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UK Silver Dial High Quality Longines Evidenza Replica Watches

Today I would like to talk about Longines Evidenza fake watches for you, which are very good watches so you are suggested to have a try. These watches must bring you a miserable life.

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Thses copy watches apply L650 self-winding mechanical chronograph movement which beating at 28’800 vibrations per hour. Glass is scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, with several layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside. case’s dimention is 34.90 mm in width and 40.00 mm in length. Water resistance is 3 bar. Blue hands Longines fake watches apply painted Arabic numerals hour markers. Central 60 seconds hand, 12 hours counter at 6 o’clock and 30 minutes counter at 9 o’clock. The strap is made of brown alligator. Buckle works with triple safety folding clasp and push-piece opening mechanism. When fully wounded, power could reserves for 42 hours normal usage.

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Last but not least, you are suggested to try on our replica watches for the super good quality and special designs. furthermore, these watches will also bring you a lovely and happy life.

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Up Close With The Longines Heritage Military COSD

Longines has been a Value Proposition favorite for very good reasons: thanks to their history, they have a pretty fantastic repertoire of great designs and historically important replica watches on which to draw, and the Heritage Longines replica watches are such an inexhaustible supply of great looking, reasonably priced vintage replica watches that I’ve often been tempted to just do the whole collection in one go and save you the trouble of reading a dozen different stories. However, sometimes a replica watch really is worth a stand-alone look-see, and the Heritage Military COSD is one of them.Baume Mercier Replica

In this particular example the movement is suspended in the case in what looks like the shock-absorbing cushion some sources mention as being characteristic of the COSD and its use by paratroopers, and the case has fixed spring bars. They’re a fascinating slice of military history and as you might expect, the folks over at the Military Replica Watch Forum have on several occasions gone very deep indeed into this replica watch; here’s a good place to start.

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Combined Operations in the UK during World War II referred in general to multi-service-branch operations, and more specifically, to operations undertaken by Commando units, which had been formed in the wake of the disastrous rout of the French and British armies in France. In Winston Churchill’s words, they were to be “ . . . specially trained troops of the hunter class who can develop a reign of terror down the enemy coast.” For our purposes, it’s interesting to note that the barrel of the De Lisle carbine is also marked COSD and it’s been suggested that it may actually stand for “Combined Operations Stores Division” or “Depot” – exactly the sort of fine, research-intensive, hard-to-establish point that makes vintage replica watch collecting so potentially interesting.

The short version of the story is that the Military COSD is based on a replica watch issued to the British military – in particular, paratroopers – during the Second World War. As such it looks to have been a very, very straightforward timepiece, designed for two objectives: economy, and sturdiness. According to auction notes from a September auction at Replica Watches of Knightsbridge in the UK, casing material was steel and nickel plate, and COSD is supposed to have stood for “Company Ordnance Supply Depot.” The movement is Longines caliber 12.68N, a gilt-finished caliber that’s rather plain in appearance but also gives the impression of the very high functional quality for which Longines was known.

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Now, one intriguing open question is whether or not COSD actually stands for Company Ordnance Supply Depot. It seems a reasonable assertion and Longines itself says that’s what it stands for, but some detective work by the folks at MWF leads to another piece of military hardware that carries the same initials: a rather fiendish weapon made for British Commando units, designed for silent killing. This is the (in)famous De Lisle Commando Carbine. The De Lisle carbine was one of the quietest weapons ever made; it had an integrated silencer (basically, the gun looks like a giant silencer the size of two tennis ball cans taped together – more properly called a suppressor – with a stock and receiver added as an afterthought) and fired a .45 caliber subsonic round. It was bolt-action only (a semi-automatic firearm is inherently noisier, due to the sound made when the action cycles) and was very much a covert/special operations weapon.

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De Lisle Carbine (image by Atirador from Wikipedia).

 

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On the dial is the Broad Arrow mark, which indicates British government property – this, too, has some interesting history behind it. The Broad Arrow was first used by the Office of Ordnance, which was created by King Henry VIII; it’s thought to have been introduced by Sir Philip Sydney, in whose family coat of arms the pheon, or heraldic broad arrow, can be found, in around 1585.

Whatever it may stand for, certainly the replica watches are classic examples of military hardware: almost brutally straightforward in general, and the originals were built to be as accurate and durable as they could be, with absolutely nothing inessential to get between them and the mission. The originals all appear to have been white dialed (at least, I haven’t seen any vintage black dial examples) and those that survived the War occasionally had their cases swapped out for nicer ones by their presumably grateful owners.

