LONGINES – HERITAGE Legend Diver Watch

LONGINES – HERITAGE Legend Diver Watch

The Longines Legend Diver Watch: 

Performance and elegance combined

With 185 years of rich history, Longines likes to revisit historical pieces that helped it achieve its reputation. An iconic piece from the watchmaking brand’s Heritage line, the Longines Legend Diver Watch is the reissue of a diving watch from 1960.

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While retaining the codes and design typical of the sixties, Longines has put its current expertise at the service of this contemporary edition to guarantee legibility, waterproofness and practicality. This watch combines high performance and timeless elegance. Today, the Swiss watch brand celebrates the 10th anniversary of this reissue by offering a new version with a Milanese mesh bracelet.

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Longines has always associated its name with the prestigious exploits of pioneers who sought to push the boundaries of performance ever further, and in particular in the discoveries of underwater environments. A reissue of a diving watch from 1960, produced at a time when underwater exploration and military and sports diving flourished, the Longines Legend Diver Watch looks back to the bold style that made the original watch so successful.

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The lines of the original watch are repeated, including the domed crystal, reminiscent of the technical limitations of the time. But while preserving the sixties spirit of this legendary timepiece, Longines has given this piece contemporary and performance-oriented technical features: a sapphire crystal, and screwed crown and back to guarantee a water-resistance rating of 300 m, or even an internal bidirectional rotating disc for divers. The latter – the flange – is activated and locked by one of the crowns, thus making it possible to determine the remaining bottom time.

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The indexes, digits and hands, covered with Super-LumiNova®, stand out against the black lacquered dial to offer optimum readability, further sharpened by the simple and clear typography of the 3, 6, 9 and 12 digits. The 42-mm stainless steel box houses an L633 automatic mechanical movement and sports an engraving of a diver on its screwed back. This piece is available in either a rubber, cowhide or new Milanese watch strap, so it can be worn for any occasion.

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Technical sheet

Model name:  Legend Diver Watch

Reference numbers L3.674.4.50.x

Movement
Self-winding mechanical movement
Caliber L633 (ETA 2824/2)
11½ lines, 25 jewels, 28,800 vibrations per hour
Power reserve of 38 hours
Functions    Hours, minutes and seconds
Case
Round, stainless steel,
Ø 42 mm with internal turning diving bezel
Screw-down case back and two screw-in crowns
Embossed diver symbol on case back
Dials
Black lacquered dial, indices coated with Super-LumiNova®
Hands    Polished rhodium-plated with Super-LumiNova®
Water-resistance    To 30 bar (300 meters)
Crystal    Domed sapphire
Strap/Bracelet   

• Steel Milanese mesh with double security folding clasp and integrated diving extension
• Black matte cowhide with diving buckle
• Black rubber with with double security folding clasp and integrated diving extension

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Press release - 2017
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For further information please contact:
Longines International Public Relations
2610 Saint-Imier, Switzerland
publicrelations@longines.com
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SPEAKE-MARIN – Brown Spirit Calendar Edition

SPEAKE-MARIN – J-Class Brown Spirit Calendar Titanium 42 Limited Edition

New Brown Serpent Calendar

Two years ago, Speake-Marin brought a touch of colour to its dials. This year, the Swiss brand unveils the new Brown Serpent Calendar featuring a curved gold guilded-steel date hand and multi-layered, satin-finished dial with enlarged calendar chapter ring. The new Brown Serpent Calendar is a limited edition of 28 pieces.

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Several years ago, Speake-Marin revisited one of their most successful and iconic models, the Serpent Calendar, and redesign it from the ground up. While retaining the distinctive identity of the original Serpent, Speake-Marin worked on the design of the dial, of the case and of the hands. This year, the Swiss brand continues to work on the design of this watch by adding to its dial a brown snailing hours chapter ring and oversized calendar indication.

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“The original Serpent was the first calendar watch I made and it quickly became one of the most popular Speake-Marin timepieces,” says Peter Speake-Marin. “The idea is simple and goes back over a century to early pocket watches that used a curved hand to differentiate the date from the time indications. The Serpent Calendar now brings a fresh look to this classic design.”

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All the major elements of the Speake-Marin universe are present: the multi-layered, bright white dial finds its place in a Piccadilly case, 42mm, in titanium. The Serpent Calendar indicates central hours and minutes with Speake-Marin style blued hands and the date with a bright golden sculptured Speake-Marin calendar hand. On this watch, Speake-Marin brought a touch of originality on its dial by off-setting the ring of the date at 1.30. A simple swing to rock the rhythm of the time! Also adding greater equilibrium to the graphic aspect of the dial.

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Finally, as with the other models of this collection, the new Brown Serpent calendar is equipped with a Vaucher 3002 automatic movement and signs the bottom of its dials of “Swiss made” to remind its Swiss origins, whilst retaining the English name and design of its creator.

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The new Brown Serpent Calendar is a limited edition of 28 watches.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection: J-Class

Model: — Serpent Calendar

REFERENCE: PIC.10006-05

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MOVEMENT:
Hand-assembled mechanical self-winding movement
Calibre Vaucher 3002,
JEWELS: 28
FREQUENCY: 28,800vph / 4Hz
POWER RESERVE: ~ 50 hours
INDICATIONS: Central hour, minutes, seconds and date

CASE:
Iconic Piccadilly case in titanium (Grade 5)
Front and back sapphire crystals treated with anti-reflective coating
DIAMETER: 42mm
Thickness 12mm
WATER RESISTANCE: 3 bar (30 meters)
DIAL:
Multi-layered, white-lacquered dial with a brown snailing date circle.
Off-set date
HANDS:
Hours, minutes and seconds Speake-Marin style blued Serpent Calendar hands.
Speake-Marin style golden hand

STRAP:
Hand-made, natural alligator leather strap.
Pin buckle in titanium

LIMITED EDITION: 28 watches

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Should you need additional information,
feel free to contact our Communications Department by email:
veronique@speake-marin.com or by phone at: +41 21 695 26 56
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