Saint-Imier brand can claim a legitimate link with flying Longines is presenting a monopusher-chronograph inspired by a watch made for the U.S. Army pilots in 1935. Supplied Longines has had much ...

In the 1930s, the U.S. Army issued criteria for several (17 in all) timepieces to be used by troops and aviators. Among these specifications was A7, which specified a rotated dial and a timer to be ...

As vintage military watches continue to capture the hearts and minds of American collectors, Longines is resurrecting an unusual 1935 pilot’s watch with the Avigation Type A-7 U.S.A. Limited Edition ...

Issued, mid-20th century U.S. pilot’s watches is a fairly niche category — there simply weren’t all that many different watches that were purchased by the American military for specific use by ...

Longines has treated its historic 1930’s pilots chronograph, the Avigation BigEye, to a modern makeover with a lightweight titanium case and a striking petrol blue dial. The Avigation (a portmanteau ...

(MENAFNEditorial) Dubai, UAE, September 13, 2017: The Swiss watch brand Longines regularly draws on its historical pieces to enhance its Heritage line. Today, it is reissuing a chronograph with a ...

It’s a truth universally acknowledged that in contemporary watchmaking vintage reissues tend to be crowd-pleasers. The recent enthusiasm for revived classics has driven a broad trend among major watch ...

Some new watches attempt to distinguish themselves from the pack with a novelty or gimmick - a new kind of hand, for example, or a peculiar dial, an ingenious complication or some other largely ...

From Longines' archive of prolific watchmaking, vintage timepieces have been updated with the latest technology for the Heritage collection. Its expertise in pilot's and diver's watches is illustrated ...

What you’re looking at is by no means a manufacturing error. Nor is it a contrived attempt to add some quirk to a conventional tribute to a tribute watch (the ...

Longines has added a new military-style model to its Heritage line. The Longines Avigation is based on the design of a model produced for the British army during the 1950s. Like the original watch, ...