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The re-issue we have has a black dial, and other than the movement, the main departure from the original is the presence of a date guichet. If you are the sort of person roused to indignation by that sort of thing you already know it; I’m not personally terribly fundamentalist about a date window, but it’s a deal-breaker for some. Another departure from the original is the use of conventional spring bars rather than the solid, soldered bars in the wartime COSD replica watches; I actually would have loved to see fixed bars on the re-issue but this is another situation where strict fidelity to the original would probably have made the replica watch a bit harder to sell.

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Now, this is supposed to be a Week On The Wrist, so what’s with all the background information? Well, sometimes a huge chunk of the fun in a replica watch is the back-story, and that’s the situation here. It’s a very comfortable, very easy replica watch to wear, but taken alone, with only the background of other modern replica watches, it’s pretty plain-Jane. However, if you understand what’s behind a lot of the design cues, you really do feel, when you put it on, the pull of history that makes wearing a mechanical replica watch interesting. When we got this in from Longines it seemed pretty unremarkable to me, I’ll be honest, but knowing more about the original from which the re-issue is derived is where the pleasure is, and makes you see it in a different light – and  it’s a reminder that the most interesting replica watches are usually those that have a story to tell.

The original COSD replica watches I’ve seen all show all the marks you’d expect of heavy use, and the re-issue we have here is unlike them in one pretty noticeable respect: it’s very highly polished. That’s one way among many that I suppose replica watches intended for covert military operations have changed over the years; something that reflective probably would not fit the bill for today’s special/covert operators (who from what I’ve seen tend to – understandably – favor things like G-Shocks anyway). The high reflectivity of the finish might be a sticking point for some, but consider it another link back to a different time and a particular period in the evolution of special forces units, and their equipment.

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The Longines Heritage Military COSD is available from Longines online here; price, $1,700. 40 mm stainless-steel case; sapphire crystal with antireflective coating. Automatic movement, NATO type military strap; available with either opaline/white or black dial. Water resistance 30 meters/100 feet.

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LONGINES Introduces The Heritage1918

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That I look forward to seeing what Longines releases in its Heritage collection each year is no big secret, and Baselworld 2016 brought with it two additions to this collection. Today is about a replica watch with a familiar case shape bu in a different form, the Heritage 1918.replique de montre rolex

 

At the outset I mentioned that there was a hint of familiarity with this new model. This is because it reminds me of a Red 12 model that Longines released a couple of years ago, inspired by a historical piece from a similar period. Not everyone is into Red 12s nor does everyone wish for a chronograph, so for those who are fans of that particular period’s style of case and ‘look’ but didn’t want the red 12, this new release may tick your vintage-modern boxes.

The choice of a strap colour to match the fill colour of the hands really does make a big difference. Had they chosen a dark brown or even a black strap the effect would not have been as warm as it is. I know that I sometimes might go on a bit about a strap, but I’ve found that a strap change can make a huge difference, and witnessed people who have been converted to a replica watch by a simple colour change. This strap works.

As the name indicates, this is an update of a model from 1918. The case shape, lugs, white-lacquered dial, hands and numerals may reflect the original, especially with the honeyed tones of the ‘faux vintage’ colouring which is also tonally reflected in the alligator strap colour, but Longines have added their usual update of a date function (and on this note I might add that I had the opportunity to meet CEO Mr. Von Kanel and asked him why they keep on adding a date to Heritage Collection reissues – his answer was because people ask for it) as well as putting in an automatic movement (L615/ ETA 2895/2) and increasing the size to models that are 38.5mm and 41mm stainless steel.

 

The Australian RRPs are $2,200 and $2,300 respectively for the different sizes.

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For those who like diamonds on their replica watches, there is also a diamond bezel version of the 38.5mm size featuring sixty diamonds totalling 1 carat.

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Classic Replica LONGINES Heritage1918 Watch Hands On

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That I look forward to seeing what Longines releases in its Heritage collection each year is no big secret, and Baselworld 2016 brought with it two additions to this collection. Today is about a hgih quality replica watch with a familiar case shape bu in a different form, the Heritage 1918.

