960s – each model is a piece of watchmaking history.

Heritage Military Marine Nationale
Contemporary version of watches supplied to the French Navy in the 1940s and 1950s, maintaining the raw, military character. This is authentic military heritage – a watch that faithfully recreates the specifications and aesthetics of models created for the French Navy. Its minimalist, functional dial, characteristic indices, and solid construction reflect the harsh requirements of military use.

Longines Conquest
Conquest is Longines’ sports collection, first introduced in 1954 to commemorate the brand’s successes in Olympic timekeeping. The name “conquest” refers both to sporting achievements supported by Longines and to the brand’s technical mastery in the field of precise time measurement.
This is a proposition for active people and sports enthusiasts who seek an elegant yet functional watch with sporting character.

Conquest Classic
Elegant sports models combining refined style with advanced technical functions. This is balanced sporting elegance – watches that offer sporting functionality in a refined, universal edition. Their balanced proportions, high-quality materials, and precise mechanisms make them ideal for both active lifestyle and formal occasions.

Conquest V.H.P.
Models with precise V.H.P. (Very High Precision) quartz movements, offering exceptional accuracy and advanced functions. This is technological excellence in service of precision – watches equipped with the most advanced quartz movements that guarantee accuracy to ±5 seconds annually. Functions like automatic correction after shock or perpetual calendar make them ideal tools for those demanding absolute precision.

Conquest Diving
Professional diving watches offering high water resistance and specialized underwater functions. These are reliable tools for underwater exploration – watches combining sporting elegance characteristic of Longines with professional diving functions. Rotating bezel, high water resistance, and excellent readability make them ideal companions for both amateur and professional divers.

Longines DolceVita
DolceVita is an elegant collection of rectangular watches, introduced in 1997 as a tribute to Italian lifestyle and Art Deco aesthetics. The name, meaning “sweet life,” perfectly captures the spirit of this refined collection, which combines classic elegance with modern functionality.
This is a proposition for those who value refined style, classic proportions, and timeless elegance that never goes out of fashion.

DolceVita Classic
Elegant models in characteristic rectangular cases, available in various sizes for women and men. This is the quintessence of classic elegance – watches with harmonious proportions and refined character that perfectly complement formal elegance. Their slender profiles, subtly curved cases, and elegant dials create timeless aesthetics.

DolceVita Chronograph
Sporting interpretations of the classic shape, offering chronograph function in elegant, rectangular form. This is an unusual combination of sporting functionality with elegant form – watches that offer precise time measurement in exceptionally refined edition. Harmonious arrangement of chronograph subdials in rectangular case creates unique, elegant composition.

DolceVita XL
Enlarged versions of the classic design, responding to contemporary trends of larger watch sizes. This is modern interpretation of classics – models that maintain the elegant character of DolceVita collection while offering more pronounced presence on the wrist. Larger sizes allow for more expressive details and better readability without losing refined character.

Longines Evidenza
Evidenza is a distinctive collection characterized by unique, tonneau-shaped case. Introduced in 2003, it combines classic elegance with expressive, modern design, offering an alternative to conventional round watches.
This is a proposition for those seeking distinctive style who appreciate the harmony of classic elegance with modern, characteristic design.

Evidenza Classic
Elegant models in characteristic tonneau case, offering refined alternative to classic round watches. This is expressive elegance – watches whose unusual shape immediately attracts attention while maintaining refined, elegant character. The ergonomic case fits perfectly on the wrist, and harmonious proportions create unique, feminine aesthetics.

Evidenza Chronograph
Sporting models combining characteristic shape with chronograph function, creating unique combination of form and function. This is sporting elegance in unusual form – watches offering practical time measurement function in expressive, characteristic edition. Skillful arrangement of chronograph subdials in tonneau case creates harmonious, dynamic composition.

Longines Record
Record is a relatively new collection, introduced in 2018 for the World Athletics Championships. The name refers both to sporting records supported by Longines chronometry and to precision standards established by the brand in its long history.
This is a proposition for active people who value sporting elegance and precision, seeking a watch that combines modern technical solutions with classic aesthetics.

Record Automatic
Models with COSC-certified chronometers, offering exceptional precision in elegant form. This is precision in service of elegance – watches whose movements have passed rigorous chronometric tests, guaranteeing highest accuracy of timekeeping. COSC certification confirms that each watch meets the highest standards of chronometric precision.

