The Longines Spirit Gets a Titanium Case (And Loses the Date)
The Longines Spirit collection was launched in the summer of last year as a new series of watches that were aviation inspired but not exactly vintage influenced. Unlike many of the recent high profile Longines releases, the Spirit watches weren?t recreations of references from their back catalog, but an entirely new venture for the brand, with a fresh design that certainly pulls from mid-century watches, but isn?t a direct copy of any particular watch. Between time and date and chronograph models, the Spirit offered a range of looks in a variety of dial colors, including, of course, a green dial that dropped back in May. The newest Spirit represents a more significant refresh, as a new case metal has been introduced into the line, along with a cleaner no-date dial. Let?s take a look at the new Longines Spirit Titanium.Â
This Spirit is befitting of the material that the case is crafted from in that has a very tool-like presentation, with simple satin polished surfaces and an anthracite dial. It?s a darker and more moody watch than last year?s Spirits. The dial is accented with gold tone Arabic numerals and hands, as well as the Longines wordmark and chronometer text in the dial?s lower half. The removal of the date is a clear case of addition by subtraction – this dial is simply better aesthetically. On the first batch of time and date spirits, the date window was cut at an awkward size, appearing significantly smaller than the applied numerals. It looked li...
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