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The story of the Swiss watch brand Longines - which celebrated 180 years of watchmaking in 2012 - dates back to 1832 when Auguste Agassiz founded a watch-trading office in Saint-Imier.

The new Longines Pulsometer Chronograph has an appealing vintage spirit thanks to its white enamel dial and painted numerals. The pulsometer scale is highlighted in red on the periphery of the dial of this 40mm stainless steel model.
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Doctor’s watches: the revival of the faithful pulsometer or pulsograph

Longines DolceVita ladies' watch has a softer profile in 2015 and flaunts a mother-of-pearl dial highlighted with diamond indices.
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Mother’s Day ideas: beautiful ladies' watches for the most important woman in your life

Some great retro-styled dive watches have resurfaced this year from Rolex, Blancpain, Longines and Omega. Pictured in the centre, the world's first waterproof watch: the Rolex Oyster.
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Gift ideas for men: dive watches resurface with new technology and great looks

A relaunch of the Avigation watch from the 1920-30s, the Longines Avigation Type A-7 watch remains true to the original design, even offering a hinged caseback that allows you to look into the automatic single-pusher chronograph movement, which honours th
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Pilots watches: new designs inspired by the early aviator watches worn on epic aeronautical adventures

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Swiss watchmaker Longines reveals the winners in its search for the oldest Longines watch in India

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Indian residents dig out their oldest Longines watches for a unique country wide competition

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