Record Chronograph
Sporting chronographs with certified movements, combining precise time measurement with elegant design. This is sporting precision at the highest level – watches offering chronograph function with guarantee of exceptional accuracy. Combination of sporting functionality with certified precision and elegant aesthetics creates ideal tool for demanding users.

Longines Watches – Heritage of Elegance and Sporting Tradition
Every Longines watch is a manifestation of over 190 years of Swiss watchmaking tradition, combining classic elegance with technical excellence and rich history of sporting achievements. Whether you seek an elegant watch for formal occasions, sporting chronograph, classic model inspired by history, or modern timepiece with advanced functions – you will find a model that not only precisely measures time but also expresses respect for tradition and pursuit of excellence.

Why Choose Longines Watches?

Over 190 years of tradition: one of the oldest Swiss manufactures that has consistently created watches in the same place since its founding.
Sporting heritage: official timekeeper of the most important sporting events, from Olympic Games to world championships, guaranteeing precision confirmed in the highest competition.
Elegance and timeless style: watches combining classic aesthetics with modern functionality that never go out of fashion and suit every occasion.
Technological excellence: high-quality movements, often COSC-certified, ensuring reliability and chronometric precision.
Wealth of historical models: Heritage Collection offering authentic reinterpretations of the most important watches from the brand’s long history.

Longines and the World of Sport – Timekeeper Heritage
Longines has one of the richest histories in the world of sports timekeeping, dating back to 1878 when it first measured time during horse races. From that moment, the brand consistently developed its sporting identity, becoming official timekeeper of Olympic Games (first time in 1896), world championships in athletics, artistic gymnastics, alpine skiing, and equestrian sports.
This long tradition of sports timekeeping translates not only into brand prestige but also into continuous improvement of time measurement technology. Innovations developed for sporting needs, such as precise quartz movements or advanced digital measurement systems, subsequently find application in consumer watches, providing them with exceptional precision and reliability.

Saint-Imier – Heart of Longines for Over a Century
Since 1832, all Longines watches have been produced in the same place – in Saint-Imier in the Swiss Jura region. This remarkable continuity of production location is rare in the watchmaking industry and speaks to the authenticity and uninterrupted tradition of the brand.
The contemporary Longines manufacture in Saint-Imier combines modern production technologies with traditional watchmaking craftsmanship. Here movements, cases, dials, and final assembly of all brand watches are created. This is a place where history meets modernity, and traditional working methods are supported by the most advanced quality control technologies.

Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph – Tradition of High Watchmaking
Longines has a particularly rich tradition in the field of chronographs, dating back to 1878. Column-wheel chronograph movements, considered the pinnacle of elegance and precision in this category, are the brand’s specialty. These advanced mechanisms, requiring exceptional craftsmanship in production, ensure smooth operation of chronograph pushers and unmatched precision of measurement.
Contemporary Longines chronographs with column wheel, available in Master Collection and Heritage collections, continue this tradition, offering lovers of high watchmaking instruments that combine historical heritage with the most modern standards of quality and reliability.

Legendary Longines Models
Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch
Navigation watch designed by Charles Lindbergh after his historic transatlantic flight, combining functions of watch and sextant.
This is an icon of aviation navigation – an instrument that arose from real need for precise navigation during long-distance flights. Lindbergh’s collaboration with Longines resulted in a watch that revolutionized aviation navigation, offering pilots the ability to determine geographical position through sun observation and precise time measurement.

Conquest Heritage
First watch introduced for Olympic timekeeping in 1954, symbolizing the “conquest” of precision in sport.
This is a manifesto of sporting excellence – a model that embodied the brand’s aspirations to be the most accurate sports timekeeper. Its introduction coincided with the beginning of the modern era of sports timekeeping, when electronic measurement systems began replacing traditional mechanical stopwatches.

Flagship Heritage
Contemporary interpretation of the prestigious line from the 1960s, which represented the pinnacle of Longines elegance in that decade.
This is a tribute to the golden era of Swiss watchmaking – a model that recreated the characteristic aesthetics of the 1960s, when Swiss watches dominated the world market. Its elegant proportions, refined finishing, and precise mechanisms embodied the contemporary ideal of luxury watch.

Avigation Type A-7
A contemporary version of a specialized aviation watch from the 1930s, featuring a distinctive 45-degree rotated dial.
This is an authentic aviation instrument – a watch specifically designed for pilots whose cockpit position required an unusual dial orientation. This practical detail, seemingly peculiar from today’s perspective, perfectly illustrates the functional approach to watch design in aviation’s pioneering era.

