LONGINES – Conquest HERITAGE Central Power Reserve 70th Anniversary

LONGINES – Conquest HERITAGE Central Power Reserve 38mm Stainless Steel Automatic 70th Anniversary

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To mark the 70th anniversary of its emblematic Conquest collection, Longines is presenting the new Conquest Heritage Central Power Reserve, inspired by an iconic model from the late 1950s. 

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Unique in the world of watchmaking, its power reserve is displayed on rotating discs in the centre of the dial. 

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Available in champagne, anthracite or black, this singular timepiece testifies to the brand’s technical excellence and timeless elegance.

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An evocation of daring and of creative spirit, the Conquest collection was the first Longines watch line to have its name protected, in 1954, by the Federal Intellectual Property Office in Berne (Switzerland). 

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Self-winding and waterresistant from the outset, the Conquest line has always been associated with the world of sport and achievement. 

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Symbolising this spirit of conquest, the collection was expanded in 1959 to include a model with a one-of-a-kind power reserve indicator, consisting of two rotating discs located in the centre of the dial.

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To mark the 70th anniversary of the Conquest collection (1954-2024), Longines is reimagining this classic with the new Conquest Heritage Central Power Reserve. 

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A striking tribute to the historic model, the power reserve is revealed on two rotating discs in the centre of the dial. 

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This unique process, invented by Longines and used exclusively by the brand, places the power reserve indicator on the central uncoiling disc. 

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In the shape of a baton widened at the top, it indicates the movement’s depletion level on the external coiling disc, graduated from ‘64’ to ‘0’. It reveals the balance of power-reserve hours available, or in other words, the watch's remaining running time. 

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Rewinding can be done either by turning the crown or moving the wrist, causing the coiling disc to rotate. The aesthetics of the dial thus change continuously, creating an original poetic effect of the passage of time. 

 

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This innovative mechanism echoes the long history of Longines watches with rotating discs, such as the hour-angle models developed for the aeronautical industry in the late 1920s.

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Available in champagne, anthracite or black, the three-part dial of the Conquest Heritage Central Power Reserve is edged on its fixed part by twelve yellow gold-coloured, rose goldcoloured or silver-coloured applied facetted hour markers.

 

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In keeping with the characteristic circles motif of the Conquest collection, a fine circular thread carries the facetted hourmarkers and separates the minute track on the fixed dial. 

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Another feature of this model is that the date is displayed at 12 o'clock in a date window decorated with a trapezoid-shaped applique. Like the hour markers whose colours they adopt, the unusual skyscraper-style hour and minute hands are coated with Super-LumiNova®.

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Demonstrating the watchmaking expertise and timeless elegance of the winged hourglass brand, the Conquest Heritage Central Power Reserve is powered by the new exclusive Longines L896.5 calibre, visible via the transparent screw-down case back.

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Equipped with a silicon balance-spring and innovative components, this self-winding mechanical movement offers a magnetic resistance up to ten times greater than the ISO 764 benchmark standard.

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The completely redesigned 38 mm steel case, with alternating satin-finished and polished surfaces, is topped by a box sapphire crystal with multi-layer anti-reflective treatment on both sides. 

 

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The lugs have also been redesigned for optimum ergonomics and comfort.

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Technical specifications

Collection: HERITAGE CLASSIC

Model name:  Conquest HERITAGE Central Power Reserve  

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Reference: L1.648.4.78.2  - 

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Reference: L1.648.4.62.2  - 

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Reference: L1.648.4.52.2  -

 Movement
    Mechanical self-winding movement
    Exclusive Longines Calibre L896.5
    Diameter: 11½ lines
    Number of jewels: 21 jewels
    Frequency: 25'200 vph
    Magnetically resistant, with silicon balance-spring
    Power reserve: up to 72 hours
Functions/Indications
    Hours, minutes, seconds
    Date window at 12 o’clock with a trapezoid-shaped applique
    Power reserve display on two rotating discs
Case
    Material: Satin polished, stainless steel
    Diameter: 38mm
    Box sapphire glass with multi-layered anti-reflective coating on both sides
    Crown with winged hourglass logo
    Screw-down transparent case
    Water-resistant to 50 meters
    Lug width: 19 mm
Dial
    Domed, champagne, anthracite or black
    12 applied facetted indexes, 2 N yellow gold-coloured, 5 N rose gold-coloured or silver-coloured
    Central disarming disc with power reserve indicator
    Graduated outer arming disc with black or white tampographed indexes
Hands
    2 N yellow gold-coloured, 5 N rose gold-coloured or silvercoloured sky-scraper style polished hands filled with Super-LumiNova® (hours and minutes)
    Baton-type hands (seconds)
Strap and buckle
    Black alligator strap on champagne and black models
    Grey alligator strap on anthracite model
    Stainless steel buckle

🔴 Price : MSRP: CHF 3'600 💰

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2610 Saint-Imier, Switzerland
publicrelations@longines.com
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Louis Erard – Le Regulateur Louis Erard x Olivier Mosset Edition

 

Louis Erard – EXCELLENCE Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Olivier Mosset Edition 2024

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Louis Erard breaks new ground, bringing its fine watchmaking to the world of contemporary art. A new collaboration with a historic and rebellious figure in abstract art, Swiss artist Olivier Mosset. A black-on-black model with sparkling inlays. Limited edition of 178.
 

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A manufacturer of fine mechanical timepieces. A contemporary artist, figure of 60's abstraction, gestures, objects, attitude. A meeting point between the two worlds lies somewhere between the Franches-Montagnes and Arizona, between Noirmont and Tucson. The result is more than a watch. An essay. A compendium. A few grams of polysemy, a bit of artist Olivier Mosset in a watch that strives not to become all art, but to keep telling the time. 

