Longines UltraChron Diver specialpricing The brand’s catalogs throughout the

The brand’s catalogs throughout the years have been filled with time-only watches whose simplistic appearances belie the technical expertise that it took to make them

the pheon was repainted

an importer of fine Swiss timepieces by brands such as Jaeger LeCoultre and Vacheron et Constantin

the 16800’s predecessor

as the militaries of the world replenished their greatly-depleted stores

Longines UltraChron Diver specialpricing The brand’s catalogs throughout theNowadays, a watch with a 36,000 beat rate isnt deemed to be a technological marvel, but in the 1960s it definitely was. Back then, 18,000 bph (that is, beats per hour) was the standard. But watch brands, obsessed with accuracy, sought to improve upon it. Internally speaking, a higher beat rate allows for increased accuracy; externally, it leads to a smoother sweeping of the seconds hand. Both of these factors, the watch industry felt, would be