As the name indicates, this is an update of a model from 1918. The case shape, lugs, white-lacquered dial, hands and numerals may reflect the original, especially with the honeyed tones of the ‘faux vintage’ colouring which is also tonally reflected in the alligator strap colour, but Longines have added their usual update of a date function (and on this note I might add that I had the opportunity to meet CEO Mr. Von Kanel and asked him why they keep on adding a date to Heritage Collection reissues – his answer was because people ask for it) as well as putting in an automatic movement (L615/ ETA 2895/2) and increasing the size to models that are 38.5mm and 41mm stainless steel.

The choice of a strap colour to match the fill colour of the hands really does make a big difference. Had they chosen a dark brown or even a black strap the effect would not have been as warm as it is. I know that I sometimes might go on a bit about a strap, but I’ve found that a strap change can make a huge difference, and witnessed people who have been converted to a replica watch by a simple colour change. This strap works.

At the outset I mentioned that there was a hint of familiarity with this new model. This is because it reminds me of a Red 12 model that Longines released a couple of years ago, inspired by a historical piece from a similar period. Not everyone is into Red 12s nor does everyone wish for a chronograph, so for those who are fans of that particular period’s style of case and ‘look’ but didn’t want the red 12, this new release may tick your vintage-modern boxes.

The Australian RRPs are $2,200 and $2,300 respectively for the different sizes.

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For those who like diamonds on their replica watches, there is also a diamond bezel version of the 38.5mm size featuring sixty diamonds totalling 1 carat.

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Replica Longines Heritage1918

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That I look forward to seeing what unqiue and elegant replica Longines releases in its Heritage collection each year is no big secret, and Baselworld 2016 brought with it two additions to this collection. Today is about a replica watch with a familiar case shape bu in a different form, the Heritage 1918.

As the name indicates, this is an update of a model from 1918. The case shape, lugs, white-lacquered dial, hands and numerals may reflect the original, especially with the honeyed tones of the ‘faux vintage’ colouring which is also tonally reflected in the alligator strap colour, but Longines have added their usual update of a date function (and on this note I might add that I had the opportunity to meet CEO Mr. Von Kanel and asked him why they keep on adding a date to Heritage Collection reissues – his answer was because people ask for it) as well as putting in an automatic movement (L615/ ETA 2895/2) and increasing the size to models that are 38.5mm and 41mm stainless steel.

The choice of a strap colour to match the fill colour of the hands really does make a big difference. Had they chosen a dark brown or even a black strap the effect would not have been as warm as it is. I know that I sometimes might go on a bit about a strap, but I’ve found that a strap change can make a huge difference, and witnessed people who have been converted to a replica watch by a simple colour change. This strap works.

At the outset I mentioned that there was a hint of familiarity with this new model. This is because it reminds me of a Red 12 model that Longines released a couple of years ago, inspired by a historical piece from a similar period. Not everyone is into Red 12s nor does everyone wish for a chronograph, so for those who are fans of that particular period’s style of case and ‘look’ but didn’t want the red 12, this new release may tick your vintage-modern boxes.

The Australian RRPs are $2,200 and $2,300 respectively for the different sizes.

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For those who like diamonds on their replica watches, there is also a diamond bezel version of the 38.5mm size featuring sixty diamonds totalling 1 carat.

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HANDS-ON: The Replica Longines Heritage MilitaryCOSD

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We have already covered a number of new Heritage pieces from Longines this year such as the Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Heritage Chronograph, Pulsometer Chronograph and Heritage Diver 1967, but these weren’t the end of Longines’ 2015 story. For those who are more into the military-inspired replica watches from Longines’ rich past and who have perhaps not found other recent pieces quite to their preferences, here is a new proposition for you.

For those acquainted with with vintage military replica watches, the dial will immediately be familiar to you. The new Heritage Military COSD is based on replica watches issued to British Military personnel at the end of WWII by the Company Ordnance Supply Depot (COSD) for use in airbone military units. It comes in two variants which, aside from the Longines-esque addition of a date, are both pretty faithful to the original both in features and design. Both of the variants have an inner red 24-hour time scale familiar to many milwatches and a railroad track chapter ring.

The cream (or as Longines call it, opaline) dial model has hands framed in blue and the matte black dial one, rhodium-plated hands. There is also the use of Super-LumiNova® dots and batons on the minute railway track, marking hours and minutes.

Of particular note is the use of the ‘broad arrow’ on the upper part of the dial, a symbol in use in Britain at the time of the replica watch’s original issue to indicate government property. It is also a symbol that is much desired by collectors of military replica watches from the period.

