Are Longines watches good?

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Is right,Just to see the finition of the movement in the 40s,50s and in the 30s many GREATS ACTORS,POLITITIAN,PRESIDENT WEAR a LONGINES,This is my last find a LONGINES,cal 12.68z 35mm with ORIGINAL DIAL 3 COLORS silver,offwhite and beige,so she can rejoin the others 140,150,others LONGINES.
Oo. That's a nice example 馃グ
 
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I am unfamiliar with most other brands besides omega which even I am not as knowledgeable as I would wish to be. I am in the market for a new watch (my first luxury watch) for around $1,000 USD which would be a major upgrade from my Invicta watch. I am considering vintage Omega鈥檚 but have also considered Longines watches. Can anyone tell me perhaps how good these watches are? How well they hold up (I tend to use things rather roughly) and if their movements are any good? Thanks for the help!

Omega started in 1903

Rolex started in 1905

Longines started in 1832, so my opinion is that Longines was the cats ass and the meow long before anyone else back in the 1800's and early 19th century and still producing quality time pieces today
 
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I thought Omega officially started in 1848, but was renamed Omega in 1903?

Granted, not as early as 1832, but still a good deal earlier than Rolex.
 
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I thought Omega officially started in 1848, but was renamed Omega in 1903?

Granted, not as early as 1832, but still a good deal earlier than Rolex.

I think maybe your right, sorry for the misinformation
 
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I think maybe your right, sorry for the misinformation

No need, lots of information pointing to 1903 as the founding date for Omega, which I suppose is technically correct, as it was known in the preceding years as ' Louis Brand & Frere'.

By the same token, Rolex was founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf & Davis, becoming Rolex in 1915, despite the Rolex name being patented in 1908 to denote the company's own brand of watches - where previously they were sold unbranded, layer being branded by the selling jeweller.
 
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These Longines Heritage Conquest automatics are currently available new in the UK for 拢920. Mine are 35mm but they do larger. They鈥檙e great.

I have both of these beauties Spruce, purchased this month and last. Luckily the black dial version was NOS, from an AD so the warranty got activated when I bought it. And the silver dial version I got off of eBay from Japan, in mint condition minus a couple of light scratches on the crystal.

 
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Great watches. I wish that the Omega design staff would take some notes from Longines.
 
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Great watches. I wish that the Omega design staff would take some notes from Longines.

I鈥檓 trying really hard not to succumb to temptation 馃槮
 
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Can you imagine a heritage Omega Constellation? It would sell like hotcakes.
For that matter, you could introduce a number of Omega heritage classics from the 1950's, make them at 36mm to 38mm, keep the original styles, and price them reasonably. They would sell for sure.