Longines has developed a new way to pair a super-accurate quartz movement to a smartphone without the use of Bluetooth, using it to drive a GMT/second time zone function. Priced at a fraction of ...

Switzerland's astronomical Neuchâtel Observatory has also served historically as a place for Swiss watchmaking company Longines. Dating back to 1954, the first quartz clock with atomic precision ...

In 1984, it launched the Conquest V.H.P. (Very High Precision), with the Longines quartz 276 V.H.P calibre and a tolerance of ± 1 minute every five years. In 1996, ...