Longines CEO Matthias Breschan Speaks On The Brand’s Heritage + New Spirit Collection

Haute Time chats with Longines Global CEO Matthias Breschan, who speaks on the rich history of the Longines brand and his plans on taking it into the future

By Paige Mastrandea

Watches Of Switzerland Opens Newest NYC Boutique At Hudson Yards

Watches of Switzerland is on a rapid U.S. expansion and has opened its latest stunning boutique at the revolutionary Hudson Yards retail complex in NYC.

Longines Unites Tennis Legends And Young Aces At Roland Garros

With Roland Garros in full swing, so is Longines who takes on a role that goes further than just being a sponsor and a timekeeper. For the event, they not only support the current generation of tennis players but also bring in the legends from yesterday and unite them with up an coming aces. For the event, Longines created a temporary tennis field at one of the most epic locations ever, right under the Eiffel tower.

Throwback Thursday: Longines Type A-7 Avigation Watch

For a collector of vintage military watches, it is always a challenge to find rare models in good condition, but this Longines Type A-7 Avigation should tick all the boxes!

Celebrating 90th Anniversary Of The Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch With Longines

Lindbergh was 25 years old, the year was 1927, the time 10:22, his flight was timed by Longines, and a legend was born.

Longines Keeps Time and Tradition at Kentucky Derby

Swiss luxury horologer Longines kept the time at last Saturday’s Kentucky Derby and awarded special Conquest 1/100th Horse Racing timepieces to the winners.

Longines Again Presents Coveted Dubai Endurance Horse Race

Longines marked this year’s edition of the His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Endurance Cup with a new Equestrian Collection watch.

Trend-spotting: Is Rose Gold Fading? (Part 2)

Rose gold watches, which began when watchmakers started mixing pure gold with copper, have dominated releases in the past decade. But all signs are pointing to the end of the rose gold trend, with the return of the classical yellow gold, and the introduction of the more restrained white gold alloy, one of the big […]

Longines Donates $ 50,000 to Andre Agassi’s Foundation

Andre Agassi got a special gift for his Foundation for Education from Longines during the French Open...

Longines Times Palace Malice’s Win at the Belmont Stakes

Exclusive photos and video from Palace Malice's win at the Belmont Stakes, the third and final leg of the Triple Crown of horse racing...

Watchmakers Struggle With Supply Bottleneck As Swatch Parts Cut-Off Comes Into Effect

Luxury watchmakers are fighting for market shares of the lucrative Swiss watch industry, which the Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH pegs at a worth of US$23 billion. With growing demand in Asian, European and American markets, luxury watchmakers are scrambling to secure production means in order to maintain growth, but Reuters reports that there […]

Swatch Group Continue Strong Growth in 2013 After Acquiring Harry Winston

This month luxury conglomerate Swatch Group released financial figures from 2012 showing that earnings are up a billion dollars over the previous year. The Bienne, Switzerland-based company, which is the world’s largest holder of watch manufactures, earned $8.79 billion (CHF 8,143 million), an increase of 14% over 2011. Although the company owns various holdings, the Watches & […]

Swatch Group Increased Sales by $1 Billion Last Year

Luxury conglomerate Swatch Group have released financial figures from 2012 showing that earnings are up a billion dollars over the previous year. The Swiss company, which is the world’s largest holder of watch manufactures, earned $8.79 billion (CHF 8,143 million), an increase of 14% over 2011. Although the company owns various holdings, the Watches & Jewelry segment […]

Longines Ambassador Stefanie Graf Speaks to Haute Time

Longines ambassador Stefanie Graf has been described as the greatest female tennis player in the history of the sport, with every conceivable title under her belt. However, ask Graf, 43, what she holds dearest to her heart and you’re likely to hear about her non-profit foundation, Children for Tomorrow, rather than gold medals. Now a […]

Swatch Will “Fight” to Make 8 Billion Swiss Francs in Sales in 2012

Swatch Group, the world’s largest watchmaker, set an ambitious global sales goal for 2012. They strive to top total sales from the previous year by a margin of 1 billion Swiss francs, bringing their total sales up from 7 billion in 2011 to 8 billion in 2012. This is an amount equivalent to nearly 8.5 […]

Longines’ History Defines Watchmaking

Longines celebrates its 180th anniversary this year with a great new series of mechanical watches called the Saint-Imier collection. The name is a tribute to the village in the Swiss Jura in the heart of the country’s watchmaking district where the brand was founded. I visited the town last week and stopped by the Longines […]

Watch Industry Feuds Over What Makes Timepieces Swiss-Made

 Watch brand Swiss Mountaineer dons Switzerland’s national flag on the dial of each timepiece. It claims it’s Swiss-made, but with its components made at a factory in Shenzhen, China and the company itself being owned by Hong Kong’s Golden Hawk, is it? Under Swiss rules, Golden Hawk can label its watches as Swiss-made so long […]