The replica watch is available on either an alligator strap or a khaki-coloured NATO, and there is no question for me that the NATO look is not only the better of the two options but also the one that gives it the best ‘re-issue milwatch’ feel to it.

The original used the Calibre 12.68 in a chromed brass case; the modern version is a 40mm polished stainless steel case with a flat bezel that gives it quite a strong presence, and contains the solidly reliable automatic Calibre L619.2 movement (ETA 2892/ A2) with a power reserve of forty-two hours.

Water resistance is 30m, which basically amounts to some minor splashing. Air and not sea.

Two good looking replica watches that add to Longines’ rich Heritage collection, these aren’t ‘bread and butter’ pieces but like all other replica watches in this line, they’re not meant to be; these are modern acknowledgements of pieces that have been historically important to them. If you are looking for an affordable modern military-inspired replica watch with a very clear design bloodline, then take a look at these. As usual, and I realise I am getting incredibly predictable here, I’d have have probably voted for no date function, but I recognise that many like it in a modern replica watch.

On a NATO strap the Australian RRP (both dials) is $2,225, and on the alligator leather strap, the RRP is $2,500.

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LONGINES : (Another) Column-Wheel Single Push-PieceChronograph

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You may recall that a little while ago we wrote about a cheap fake Longines Heritage Collection Column-Wheel single pusher chronograph with a black dial that was also available in a white-dialled version which alas we did not get to see.

Well today is a third new monopusher chronograph option from Longines for your consideration.

In the same 41mm stainless steel case and also containing the automatic Calibre L788.2 (ETA A08.L11) movement, this piece is called the Reference L2.800.4.26.2-4.

The bi-compax layout is the same as the previous model, with a centre 60 seconds, 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock and small seconds at 9 o’clock.

The differences between this and the other version are the markers and that the dial is white lacquered with silver areas (minutes circle and counters), painted Arabic numerals and batons and, of course, the blued hands. These cosmetic changes result in a very different look, as you can see in the first photo, and a more dressy one at that.

With a veritable feast of heritage-inspired chronographs from Longines in 2015, those who are looking for something along these lines will have a nice range of options from which to choose. Of those that I have handled there’s something to be said for this version nudging slightly ahead of the others. The dial, with its two tones that play a bit in the light, is slightly more intriguing.

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HANDS-ON :Replica A. Lange Söhne’s 1815 Anniversary of F.A. Lange HoneyGold

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In this the year of the 200th anniversary of the birth of founder Ferdinand Adolph Lange, A.Lange & Söhne have introduced some special models. One of these has been a platinum 1815 with a black dial, but following on from that, they launched a ‘Honey Gold’ version of the same replica watch, also in a 40mm sized case, which debuted at Replica Watches & Wonders 2015.

What is ‘Honey Gold’? Well it is a proprietary alloy (yellow gold and silicon) that Lange have used in their replica watches before (e.g a limited edition ‘Homage to F.A. Lange 1815 Moonphase in 2010) and is harder than yellow gold as well as being discernably less yellow in colour. For those who find yellow gold a little too ‘yellow’ and aren’t quite rose gold people, this may tick your metal colour box.

This new limited edition piece has a grained solid silver argenté-grainé dial and ‘Honey Gold’ hands to match the case material. The dial has a recessed central section, railway-track minute scale, and bold Arabic numerals.

Inside (and visible through the open case back) is the manual-wind Calibre L051.1 with a 55-hour power reserve that has its beautifully finished three-quarter plate, blued screws and engraved balance cock.

Each replica watch is engraved with its limitation number (x/200) on the back.

With a height of 8.8mm to accompany its 40mm size, this is a drop dead gorgeous traditional dress replica watch.

The Honey Gold 1815 ‘200th Anniversary F.A. Lange’ is the same price as the platinum limited edition – 31,500 EUR.

[Horologium attended Replica Watches & Wonders 2015 by invitation of Richemont Australia]

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Replica Longines Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece HeritageChronograph

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In recent years Longines have reissued a number of monopusher chronographs from their Museum as a part of its Heritage collection. A few months ago we looked at the new 2015 Pulsometer Chronometer monopusher with its Calibre L788.2 in a 40mm stainless steel case. Comparisons even within a brand are interesting, so today we are looking at an even newer model, released since Baselworld 2015 – what they have called their ‘Column-Wheel Single Push-Piece Chronograph’.

