Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph Record

The watch uses Longines ’s cutting-edge technology chronograph movement with a column wheel, and a direct-drive second hand with a vernier scale. This provides the wearer with the opportunity to read off the time measured using the position of the seconds hand, relative to the vernier scale printed on the dial. A vernier scale allows more precise distance or angle measurement than directly reading a uniformly-divided measurement scale. Verniers are, for example, common on sextants used in navigation, and also used on the mechanical chronograph counter designed by the Longines in 1966.



The new watch boasts a sporty design embodied in a stainless steel case measuring 41 millimeters in diameter. The model is offered in two combinations: with the cream or a black dial. Equipped with a chronograph complication, the watch features 0-minute counter at 3 o’clock, a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, and small seconds at 9 o’clock. Discrete but handy date indication is positioned between 4 and 5 o’clock.



The Longines Column-Wheel Chronograph Record utilizes the self-winding calibre movement L688.2, equipped with 27 jewels. The column-wheel system embedded in this movement steers the basic chronograph functions: start, stop, and return to zero. This system is developed by the Swiss ETA especially for Longines, to make the chronograph function easier to use and provide 54-hour power reserve. The glance through a sapphire case back provides a view on the immediately recognizable column-wheel, crafted in blued steel.

The watch is water resistant to 30 meters and mounted on black alligator strap with buckle.