History 1940s - 1950s

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Selfwinding manufacture movement and Olympics games.
1940s: The first Longines selfwinding movementLongines_334797_0The design of caliber L22A with bidirectional oscillating weight in 1945 marked the birth of men's selfwinding movements at Longines.Longines_334797_11950s: “The Longines Circle”“Science and elegance” constituted the shared values prized by “The Longines Circle”, composed of people partial to luxury, elegance and precision. Longines launched a communication campaign on that theme in 1953.Longines_334797_2Olympic Games
Longines, as the official timekeeper for the 1952 Winter Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway, has played a timekeeping role at nearly every Olympic Game, both for the summer and the winter games

 

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