Plenty of Father’s Day gifts will please your dad this year, but if you or your family is looking for something he’ll appreciate this Father’s Day and every day after, it’s hard to top a great mechanical watch. Finding the right models to consider can be daunting, though. Quality and brand heritage are essential, but so are approachability and price.
Longines is a brand that checks all the right boxes, which makes most of its extensive product line excellent candidates for gifting. Located in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, the brand has one of the longest legacies in the watchmaking industry. It’s also well-respected for producing luxury timepieces that look great and meet the demands of adventurers, athletes and explorers. The company even famously helped Charles Lindbergh create instruments for his solo flight across the Atlantic.
In this guide, we’ve curated some of our favorite sport and adventure models included in Longines’ modern lineup, that’ll look and work great, either in the office or out on active weekend pursuits.
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Longines’ Hydroconquest GMT
This is a watch that embodies adventure with its 41mm diameter case, impressive water-resistance rating of 300 meters and GMT multi-time zone tracking capabilities. It also boasts several features you’d expect from a robust tool watch, including a unidirectional rotating ceramic bezel, screw-down crown and case back and an automatic movement with a full three-day power reserve. Its Super-LumiNova coated hands and indices also ensure readability in any condition. Designed for explorers, it seamlessly merges performance and style for adventurous dads exploring locally or far afield.
Most brands don’t name products “Legend” without good cause. The Longines Legend Diver debuted as a modernized version of the super compressor dive watches the brand produced from the late 1950s through the early ’70s and stands as one of the watchmaker’s flagship offerings. It features a sleek 39 mm case, ISO 6425 certification to meet professional diving standards and is water resistant to 300 meters. Its dual-crown setup allows the operation of an internal bidirectional rotating bezel safeguarded within the case to prevent accidental adjustments or shocks. With a precise COSC-certified automatic movement, the Legend Diver will accurately track dive times as well as Dad’s daily schedule. Catering to both the professional diver and the style-conscious wearer, it’s a timepiece that embodies Longines’ commitment to excellence in design and performance.
The Longines Spirit Zulu Time nods to Longines’ century-old expertise in making precision timekeeping instruments for pioneering adventurers. Inspired by a 1925 Longines dual-time zone watch adorned with a Zulu flag on its dial, it pays homage to aviators and armed forces who recognize “Z” as a denotation of universal time. However, it’s still a thoroughly modern timepiece in all the ways that count. That includes COSC certification, multi-timezone tracking via an independent jumping hour hand in its exclusive automatic movement, a comfortable 39mm case and an interchangeable brown leather strap with a folding clasp featuring a micro-adjustment system for dialing in the perfect fit.
The flyback chronograph is one of the most complex complications associated with early military watches. This mechanism allows wearers to instantly reset and restart a running chronograph with the press of a single pusher. Longines invented the complication for aviators in the 1920s, and today’s Longines Spirit Flyback embodies this heritage in a thoroughly modern format. COSC certification ensures precision for the automatic movement, which is nicely decorated and fully visible through a transparent sapphire caseback. The watch is sold on a three-link stainless steel bracelet that’s as rugged as it is refined.
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