180 YEARS OF
180 YEARS OF
180 YEARS OF
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Longines’s ladies’ watch<br />
designs bring together<br />
an entire COSMOS of<br />
images, dreams and ideas.<br />
Art Deco beauty:<br />
pocketwatch from 1923<br />
the Longines DolceVita character,<br />
inspired as it is by its 1930s and ’50s<br />
design. e Longines DolceVita<br />
won’t measure racetrack times or<br />
stressful hours. It remains within the<br />
realm of sunny, exhilarating times<br />
while still providing accuracy and<br />
reliability. Its rectangular shape is<br />
perfect for the decisive woman who<br />
knows exactly what she wants.<br />
In 1992 Longines introduced a<br />
ladies’ watch that has become a true<br />
icon. La Grande Classique de<br />
Longines is the name of the ultraslim<br />
watch with a perfectly round<br />
case and Roman numerals, line indexes<br />
or diamonds on the simple<br />
dial. Its unique lug design is a characteristic<br />
feature. Only a tiny segment<br />
of the case is connected to the<br />
much wider strap and underscores<br />
the nesse of its shape.<br />
e narrow hands on La Grande Classique de<br />
Longines measure the hours and minutes of a busy day in<br />
a quiet and reserved way. ey turn within a watch that<br />
easily adapts to the style, age and personal situation of its<br />
dierent wearers – unassuming and unmistakable, as it<br />
should be for a watch that has the attribute “classic” in its<br />
name. And La Grande Classique de Longines gives anyone<br />
who quickly wants to know the time a taste of its elegance<br />
and light.<br />
La Grande Classique de Longines has many dierent<br />
faces. e combination of a stainless-steel case and<br />
bracelet and a white dial gives the impression of purity<br />
while the combination of Roman numerals, a diamondencrusted<br />
bezel and a ne black leather strap lends the<br />
watch a feeling of reserved luxury. And if the combination<br />
includes a black dial and diamond markers, La<br />
Grande Classique de Longines suddenly becomes a<br />
watch with a mysterious, nighttime air. e dimensions<br />
of the ladies’ models range from delicate versions (with a<br />
diameter of 24 mm) to medium size (34 mm). Quartz<br />
movements generally power these watches with a minimum<br />
case height of less than 4.5 mm. For those who pre-<br />
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