The Ultra Chron di Longines it is part of the Swiss brand's policy of reviving the glories of its glorious past, updating them to meet today's needs. In a watch with modern technology and materials, Longines inserts numerous references to the vintage.
The result is a underwater from aesthetics Retro usable in all conditions. Let's find out what's behind this together new Longines watch, starting from the most innovative feature: movement.
Longines Ultra Chron: the utmost in precision
For centuries, watchmakers have wondered how to make watches as accurate as possible. One of the most popular routes is raising the frequency of the balance wheel. The balance wheel is the organ that regulates the movement of the clock: the ticking we hear when we lean our ear against the case and the continuous clicks of the second hand are produced by its oscillatory motion. Increasing the frequency of the balance wheel means making the external interference (given for example by a movement of the wrist) less impacting on the regularity of the watch: if even one of the oscillations were inaccurate, there would be many others to compensate for it over a period of short time.
Longines, already in the sixties of the twentieth century, it produces a movement that "beats" at 36 thousand alternations per hour, or five hertz if you prefer. The current version, however, has little to do, technically speaking, with its predecessor. The hourly alternations are the same, but the development took place by AGE, the movements division of Swatch Group, cui Longines belongs. The technology of the silicon balance spring, of which the Group was one of the pioneers, makes the movement Longines Ultra Chrono indifferent to magnetic fields, one of the greatest enemies of the precision of a mechanical watch.
Longines Ultra Chron Diver: aesthetics
Il Longines Ultra Chrono Diver it visibly refers to its namesake predecessor. Compared to this, it loses the date window, gaining in cleanliness of the dial. In compliance with modern fashions, theUltra Chrono Diver current is equipped with cash oversize from a good 43 millimeters. It is not known whether Longines also intends to produce a version with more compact dimensions.
It is not the first time that Longines has recovered styles from the past to include them in its current production: indeed, the Longines Legend Diver was a forerunner of the trend, very much in vogue today, of neo vintage in diving watches.
The ancestor of the current Longines Ultra Chron Diver. The aesthetic fidelity, net of some modifications, is preserved
A strong point of the Longines Ultra Chrono Diver is the ferrule. Longines he wanted to stand out, making it in sapphire glass instead of ceramic or aluminum. The result is aesthetically very pleasing: good legibility is not affected by the “floating” effect of the indices engraved and painted on the glass surface.
Longines Ultra Chron Diver: price and availability
Il Longines Ultra Chrono Diver is available immediately at i Longines authorized dealers. price is, as is customary for Longines, rather competitive, considering the market segment and the technical qualities of the watch: we are talking about €3.340 for the bracelet version and of €3.080 for the one with a leather strap.
