Longines produces timepieces with customary capabilities resembling time, date, GMT or a chronograph – however this new timepiece has a complication that is a bit more fascinating than the Saint-Imier-based watchmaker’s standard treasure.
The Conquest Heritage Central Energy Reserve is introduced in a conservatively sized stainless-steel case measuring 38 mm x 12.3 mm, which weighs solely 69.5 grams on the alligator leather-based strap.
Like the remainder of the Longines Heritage assortment, it is a vintage-style watch – with a contemporary case, motion and sapphire crystal on the back and front.
That includes a sector dial adorned with hand-applied faceted indices and retro arms, the Conquest Heritage Central Energy Reserve has an interesting and timeless look and is out there with both the champagne dial with gold-plated arms and indices (as proven) or a slate grey dial with gold-plated arms and indices or a black dial with silver arms and indices.
Because the identify of the watch suggests, the spotlight is the central energy reserve indicator, which makes use of two discs to point out how a lot of the 72-hour energy reserve is left. Should you do not put on it, the reserve is mechanically exhausted. And when the watch is wound or worn, the reserve is mechanically wound till it reaches its most operating time of 72 hours. The show is numerically marked as much as 64 hours, however every mark represents 8 hours, so the utmost is the purpose positioned one division from the 64 digit counterclockwise.
The Swatch Group’s ETA-based caliber L896 (with extra energy reserve module) shows hours, minutes, central seconds, date and energy reserve – it winds mechanically (or could be wound manually), beats at 3.5 Hz and has a silicon Stability spiral. The motion, seen by means of a transparent caseback, is machine adorned with perlage on the bridges and stripes on the rotor.
The case accommodates a 19 mm broad strap and is waterproof to 50 meters.
Retail is $3,800.
Photograph from Longines.
