Horological Meandering

Longines at Basel 2014 reported by Marcus Hanke This year, Longines launches an entirely new line of watches, the Elegant Collection. Concentrating on clean, sober circular cases with mostly plain dials and Roman numerals or polished hourmarkers, this c...  

. . . this year, and for an unusual reason. I have a '56 Conquest, passed down from Dad. Curiously enough, his four brothers all owned similar vintage Longines, three of which were also Conquests. Two have disappeared (same reason: burglary), and the surv... 

But shame on them to have put a date on the " Majetek " and on the very nice Monopusher! I still don't get this need for a date in such strong historical pièces! Best, Nicolas

They have the feeling that I'm a parrot now... but commercially speaking for a brand like Longines which sells high volumes, the date is always mandatory since it is a strong demand from the market. At least, we can appreciate that the Conquest Heritage e... 

And as you already know, my fav of this Longines collection is the Conquest Heritage. I appreciated a lot that Longines preserved its size and its dial. Thanks a lot for the report! Fx

thanks Markus for the excellent report. I have to say that I am very pleased with what Longines presented this year, especially when taking the Monopusher Chrono into account, which I guess is not strictly a novelty however was new to me. On the 1954 reed... 

Thanks for a wonderful and comprehensive report here. I am glad to see Longines pooling from their extensive portfolio of classic designs. The Heritage 1935 is definitely on my shopping list although I agree with you, it would have been a much nicer tribu...