An essay exploring the confusing meanings of In-House in regards to watch movement production, and how to clarify the use of the phrase in-house
Insight Clarifying In-House Movements for the 21st Century Watch Collector
Category: Longines
Hands-On Longines Heritage Classic Chronograph
The Skinny Some Context Longines makes around 1.2-million watches a year, and the Heritage Collection from which this chrono derives makes up only a small percentage of that annual output. And yet, for the past ten years or so Longines has been re-issuing (and sometimes modernizing) watches from their vast basement archive where thousands of… Read more »
Hands-On Longines Heritage Classic Sector Dial
The Longines Heritage Classic Sector Dial is the dark-dialed variant of the 2019 Heritage Classic release which had a silver and white dial copied from a 1934 model. The original Heritage Classic was very well-received at the time by press and consumers alike and was proof that re-issues could be made relevant today rather than being simple pastiches of historic models. This latest version of the Heritage Classic makes minimal changes to that very successful recipe.
Insight Longines Gracefully Shuns Lindbergh With Their New Spirit Collection Pilots Watches
Conspicuous Absence When Longines announced their new Spirit Collection, Charles Lindbergh – perhaps the world’s most famous pilot and an avid user of Longines timepieces – was not on the list of famous pilots featured for this release. Instead we got Amelia Earhart, Paul-Emile Victor, Elinor Smith, and Howard Hughes – all of whom also… Read more »