A French Navy Design Resurfaces: Introducing the Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale
Longines has once again dipped into its archives to revive a watch design for its burgeoning, vintage-look Heritage collection. The Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale is based on a timepiece exclusive to the French Navy, borrowing its warm colors and subdued aesthetic from the Longines 5574, which served Navy crews during shallow diving missions in the late 1940s. It follows an array of re-issued aviation and military references in the Heritage collection, including the Lindbergh Hour Angle Watch 90th Anniversary, created for American pilot Charles Lindbergh, and the Longines Twenty-Four Hours, a watch designed for Swissair pilots in the 1950s.
The Longines Heritage Military Marine Nationale Ref. L2.833.4.93.2.
The modern timepiece has a case diameter of 38.5 mm, increased from that of its predecessor (pictured below), whose case measured 33.5 mm in diameter. The new model’s caseback, like its 1947 predecessor, references the Marine Nationale, or French Navy: the original used a simple “MN” inscription for “Marine Nationale,” whereas the new timepiece spells out the entire name, along with the watch’s reference number, water resistance, and other stats.
The original Longines Marine Nationale.
The golden opaline dial, like its predecessor, bears the words “LONGINES FAB SUISSE,” the latter phrase an abbreviation of Fabrique Suisse (French for “Swiss Factory”), in black-colored lettering, undernea...
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