Unfortunately, not that many were produced, and a minimal number actually survived the last 40 years. This spectacular rectangular gold watch was just 1.98mm thick and still looks spectacular. The most spectacular came in 1979 when Longines introduced the Longines Feuille d’Or or Gold Leaf in English. The brand also focused on developing new quartz watches. Imier, and it was an incredible movement that Lemania actually continued producing under their own name as the Lemania 8810īut the brand’s focus was not just on mechanical watches. It was the last completely in-house produced movement from the Longines factory in St. In 1977 Longines introduced the Calibre L990 that was the thinnest automatic movement featuring a date at just 2.95mm. During the 1970s, the brand showed how inventive and great a brand they were. Like so many other brands, Longines was hit hard by the quartz crisis. It was a time that gave us some of the best collectible vintage watches ever made. The quest for new shapes, the introduction of explosive colors, and the introduction of the automatic chronograph movement marked a wild time in the watch industry. When it comes to watch design, the seventies can only be described one way: no holds barred! The number of extravagant watches is countless. On top of that, we also saw great technical developments with the race to produce the first automatic chronograph as the most significant of the decade. The sheer amount of watches that pushed the visual boundaries of what was known and accepted was enormous. In the 1960s, we witnessed developments that challenged the status quo of watch design forever.

In this installment, we will take a look at the best Longines watches from the 1970s.

Some of them priceless, some of them still affordable. It inspired us to come up with a series of articles focusing on the best watches per decade from a select group of brands. It’s a world full of history, remarkable watches, incredible stories, and quirky details.

While the daily routine is largely focused on the most recent developments in the world of watches, the most fun for many of us lies in the world of vintage watches. We like to talk about vintage watches a lot within the Fratello team.

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