Longines has started rolling out its new releases for 2021, and as in many years prior, much of the brand’s focus is on expanding its vintage-inspired Heritage Collection. Last week, we looked at Longines?s latest take on 1930s-inspired Avigation BigEye, with a titanium case and smoked blue dial; now, we turn to one of the manufacturer’s more conservative designs of the new year, dubbed the Silver Arrow.

The new watch is a classically simple, time-only watch that takes its inspiration from a 1950s original (example pictured below, via VintageWatchShop.com). The modern watch is rooted in the postwar style that informed so many other timepieces of that era.

Like its vintage forebear, the Silver Arrow draws much of its style cues from automotive and aerodynamic design schemes of the 1950s. We find these retro-futuristic and clean lined elements not only in the elongated shape of the watch?s case, but also in its stepped dial, stylish hour markers, and sharply edged hour and minute hands ? altogether culminating in one of the brand?s more intriguing vintage-inspired models in recent memory.
The Silver Arrow’s round, 38.5-mm polished steel case case has lugs that follow and extend the shape for an overall clean exterior construction. On its right side is a vintage-style, cone-tipped crown with push/pull functionality that allows the watch a 30-meter water resistance, while a simple brown leather strap secures it to the wrist.

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