It is not just the fact of another monopusher that is interesting, but (and there is one more that I will cover, in fact) there are design differences, and when we’re talking about high quality replica watches whose reception is often to do with the details (date/ no date for example), these are worth noting.

Coming in either matte black or white lacquered versions, I had the opportunity to see a non-working black model for a couple of days with thanks to Longines Australia, so I can only speak to this one. What I will say at the outset is that despite the core similarities of monopusher/ movement and to some extent, ‘look’ of them, to me there was a different ‘feel’ to this one when compared to the Pulsometer that went beyond just a dial design, but more on that later.

This new-old model is 41mm and both the black and white dial versions are in stainless steel. The bicompax dial layout with 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o’clock and small seconds at 9 o’clock is easy to read with the contrasting white numerals, markers and tachymeter scale. The hands on this one are rhodium-plated but for the white version, they are blued. To get an idea about Longines’ blued hands, just go to the Pulsometer post link here. This one comes on a black strap but the white lacquer dial model comes on a brown one. For those who are into ‘balance’ but do not like Longines’ preferences for adding date windows to modern re-issues, this one will hopefully bother you less, because it is discreet.

Inside is the automatic Longines column wheel Calibre L788.2, which is based on the ETA A08.L11. The movement has 27 jewels, 28,800VPH, and a power reserve of fifty-four hours. The column wheel, visible through the sapphire case back, has a blued finish.

Now, in terms of what I briefly alluded to at the beginning – this replica watch versus the Pulsometer. Press photos do not always reflect what something is like ‘in the metal’, as we all know, and much as I liked it in the photo, the physical fact of the Pulsometer didn’t seem to engage me as much as I had expected it to. This is kind of unusual, because the whole retro/ blued hands thing is right up my alley, but there was something in the realisation of the look that for me, and this is a very personal and thus subjective response, that was a little bright, and the ‘feel’ of the case in my hand was also less substantial than I’d expected.

In comparison, today’s monopusher, which I have now handled on two occasions, has the impression of heft that I was hoping for in the Pulsometer. Its old-school chronograph look is modern and not too ‘shiny’ in its overall feel, the rhodium-plated hands look elegant, it feels comfortable on the wrist, and I can see myself wearing it.

For those who are interested, the black dial is Reference L2.800.4.53.0-3 and the white dial, Reference L2.800.4.23.2-4. The Australian RRP for the black version is $3,950.

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Replica Longines PulsometerChronograph

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During Baselworld 2015 we mentioned the new Pulsometer monopusher released by Longines. As noted at the time, this follows on from a 2013 Asthmometer-Pulsometer chronograph and is one of the latest in their heritage-inspired pieces.

To briefly recap the basics, this new model is 40mm, stainless steel, and through its open case back you can see the automatic Calibre L788.2 column wheel chronograph, which has a 54-hour power reserve. Whether or not you think the case back should have been solid is a matter of personal preference.

With thanks to high quality replica Longines Australia, who lent me two of this year’s new releases to have a play with (you will have to wait to see what the other one is), here are some live photos as a point of comparison to the official photos released during Baselworld.

For those unfamiliar with chronographs, the centre hand is the 60-second one, there is a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock, and seconds sub-dial at 9 o’clock.

The dial is lacquered white with the pulsometric scale in red. Arabic numerals are painted and the Breguet-style hands are blued; you will note that I found it a bit difficult to pick up this blue. One thing that immediately popped up with regards to differences between the actual replica watch and the photographs was that the dial is more white than in press photos. By this I mean that it is a ‘cleaner’ or sharper white.

Unfortunately this was not a functioning replica watch, so I was unable to test the monopusher, but on this prototype depressing the button required fairly forceful pushing.

Even though it wasn’t ‘working’ as such, I wore it for a day or two to get a feel for how it sits in terms of weight and size. It has a a decent heft and height to it, but it isn’t overly big, and the lugs sit comfortably on the wrist.

The size is worth mentioning. Although it is 40mm, it looks and feels closer to 37-38mm. Why? Well the case is, in the manner of vintage pieces from which this is inspired, rounded, so there are no chunky bezels or edges to add bulk. It sits in that middle ground where those who like this sort of vintage replica watch homage ‘look’ but dislike modern sizing might find it worth considering.

Australian RRP is $5,275.

For fans of monopushers, click here for a heritage collection 24-hour monopusher that was released by Longines last year.