Longines the brilliant history

The Longines story can be traced back to 1832, Agassi to Dassault IMIA, and adding the" Comptoir horloger Raiguel Jeune" after the company started. A year later, Agassi and Florian Morel and Henri Raiguel together founded the" Comptoir Raiguel Jeune" Cie company. Founded more than 160 years, the LONGINES table and the wearer to participate in numerous world famous sports and adventure activities, in history to write a brilliant page.

In 1904, the Express Monarch table is the United States expedition praise, because during the 429 days trip, Longines timer to maintain the error is only 4 seconds. In 1927, Longines company and the famous flight pioneer Charles Lind Berg cooperative design for flight home computing time watch, this table ring day is 360 degrees, in a display of time at the same time, also can be used for measuring longitude.

Enter twentieth Century, gradually replacing the pocket watch. In 1905 the Longines made the first mechanical watches, launched in 1912 and given a very innovative type wrist watch, the elegant geometry design introduction of watchmaking. In 1912 in Basel at the Swiss Federal games, Longines watches to become the world's first introduced automatic timer watchmaker.

The LONGINES table produced by each one of the timer, has accurate timing characteristics and be not of the common sort of quality assurance, but also endowed with excellent design and quality. LONGINES in 1879 to create the world's first timer, in 1969 once again to produce the world's first quartz watch. LONGINES table another achievement is the application of vibration characteristics of quartz generated characters show jumping, becoming the first liquid crystal display using the timer. In 1979, LONGINES introduced the world's most thin wrist watch, sheet thickness less than two mm. The invention has established LONGINES table in the creative ideas and watchmaking technology prominent position.

Longines is to become the world's most outstanding special sports watch her precise characteristics, which has become a famous sports preferred chronograph, early in the 1896 Athens Olympic Games, the stopwatch has become the competition congress chronograph, and gradually become the world's most outstanding sports specialized chronograph, to the 1952 Oslo Olympic Games, Longines became the official timekeeping instrument in the 1968 Winter Olympics, Longines has measure 1 / 10 seconds; 1980 Olympic Games launched Tele Longines models, more calculating and write down slightly to 1 / 1000 second time records.

Forward high-tech times today, Longines besides is committed to the pursuit of accurate tabulation process, still strive to research and explore new areas, and focus on the more noble and elegant design And the concept of innovation, design every detail is very good.

Today, Longines watches besides is committed to the pursuit of accurate tabulation process, still strive to research and explore new areas, and focus on the more noble and elegant design and innovative ideas, design every detail is very good. Launched in 1998, the emblem series.

In March 7, 2002 France, Paris, the world's largest watchmaking group Swatch group held the Longines 170 anniversary grand celebration. Longines five elegant image ambassador first appeared in Paris, they have their own unique and elegant temperament fully perform the Longines unique elegance.