New Book "Longines: Watches That Made History"

There is a great new book that finally is out. It has 50 vintage watch stories. 35 watches are from collectors and 15 are from the Museum. It's available in many of the usual places. It will also be in flagship boutiques. This may seem like just another book, but this one has stories of many historical watches and it took more than 4 or 5 years to make this book. It's a great project with many of the most elite Longines watch collectors contributing. The Longines Heritage department took a very active role in the final years to make sure this book really happened. Watches and stories were researched and gathered from all over the world.

Stories are about Pioneers of Aviation, Special Military Watches, Racing Legendary Owners, Albert Einstein and other famous celebrities. I haven't received my copy yet so I can only go off of some of the stories I have personally seen which is only a couple. This book has been discussed in several Collector's Day gatherings organized by Longines. Longines arranged for the photography and the writer and editor that finally put the book together. Unlike Goldberger's book, this one goes beyond the archive extracts and discusses the historical achievements that were accomplished with Longines watches. If you have ever wondered what are some of the most amazing Longines watches out there, look around the internet for some of the excerpts from the book. I am sure more of the pages will get leaked as the first set of these books get in the hands of collectors.




Updated: The book has many well written articles about the many watches. It's an expensive book, but worth reading any way you can get a hold of one.

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Looks a worthy read

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I wish I could get a discount code! I want to buy copies for myself in Japanese and French. I need to show my wife my hobby is not a useless effort so she stops trying to donate my library !

Longines contacted the contributors. They know who to contact.

https://www.swatchgroup.com/en/serv...lector-finds-oldest-longines-watch-known-date

They wanted this one for the book. Two others are also included.

Oh I am sure it was because Longines staff is so kind and recognized you made a great effort to see them. 👍

This link, if it works, is a decent preview of what level of content is in the new book.

https://issuu.com/accpublishinggroup/docs/longines?ff

Looks like you visited during a beautiful time. I personally think the sun never comes out when I visit. In the bottom picture, someone is making away with a tresure chest! Did you get to meet Bernard Portal?