https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/longines-heritage-military-watch-introducing


That date window... just look at the comments. I usually don't care about the date window, but seriously?? If not for that (and the size, but really the hideous date window), I would seriously consider purchasing it.

 

Market research probably suggested the average person preferred to have a date window

 

If you put the guys from Tudor in charge of Longines it would be a truly delicious renaissance.

 

Yeah... but.. put it at the right side at least... why cut off the 6 o'clock and interrupt symmetry of the second hand?!

 

Not good....looks crowded.

 

Yeah, that's a terrible date window. At least make it the same colorway as the dial so it's somewhat obscured. Or they could've had the running seconds completely obscure the "6" and keep the date window as presently executed.
A rare misfire IMHO.

 

that date window! let go who ever was responsible to approve the final design of that dial!!

 

Haha, I thought to myself, "looks great!", but that was an actual military 1918 I was looking at. Then I scrolled further down the article and...yikes.

 

Mmmm, 44-millimeter 3-handers.... so much enormity

 

Its the same problem with the Autavia re release. You have such a big watch with a small movement that the sub second is already at the largest size it can go and you get stuck with a proportionally small sub second with way to much space between it and the rehaut. You have to have the date window to balance the watch.