Longines Steel Gents Watch With Date American sometimes simpler is better

sometimes simpler is better

a rumor was started that the legendary actor/racer/all-around King of Cool owned a 1655

but has remained benchmark of reliability and utilitarian simplicity

This particular watch is an early Reference 79170

Longines Steel Gents Watch With Date American sometimes simpler is betterDuring World War II, Longines produced wristwatches for the British Ministry of Defense, such as the acclaimed "Greenlander," one of the Dirty Dozen produced by twelve different watch manufactures starting in 1945. After the war, the manufacture from the long meadows stretched its creative and technical muscles, and in the post war period did exactly that with a series of watches whose sturdy steel cases belied their oftimes elegant constructions. The