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Playing the blues with the Longines Presence
Though Longines today as a Brand is often jumbled in with other mass production companies, a little digging with showcase their quite venerable history, especially in mastering the art of production in numbers. A double edged sword to an extent as there are then a lot of longines on the market ending up with the…
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The 2019 IWC Portofino Moonphase
The new Spitfire collection and in particular the bronze variants dominated the IWC SIHH releases. Our favourite release however was quietly delivered alongside a new variant of the automatic and chronograph versions of the Portofino with blue dials and contrasting gilt hands. Given blue does appear to be runway colour of the year, these models…
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The iconic Santos de Cartier…reimagined
The story is familiar to fans of watch related folklore. Alberto Santos-Dumont, a pioneer in the field of aviation (more famous in his homeland of Brazil than even the Wright Brothers) requested a watch from his friend Louis Cartier. The remit being that it could be viewed whilst he was in flight thus creating one…
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Longines Master Collection Blue
Model ref: L2.893.4.92.0 UK RRP £1,370.00 The Longines Master Collection is a fine example of their ability to deliver high quality movements at very value based price points. From simple automatic movements to column wheel flyback chronographs, the movements are not simply created en mass but rather executed to an expected Swiss level of quality…
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