Soldier

It was in Saint-Imier that Auguste Agassiz founded Longines in 1832. The first bracelet watches were manufactured and marketed in 1905.
The house with a symbol which represents a garlic and internationally renowned hourglass, with double activity, factory of watches and sports chronometers.
But the field where the brand is illustrated is the design of watches for soldiers.
Efficient, robust and precise sober watches. They must be discreet and useful. Each army corps has allocations according to their activities.
The one presented is intended for the British army. A real military watch with specific numbering on the back.
It is a round steel box 37 mm in diameter, large at the time for better use in combat.
A black dial with luminescent painted Arab index.
Luminescent "cathedral" needles.
Small face at 6 a.m. and railway timer.
The acronym "Broad Arrow" involves belonging to the British nation.
Mechanical movement with manual reassembly.
This is a copy of 1945 which participated in the history of the British army.
Longines Grande Manufacture takes up the military watch market, in an exemplary manner and particularly responds to the specifications of the Ministerial Armies.
An iconic watch which is quite naturally part of the possibility
to constitute a vintage collection of military watches.