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Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega.

Omega are climbing the luxury hierarchy with their shiny this and shiny that. Longines has a new assignment despite the years of neglect and suspect d...
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Will The Omega Seamaster Look Dated In 10 Years?

I'm saving for the Omega Seamaster 300 but after seeing a photo of a random Franck Muller, I'm worried. Franck Mullers were popular in the 90s/00s, to...
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Have Affordable Watches Forgotten How To Have Fun?

The watch enthusiast community rightly defend the collectability of affordable watches but it's become harder lately as Seiko raise their prices leavi...
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Recent Comments

commented on AP redundant? ·

AP are a bit of a one trick pony but it's a damn good octagonal trick. As time goes on I'm starting to put VC in second place out of the holy trinity.

commented on A Worthwhile Investment or Outdated Relic? 🤔 ·

Great watch but not worth the current going price. Especially considering there is a near identical Seiko 5 version for a decent price.

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

Cheers for the kind comment, more to come!

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

thanks for the kind words - more think piece type posts coming soon

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

Well put! I completely agree, they kind of have iconic designs in the dress watch space such as the 1950's conquest but the Longines target market is looking out for sport models like the sub and speedy you mentioned.

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

thanks for sharing, glad to hear discounts are available for Omega again

commented on Longines Has The Toughest Gig In The Swatch Group. Being The Next Omega. ·

I'd have a lot of Longines watches if they would just shorten the lug to lug distance on them all

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