Longines - 2011 Presence Automatic L.4.778.6

WHAT WE LOVE:

The Longines Presence is a solid 18K yellow gold dress watch from one of Switzerland's oldest and most respected manufacturers. Built around a design philosophy that has barely changed since Longines first registered the Presence name: a round case, a clean dial, Roman numerals, and an automatic movement.

The solid 18K yellow gold case at 34.5mm is the detail that separates this from the mass of dress watches at comparable price points. Against the white dial with its black Roman numerals and slender stick hands, the gold case creates a composition that is thoroughly classical without being stiff, elegant without requiring effort.

The Presence sits in the Longines La Grande Classique family — a collection rooted in the 1980s revival of the brand's most traditional dress watch forms — and it has remained essentially unchanged because nothing needed changing. The date at 3 o'clock and the exhibition caseback are the only concessions to modernity, and both are handled with the same restraint as the rest of the design.

WHAT'S INSIDE:

The L4.778.6 is powered by the Longines Calibre L619 — a 19-jewel automatic movement based on the ETA 2892-A2 architecture, beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a power reserve of 42 hours.

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