Women's Longines Watches

Longines launched in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz, who formed a partnership with a watch workshop in Saint-Imier selling pocket watches with crown-wheel escapements. The company was originally called “Agassiz et Cie.” Longines wasn’t formed until 1866, when Agassiz’s nephew, Ernest Francillon, took over the business and moved it to an old mill on the banks of the river Suze.

In 1889, Francillon registered the Longines name; the winged hourglass logo engraved on each movement is the oldest registered for any watchmaker. The company then continued to thrive, enjoying international recognition and numerous awards for technical advances throughout its history. In the early 20th century, Longines became associated with sports timekeeping, and was active in horse racing from 1878.

Longines produces a variety of watches for women in both round and rectangular shapes, and in stainless steel, pink gold, and a combination of both. It also makes women's watches in a stainless steel and black ceramic combination, with dials in black, white, silver and mother-of-pearl. Several of these watches feature diamond bezels.

Quick Facts

• Staying true to the original Longines “look," women's watches are elegant, practical, sporty and classic, never straying too far into the avant-garde
• Longines women's collections include the Conquest, Primaluna, La Grande Classique de Longines, the Elegant Collection and more
• The company was named after “les longines” (French for the “long meadows”), the land south of St. Imier, Switzerland, where the first factory was built in 1866