 

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This watch is a frontier. On one side, the land of signs; on the other, the land of watchmaking. This watch is an invitation to cross this frontier, a journey. Of course, Olivier Mosset doesn't just make art, he's also a biker. “Easy Rider” in the Jura. An artist in “Watchland”. Everything is black: case, bracelet, hands. A pure work of art, with no labels, no logos. Only the dial contrasts, decorated with silver glitter. The hands are batons, hour, minute, second, three times the same, same length, same width, same rounded ends. There's just one detail: the size of the hole that gives the direction, a minimalist reference, just enough to ensure that you don't lose the sense of reading altogether.
 

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This watch is an abstraction. A minimalist geometric reinterpretation of the regulator, whose three hands - minute in the center, hour at the top, seconds at the bottom - are mechanically separated. Normally, this improves precision and legibility. In this case, though, it is rather a work of art.
 

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The artist's codes have been translated into the watch's design. Geometric reduction. Chromatic reduction. Flat colour tints. It's all there. Then comes the dial, which takes up another aspect of Olivier Mosset's work. The artist loves street culture, including motorbikes and cars, all of which have a place in his work. He adapts and presents them like sculptures. 

 

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This watch evokes the look and feel of an automobile body with its metallic paint, black and glittering dial. This collaboration was initiated by Manuel Emch, director of Louis Erard and a keen connoisseur of contemporary art, of which Olivier Mosset is a leading figure since his participation in the B.M.P.T group - founded in Paris in December 1966 by Daniel Buren, Olivier Mosset, Michel Parmentier and Niele Toroni. Olivier Mosset had never designed an object, and certainly never a watch. But when Manuel Emch suggested this project, he let himself be drawn in, with amusement and a touch of sentiment. 

 

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After all, he grew up in the Val-de-Ruz, in the watchmaking heartland of the canton of Neuchâtel, and his grandfather is linked to the history of Ébauches SA: "Time is a rather complex matter." For the rest, Olivier Mosset relies on his biker credentials: "What amuses me about watches is their accessory aspect - a watch is useless today. It reminds me of the scene in “Easy Rider”, when they've just bought their bikes and are about to leave, Peter Fonda takes off his watch and throws it away." He adds, in conclusion: "It's in the collection that this collaboration makes sense."

 

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  Erected as a work of art, each of the 178 timepieces comes with a red seal bearing the words "work of art - do not wear". Two interchangeable bracelets complete the case, one signed by the artist. Shaking up the codes of watchmaking is the direction taken by Louis Erard through its artistic collaborations, which delight collectors and contemporary art lovers the world over.
 

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  With Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Olivier Mosset, the watchmaking brand continues its initiatory journey. Other collaborations are to come, involving artists, craftsmen and independent watchmakers. Always limited to 178 pieces. 

 

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This number holds significance, representing strength in unity.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS   

🤝 COLLABORATIONS:   

Collection: EXCELLENCE

Model:  Le Régulateur Louis Erard x Olivier Mosset Edition - 

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Ref. 85237NN62
 

Limited edition of 178 pieces


Movement     Automatic regulator, Sellita SW266-1 calibre, 11½’’’, Ø25.60 mm, height: 5.60 mm, 31 jewels, 28,800 VpH (4Hz), élaboré grade movement, meticulously decorated, special openworked oscillating weight with Louis Erard symbol, approx. 38 hours of power reserve
Functions    HMS
Hour hand at 12 o'clock, central minute hand, second hand at 6 o'clock
Case    Sand-blasted stainless steel with black PVD treatment, Ø42 mm, lug width: 22 mm, lug to lug: 49.60 mm, thickness: 12.25 mm, 3 pieces, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, movement visible through the transparent black caseback, water resistant up to a pressure of 5 bars (50 m/165 ft), signature fir tree crown, caseback engraved with “Olivier Mosset x Louis Erard Limited Edition 1 of 178”
Dial    Shiny black lacquered dial inlaid with silver glitter
Hands        Satin-finish hour, minute and seconds hands with black PVD treatment
Strap    Two black Baranil calf leather bracelets with tone-on-tone stitching, black calf leather lining, sandblasted stainless steel pin buckle with black PVD treatment, functional catch spring bars
enabling the strap to be changed quickly
Handwritten signature of artist Olivier Mosset on one of the two straps
Dimensions: 22/20mm width, 80/115mm length

Collaboration    Watch developed in collaboration with atelier Olivier Mosset in a limited edition of 178 pieces
 

Recommended retail price: CHF 3,750

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ABOUT Olivier Mosset

Olivier Mosset was born in Bern in 1944 and entered the art world in the early 1960s. He worked as an assistant to Jean Tinguely and then Daniel Spoerri. He arrived in Paris in 1963 and began to question the meaning of art and the role of the artist and took up painting. At first, Olivier Mosset painted small formats with the letter "A". Then came some of his emblematic motifs, including a black circle on a white background, which he painted 200 times between 1966 and 1974, his way of reaching degree zero in painting.

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ABOUT LOUIS ERARD   

 

Based in the Jura mountains, the birthplace of watchmaking, Louis Erard embodies the values of Swiss mechanics, the tradition that keeps its promises. Combining luxury, timelessness and elegance, this independent brand is renowned for its mechanical watches and, in particular, its iconic regulators. A collection on which the brand, founded by Mr. Louis Erard in 1929, built its reputation.   
Today, continuing the work of its founder and honouring watchmaking tradition, the Maison is reinterpreting the codes in a contemporary language. Louis Erard continues to set itself apart from mass-market brands. Inspired by high-end watchmaking, the brand draws on its values to enhance its mechanical timepieces.
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