/fa/ - Fashion

>>13998094
A sad, overpriced, swatch-run shadow of its former self

>>13913948
> $2k+ basic eta movements in poorly finished cases
Modern longines is sad

>>13735323
modern longines is a huge embarrassment.

>>13599667
2/2
This is a Longines Ultronic, an ESA9162-based tuning fork watch. The ESA9162 was a second-gen tuning fork movement designed by Max Hetzel after ESA poached him from Bulova to make a tuning fork for the Swiss (Bulova ended up licensing their Accutron tech to Citizen, who incorporated the 219 design into the Cosmotron GX and the 218 design into their Hisonic, I believe, and also made movements for Bulova, particularly the 219, towards the end of the tuning fork era). The ESA9162 was redesigned to address some of the issues with the 21x series. Most notably, the attachment point of the index pawl to the fork was moved and the fork itself was made more symmetric, which reduced positional variance and shock sensitivity (both of which were in fact substantial issues with the Accutron movements). Many swiss makers used the ESA9162, including Longines, Omega, Tissot, Baume et Mercier, Universal Geneve, and some others.

>>13536628
The only noteworthy modern longines is the vhp, which swatch decided to put in the longines line for some strange reason. Otherwise, modern longines is just Tissot at a higher price point.

Vintage longines has some cool pieces, including the ultronic, ultraquartz and ultrachron.

>>13485492