{"product_id":"longines-2018-avigation-bigeye-chronograph-l2-816-4-53-2","title":"Longines - 2018 Avigation Bigeye Chronograph L2.816.4.53.2","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWHAT WE LOVE:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLongines has been connected to aviation since the 1910s — supplying onboard chronographs, timing instruments, and pilots' watches across nearly a century of airborne history, including instruments used on Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic crossing. The Avigation BigEye is not an approximate reference to that heritage; it is a direct reconstruction of a specific historical Longines chronograph from their archives, reissued with updated movement technology and the same essential dial architecture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \"BigEye\" name comes from the most immediately striking feature of the dial: the oversized minute counter sub-dial at 3 o'clock, substantially larger than the other two registers and divided into ten segments every three minutes — a timing interval that references specific aviation applications for which the original was designed. The asymmetric three-register layout that results from this oversized minute counter is unlike any other chronograph dial currently in production, and it creates the impression of a face with one very large eye — hence the name. The matte black dial with its large Arabic numeral hour markers, luminous silver hands, and period-correct typography connects directly to the 1930s and 1940s instrument watches that the Avigation draws from, while the 66-hour power reserve of the Calibre L688.2 brings the movement specification firmly into the present. On the brown crocodile leather strap, this reads as exactly what it is — a genuinely historically grounded pilot's chronograph, properly made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eWHAT'S INSIDE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePowered by the Longines Calibre L688.2 — a self-winding automatic chronograph movement beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour with a 66-hour power reserve. The movement drives the asymmetric three-register layout: central 60-second chronograph hand, oversized 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, and 12-hour counter at 9 o'clock, with running seconds at 6. The sapphire crystal with multiple layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside provides scratch resistance without the reflective interference that uncoated crystals produce on dark dials.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFIVEFORTYFIVE SIX MONTHS \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003eWARRANTY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Longines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53812839973137,"sku":"24715","price":3450.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0072\/5332\/7960\/files\/Longines-2018-Avigation-Bigeye-Chronograph-L2.816.4.53.2247151-7.jpg?v=1787107332","url":"https:\/\/fivefortyfive.nz\/products\/longines-2018-avigation-bigeye-chronograph-l2-816-4-53-2","provider":"FiveFortyFive","version":"1.0","type":"link"}