In 2020, our extended test examined an annual calendar from Longines, a mix of elegance and superior functionality at a great price. Our test of the
Annual Calendar from the Longines Master Collection took place over a period of several months.

April 30, 2020: An excursion into the countryside. The annual calendar can also recognize a short month and advances in multiple steps to show May 1.

Some people, due to superstition, regard leap years as catastrophic. Better to wait before building a house or getting married. For them, a leap year, like anything deviating from the norm, is unlucky. Some rogue, then, must have scheduled our photo shoot for the Annual Calendar from the Longines Master Collection, our test watch, for leap day ? Feb. 29, 2020.
But a so-called ?annual calendar? has nothing to do with a leap year and day. In contrast to a perpetual calendar, it does not recognize the length of the month of February in any year, whether it?s a leap year or not. But for the rest of the year ? from March 1 to February 28 or 29, depending ? it does everything right. So, it?s a practical and, not least of all, more economical alternative to a perpetual calendar.

The annual calendar complication is often hard to find. Longines offers it at a sensationally low price. Watchmaking and understated elegance reflect the brand?s values.

The Annual Calendar from Longines is priced at $2,425. Omega?s Aqua Terra Annual Calendar is $8,400; IWC?s Portugieser Annual Calendar ...