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The History Of Longines Watches

Somewhere between 1854 to 1866 Agassiz handed down the operation of his business, to his nephew Ernest Francillon. The quality of the watches made at home had become low, and Agassiz took notice of this. They decided it was time to open a factory.

In 1832, Auguste Agassiz found a job with Comptoir Horloger Raiguel Jeune. It began in St Imier, Switzerland. In 1833 they took over the business, when they and of his associates opened up a company. It was then called, Comptoir Raiguel Jeue & Cie. It began as what they now call, a home company. Employees worked on watches at home, to be sold later in the workshop.

Throughout the years, the company began to expand its production line. First came the chronographs, in 1879. Later came the making of cockpit instruments, and aviator watches. This line of products played an important role, in the making of their trademark.

Agassiz opened his first watch factory, in Les Longines. This is how the Longines name was born. They moved all of his watch makers under this roof, and made all of their supplies available to them. This greatly enhanced the quality of the watches.

The companies trademark was invented a year later. It was registered on July 19, 1880. It featured a winged hourglass, and is used to this day.

The year 1912 brought forth another revelation, for the Longines Company. In that year, they produced the first automatic time keeping tool. It started when Longines became closely associated with gymnastics. It was the Longines Watch Company that became the official time keeper for the Swiss Federal Gymnastics Meet. This was the introduction of the first broken wire automatic timing technique. Today most major sporting events, use Longines as an official time keeper.

The Company also linked a partnership with Ferrari of Spain. It produced a new line of watches in 1982. The sole purpose of this new line, was to promote their new partnership.

years later in 1984, the Company introduced a new high precision quartz caliber watch. It had a thermic sensor to keep its timing stable. It could be by hand set, and is ten times more exact than an average quartz watch.

Longines became associated with the International Aeronautics Federation in 1919. Since this time Longines has supplied the watches, to both set and certify a number flight records. These include, Charles Lindbergh’s crossing of the North Atlantic. Amelia Earhart was and a famous wearer of their brand.

A breakthrough of production was experienced in the 1970s. They made advances in the performance of their watches. The appearance also began to change. In 1973, Longines was the first watch distributor to offer an LCD computer screen.

In 1980, they produced a new series of watches. This series featured a set of ultra narrow watches. Longines had already set a world record, with a watch that was made in 1960. This watch was only 0.98 mm thick.

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