I?ve gone on the record many times, perhaps to the chagrin of some, about my mixed feelings on so-called ?vintage reissue? watches. For almost as long as I?ve been interested in watches, brands of all types have been looting their archives for inspiration and drawing up ?new? designs that look an awful lot like the old ones, but maybe 3-4mm larger in diameter. My preference has always been for, well, the real thing – an actual vintage watch, without the upsizing or modern manufacturing techniques that render it somehow less balanced or soulful. I also gravitate toward genuinely new and interesting designs, watches that are totally contemporary in look and feel. While they might allude to the past in some way, my favorite modern watches tend to offer something genuinely modern.
The sector dial is incredibly well executed and appealing

But there are exceptions to every rule, and here I am, discovering them in real time as I open up packages of watches to review. On paper, the Longines Heritage Classic ?Sector? (heretofore referred to simply as the Sector) shouldn?t be a watch that I?d gravitate to. It?s a modern rendition of an old thing, after all, and I tend to much prefer modern renditions of modern things, or, simply, old things. But after spending some time with the Sector, it won me over in a way that a vintage inspired hasn?t in quite some time, and it has everything to do with that aptly named, extremely well executed, sector dial. 

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