![Military watch longines cal 15.26](https://kumkoniak.com/12.jpg)
The antique-style crown is larger than the case size would suggest but it was the case on the vintage piece. For the size of the case, the lugs are rather short and thick. The only polished part is the bezel giving a nice shiny frame to the dial. As you’d expect from a military piece the case is brushed all around. No mentions on the watch at all regarding this though.Īlthough this Longines Heritage Military is a beautiful homage to the original watch, these days watches don’t have a 32mm diameter anymore. As the Royal Air Force came to existence in 1918 with this timepiece, Longines not only came out with an amazing Heritage model, they also celebrated the 100 th anniversary of the RAF. The Longines logo was not present, only the name. The name of the brand was in the same color at 12. For easy readability on the cream dials, you would find large, black, contrasting, Arabic numerals. The dial was simple light – not sure if they initially were white or cream in color. The originally drilled lugs were welded in. They had a 32mm steel (or chromed) round cases, often with fixed spring bars. The watch that Longines used as inspiration actually belonged to a highly decorated radiotelegraph operator. Royal Air Force used them, pilots and other personnel alike. They were special orders from the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) and were delivered at the beginning of the war. Longines produced the same watches with and without the steel 60-second bezel just like Omega. Though that watch had a large steel bezel it is essentially the same design. You might have seen very similar models from Omega, most recently in the movie Dunkirk – as Tom Hardy’s character, an RAF pilot, is wearing one. The Longines Heritage Military takes inspiration from the pilots watches used by the British Royal Air Force during World War II. There already was a Longines Heritage Military before but in the current collection, there’s only this one today and we review it today for you. If the name sounds familiar to you, it is no coincidence.
![Military watch longines cal 15.26](https://kumkoniak.com/12.jpg)