Skin Diver (1959)
The first Longines diving watch that initiated the brand’s adventure with underwater exploration.
This is a pioneer of diving elegance – a model that proved diving watches don’t have to be rugged and purely functional. Its elegant proportions, sophisticated finish, and water resistance to 30 meters created a new category of “elegant diving watches,” perfect both underwater and on land.

Ultra-Chron (1968)
A revolutionary quartz watch with a 360 Hz frequency, one of the first high-frequency quartz watches in the world.
This is a milestone in watchmaking history – a model that initiated the quartz revolution in luxury watches. Its extraordinary precision (±1 second per month) and innovative technology laid the foundation for modern, precise quartz watches that are today’s industry standard.
Explore our collection of Longines watches and discover over 190 years of Swiss watchmaking tradition – timepieces combining elegance, precision, and sporting heritage in a harmonious, timeless form.

Longines Innovations That Changed Watchmaking

Electromechanical Chronograph (1960): the first electronic time measurement system that revolutionized sports timing and laid the groundwork for modern measurement systems.
Ultra-Chron Mechanism (1968): a high-frequency quartz mechanism operating at 360 Hz, offering precision of ±1 second per month – one of the most accurate watches of its era.
Column-Wheel Chronograph: perfecting traditional chronograph mechanisms with column wheel, ensuring smooth operation and exceptional time measurement precision.
V.H.P. (Very High Precision): state-of-the-art quartz mechanisms with ±5 seconds annual precision, equipped with automatic correction and perpetual calendar functions.
GPD (Gear Position Detection): an innovative system for detecting hand positions after shock, automatically correcting time settings in quartz watches.
Navigational Instruments: collaboration with aviation pioneers in creating specialized navigation instruments that combined watch functions with measurement tools.

Longines doesn’t just create elegant watches – it creates a heritage of Swiss watchmaking that combines over 190 years of tradition with a constant pursuit of precision and innovation. Choosing Longines isn’t just selecting a watch – it’s choosing a piece of history that has combined elegance with sporting achievements and accompanied the most important moments in exploration and sporting competition history.

Frequently Asked Questions about Longines Watches
Why should I buy a Longines watch?Longines is a brand with over 190 years of tradition, known for elegance, precision, and classic style. It’s the perfect choice for those who value Swiss quality and sophisticated design.

Are Longines watches a good investment?Yes, Longines watches maintain their market value, and vintage and limited editions are particularly valued by collectors.

What are the most popular Longines watch models?The bestsellers include: Longines Master Collection, HydroConquest, Spirit, Conquest, and Flagship Heritage. Each collection offers different features – from sporty to classic.

What are the differences between Master, Conquest, and HydroConquest series?– Master Collection – classic elegance and automatic mechanisms.
– Conquest – sports watches with dynamic design.
– HydroConquest – professional diving watches with high water resistance.

Is Longines a luxury brand?Yes. Longines is recognized as a premium luxury brand that combines Swiss watchmaking tradition with accessible luxury.

Where are Longines watches manufactured?Longines watches are manufactured in Switzerland, in Saint-Imier, according to Swiss Made standards.

Are Longines watches water-resistant?Yes, many Longines models offer water resistance – from 30 to 300 meters, depending on the collection.

How to identify an authentic Longines watch?An authentic Longines watch has a unique serial number, engraving, certificate of authenticity, and should be sold in original packaging with documentation.

What movements does Longines use?Longines primarily uses automatic and quartz movements, including exclusive ETA movements modified specifically for the brand.

Are Longines watches a good gift idea?Absolutely. A Longines watch is an elegant gift for important occasions: birthdays, weddings, career promotions, or anniversaries.

How to care for a Longines watch?Avoid strong impacts, contact with magnets and water (in non-water-resistant models), and have it serviced at an authorized service center every few years.

How long is the warranty on Longines watches?Longines watches come with an international manufacturer’s warranty – typically 2 years, with possible extensions for selected models.

Do you offer service for Longines watches?Yes, we work with authorized Longines service centers. We offer support for repairs, maintenance, and technical inspections.

Can I try on a Longines watch before purchasing?Yes. Contact us – we’ll check the availability of the model in our partner showroom or suggest alternative solutions.

Does Longines offer watches for both women and men?Yes. The Longines brand has a rich selection of both women’s and men’s models – from subtle to more substantial designs.