Longines:Â Retour En Vol
Longines gets its groove back with its first flyback chronograph in years, the Spirit Flyback
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Longines Spirit Flyback
As one of Switzerland?s oldest manufactures, it should come as no surprise that a great many horological complication was invented within the hallowed halls of Longines. One such complication is the flyback chronograph. Longines brought its first flyback chronograph watches to market all the way back in 1925. However, it was only a whole decade later, on 12 June 1935, that Longines filed a patent for the mechanism, which was then formally registered a year after, on 16 June 1936. The Longines Spirit Flyback pays tribute to all this history while taking flight into the future. When it was invented, the flyback chronograph mechanism is said to have been a great boon for those who needed to time quick successive intervals, such as pilots. Pilots benefitted greatly from being able to rapidly time different flight stages to aid in their navigation. While a chronograph is running, a timepiece equipped with a flyback mechanism is able to reset and restart counting from zero seconds, all using a single pusher. In the case of regular chronographs, the user has to stop the running chronograph, reset it and then press start again to restart.
Longines Spirit Flyback
In remembering the invention of the flyback chronograph and in honour of a particular pioneering American aviator and US Naval officer...
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Longines Spirit Flyback
As one of Switzerland?s oldest manufactures, it should come as no surprise that a great many horological complication was invented within the hallowed halls of Longines. One such complication is the flyback chronograph. Longines brought its first flyback chronograph watches to market all the way back in 1925. However, it was only a whole decade later, on 12 June 1935, that Longines filed a patent for the mechanism, which was then formally registered a year after, on 16 June 1936. The Longines Spirit Flyback pays tribute to all this history while taking flight into the future. When it was invented, the flyback chronograph mechanism is said to have been a great boon for those who needed to time quick successive intervals, such as pilots. Pilots benefitted greatly from being able to rapidly time different flight stages to aid in their navigation. While a chronograph is running, a timepiece equipped with a flyback mechanism is able to reset and restart counting from zero seconds, all using a single pusher. In the case of regular chronographs, the user has to stop the running chronograph, reset it and then press start again to restart.
Longines Spirit Flyback
In remembering the invention of the flyback chronograph and in honour of a particular pioneering American aviator and US Naval officer...
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