Seen in Paris some moths ago. A watch which is very high on my list, as the size ( 37, 5 mm ) is perfect, the dial is very much my taste and... The movement is the cherry on the cake. Not as beautiful as the one ticking in the Jaeger Lecoultre WWW, but no
There are still some military watches I am running after. Such as a beautiful Longines WWW. With its 37 mm case, it is big enough and provides a great presence on the wrist. Therefore, it has a lot of charm and soul. Credit pictures: Song. If only it coul
With all the great looking Longines Heritage watches that has been made lately... The Legend Diver, the Skin Diver, the Military, the Avigation Bigeye to name a few.... I just wish they would have done a more faithful version of the W.W.W. Without the dat
37, 5 mm case, great manual winding movement, History and a lot of charm. That's all I love. Credit picture: Song. The prices are still human, still... But finding one in good shape is not an easy game... Best, Nicolas
Last year I attended a small meal and drinks after the QP show in London. There were a few of the Indy guys there and I was wearing one of my vintage watches. Everyone was chatting away when Peter Speake-Marin came in, as he walked by my table he looked d
. . . Nicolas! "Dear Art, This week was all about quality over quantity in my sector of judgment. :-) Among eleven entries including yours truly, I would like to put forward in Dirk's vein three of them. Third place: Fred's Longines www . . . . . . for Ni
Longines WWW "Greenlander" Reissue 2009 reissue of the 1945 Longines WWW "Greenlander" Longines model number L2.731.4.53.2 * Longines L615 Automatic movement, 27 Jewels, 28,800 BPH, 42hours power reserve (based on ETA 2895/2, which is a sub second version
Longines is good at historical remakes, the Legend Diver being the best. The latest is the Twenty Four Hours, a 47.5 mm remake of the 1950s Swissair pilots watch. It has a date at three, which looks out of place; this is like the Longines WWW remake of 20
Vintage Pannies, maybe 2 or 3. Vintage Rolex ( maybe 20 of them ). Aquatimer Ref 812 from IWC. PP Ref 5102. Lange Cabaret platinum black dial. U.N Tellurium. Breguet Type XX French Army. Vacheron Constantin Mercator. AP Starwheel. Omega Vintage Pilot watc
...my peeve is dressy or illegible Dive watches. There are so many great choices in that category that I wonder why.... Homage: when done well - Longines Legend Diver (no date), Polaris - wonderful. When done badly - Longines WWW - terrible. The remade wa