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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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