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These years, Longines Vintage watches are hot in the world. 2011 is definitely going to be a year of remakes! At the upcoming BaselWorld show, the Swiss watch brand Longines will reveal its new Twenty-Four Hours pilot’s watch.

In the 1950s Longines supplied watches to the Swiss national airline, Swissair. These watches, developed specifically for pilots, had a distinctive 24-hour dial. This feature met the needs of navigators who, at the time, had to determine the position of the aircraft and set up a flight plan.

Compared to the original, the remake features a slightly bigger date aperture locating at 3 o’clock, more contrast dial layout and its three hands are made of plain stainless steel, coated with Super-Luminova, while the “historic” watch featured hands made of gold. The onion-shaped winding crown is also a trifle larger. The modern Longines Twenty-Four Hours is fitted with caliber L704.2, a self-winding movement with hands that make one full circle of the dial in 24 hours. The stainless steel case has a diameter of 47.5mm; the dial is matte black with 24 white Arabic numerals coated with Super-Luminova and has a railway-track minute circle.

Besides a normal for this class of timekeepers sapphire crystal with double antireflective coating, there is also an engraved “hunter” back cover that protects the sapphire display back. The inside surface of the cover is engraved with the words “Re-edition of a Longines navigation watch exclusively made for Swissair navigators, 1953-1956“, plus the watch number. The Longines Swiss Watches Twenty-Four Hours is mounted on a black alligator strap and is water-resistant to 3 bar (30 meters).

Specifications of Longines Twenty-Four Hours Vintage Re-Issue watch
Dial: Matte black, 24 white Arabic numerals with Super-LumiNova, Railway track minute circle
Caliber: Self-winding mechanical movement, Calibre L704.2 (ETA A07 171), 16½ lines, 24 jewels, 28,800 vibrations per hour, 48-hour power reserve
Functions: Hours, minutes, seconds, date, 24-hour circle on dial
Case: Circular, stainless steel, Ø 47.50 mm, Engraved and numbered back cover (unlimited series) on top of a sapphire glass
Hands: Skeleton pear steel hour-hand with Super-LumiNova, Skeleton leaf minute-hand with Super-LumiNova, Stick with drop counterweight seconds hand
Date aperture at 3 o’clock
Glass: Sapphire with non-reflecting coating
Bracelet: Black alligator with buckle
Water-resistance: 3 bars (30 meters)
Reference number: Longines Twenty-Four Hours, L2.751.4.53.x

Blancpain Swiss Watches will reinterpret its Villeret collection in 2011 unveiled in 2010. The Manufacture du Brassus is offering an exclusive preview of its first Villeret Demi-Fuseau Horaire, a model that serves to adjust the second time zone in half-hour increments. Travellers to countries with half-hour time-zone differences, such as India, will get the precise time in particular destinations!

The first half-time-zone watch of Blancpain is user-friendly. A few turns of the crown are enough to adjust all display on the watch, including date, time zone and reference time. A pusher on the head of the crown can select fast correction or half-time zone adjustment mode. It is worth noting that correcting the reference time automatically modifies that of the second time zone.

The half time zone function is drived by BlancPain’s unique movement Calibre 5254DF. This new self-winding movement includes 321 component parts, with a 72-hour power reserve. The reference time window locates at 12 o’clock, half time zone and second hand in the center of dial. The day/night display of reference time locates at 9 o’clock. The change of date consistent with half time zone. Change of date (D) and Time zone (F) display window is at 4 o’clock position. This watch further demonstrates the amazing innovation spirit of Blancpain. It now takes its place in the brand’s movement parade that began in 2006.

The Villeret Demi-Fuseau Horaire features a half-hunter case in red gold fitted with a sapphire crystal case-back revealing the finesse of the movement and of the guilloché-work oscillating weight. The subtly engine-turned opaline dial is enhanced by red gold hour-markers, and the watch is fitted with an alvazel-lined leather strap.