1904, Longines Express monarch was praised by an American Antarctic expedition. During the 429-day journey, Longines' timepieces can keep a difference of only 4 seconds with amazing accuracy. At 19 12, Longines chronograph correctly calculated the speed for 3,500 athletes, which once again became a commendable goal. In view of the extremely high precision of the timepieces produced by Longines Watch Factory, it has made great contributions to navigation research and was awarded the advanced certificate as proof. Later, in 1964, Longines won the first prize of the Observatory with the world's smallest electronic chronograph, showing its achievements in timekeeping.
Each timepiece produced by Longines Watch has accurate timing characteristics and extraordinary quality assurance, and has also been endowed with excellent design and quality. Longines created the world's first chronograph in 1879, and once again took the lead in producing the world's first quartz watch in 1969. Another achievement of Longines watch is that it makes use of the characteristics of timely vibration to produce word skipping display, becoming the first timer with liquid crystal display. 1979, Longines introduced the thinnest watch in the world at that time, with a body thickness of less than 2mm. These inventions have laid a prominent position in the creative concept and watchmaking technology of Longines watches.
Step into the high-tech era
Today, Longines watches are not only committed to the pursuit of accurate watchmaking technology, but also to unremitting research and exploration of new fields, paying more attention to noble and elegant design and innovative ideas, and every detail of the design is of great standard. 1998 launched the full emblem series.
On March 7th, 2002, in Paris, France, Swatch Group, the world's largest watch manufacturing group, held a grand celebration of Longines170th anniversary. Five elegant ambassadors of Longines made their debut in Paris. They fully explained the unique elegance of Longines with their unique elegance.
Paris has always been the capital city symbolizing fashion and individuality, which just fits the elegant image of Longines, so it is the most suitable place to celebrate its170th anniversary.
170 years ago, a young businessman founded a pragmatic watch accessories factory in a small village in the mountains of Switzerland. Since then, Longines watches have developed into an era of "elegance and fashion", which has been passed down to this day. Longines watches have produced more than 30 million watches today. Looking back on the past 170 years, Longines watches inherited the elegant tradition and made outstanding achievements.
In order to praise the elegant style of the brand, Longines sponsored sports famous for elegance, including competitive gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and equestrian competitions, and in recent years, Longines Elegant Performance Award was established to praise outstanding and elegant athletes.
In addition to two classic screen superstars, Audrey Hepburn and humphrey bogart, Longines has appointed many talented young ambassadors. In personality, appearance and occupation, it conforms to the modern elegant interpretation and embodies the natural and pluralistic elegant style in the new century. Shu Ya Mei Ting from Italy, Carina Lau from Hongkong, Olivier Shulov from Russia and billy zane from the United States will attend the Longines170th Anniversary Celebration together with Avia Ariel from India, and display three gorgeous replica watches of classical jewelry.
In order to pay tribute to the first170th anniversary, Longines reinterpreted three recent glittering and gorgeous watch designs, named "Les Elegantes" series replica watches, and issued them in limited quantities.
Swatch Group is the largest watch manufacturing group in the world, with more than 157 different production plants in Switzerland. Longines watch is a famous brand of Swatch Group. Swatch Group has designated the timing for the release of several Olympic Games, and will participate in the Olympic Games in Athens, Turin, Beijing and many different cities to witness many great moments.
At the same time, Longines Watch launched the third generation Longines Watch "Daichovina" series at the celebration, and the design became more fashionable. The design concept of "Daichovina" comes from the epoch-making square case design style in the 20th century, which is elegant and unique and passed down from generation to generation. 1997, "Daichovina" appeared for the first time, with elegant rectangular design; In 2000, "Daicho Wiener" returned to the square series with elegance and heroism, which also aroused great response from watch lovers. So far, in 2002, "Daichovina" has undergone a brand-new round design ... the gorgeous round case bears the eternal glory of Longines watch "Daichovina"! Entering this dynamic new era, three different elegant images of "Daicho Wiener" constitute one of the most important series of Longines watches.
Longines watch's new "masterpiece" series watches are equipped with carefully carved automatic mechanical movements, which have many exquisite functions such as moon phase, Greenwich mean time, double calendar, chronograph and stopwatch, and are classics that cannot be missed. The birth of the "Skillful Craftsman" series highlights the golden course and outstanding achievements of Longines watch in the research and manufacture of movement.
Longines used mechanical devices to show the art of time, which began in 1867. Longines sponsored the Arctic expedition led by Count Louis Amanda in 1899, and provided five pocket watches specially designed for various temperature changes in the polar regions, which were highly praised.
In the late 1920s, Longines watches enjoyed an unbreakable reputation as a high-performance movement designer and manufacturer. By 1959, the birth of L360 movement has become a new era. L360 movement swings 36,000 times per hour, and it includes compensation balance hairspring, reverse lever escapement mechanism and alloy clockwork device. This ultra-fine device makes L360 win numerous awards in numerous astronomical competitions.
1977 L990 movement is the proudest work of Longines watchmakers. Today, it is still the thinnest automatic mechanical movement in the world. Over the years, this movement has been used in various Longines watches and has been providing accurate time for wearers all over the world.