Manufacturer
Longines
Also recorded as: Francillon · Compagnie des Montres Longines · Francillon und Cie (Longines)
Saint-Imier manufacturer known for chronographs, aviation watches and sports timing.
Auguste Agassiz joined a watch-trading business in Saint-Imier in 1832. His nephew Ernest Francillon built a factory in 1867 on the meadow known as 'Les Longines', concentrating production under one roof. The winged-hourglass mark, registered in 1889, is among the oldest registered trademarks still in use.
Longines timed international sports events, made the 13ZN flyback chronograph (1936) and, with Charles Lindbergh, the Hour Angle navigation watch (1931).
- Country
- Switzerland
- City / centre
- Saint-Imier
- Founded
- 1832
- Status
- Active (Swatch Group)
- Key people
- Auguste Agassiz; Ernest Francillon (1834–1900); Jacques David
Innovations & specialities
- Integrated factory production (1867)
- Lindbergh Hour Angle watch (1931)
- Calibre 13ZN flyback chronograph (1936)
Works by Longines in the catalogue
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Pocket Watches · 1875
Pocket watch by Francillon und Cie (Longines), Switzerland, 1875
German Clock Museum
Pocket Watches · circa 1910-1920s
Longines watch, circa 1910-1920s
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1920s
Longines pocket watch, circa 1920s (Antiquorum Lot 389-59)
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1930–1940
Longines Chronograph, ref. 22185, circa 1930/1940
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Pocket Watches · circa 1934
Longines Chronometre, circa 1934
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · sold to Wirth, agent for Switzerland in October 1938
Longines So Called "tre Tacche", ref. 3777, sold to Wirth, agent for Switzerland in October 1938
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Instruments · circa 1940
Longines marine chronometer, circa 1940
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1940
Wristwatch by Francillon und Cie (Longines), Switzerland, 1940
German Clock Museum
Wristwatches · 1944
Wristwatch by Francillon und Cie (Longines), England, 1944
German Clock Museum
Pocket Watches · circa 1950
Longines pocket watch, ref. 4507, circa 1950
Antiquorum auction archive, Geneva
Wristwatches · 1969
Wristwatch by Francillon und Cie (Longines), Switzerland, 1969
German Clock Museum
Wristwatches · 1971
Wristwatch by Francillon und Cie (Longines), Switzerland, 1971
German Clock Museum
Linked through the Atlas maker authority list, which reconciles the spellings used by different institutions. Attributions are as stated by each holding institution or auction house.
