Since its launch back in 2007, the Longines Legend Diver has garnered a fair amount attention outlasting contemporaries from IWC et al; enduring as the old school, Swiss compressor-style diver’s watch to own.
I can’t tell you how many times that I’ve almost pulled the trigger on one as it’s imho, one of the best looking dive watches that there are, taking its design cues directly from the OG model from 1959. Alas for me it was never quite big enough.
For 2022, the Longines Legend Diver’s bloodline continues with a further five new models which are offered in a selection of colors that include: ash gray, burgundy, sand beige and royal blue.
In addition to the lovely colors, their Stainless steel cases are based on two diameters (36mm or 42mm), further adding to the already large stable of Legend Diver models.
Here we have the 36mm collection with their sand beige or vivid burgundy color-gradient dials featuring luminous hands, hour markers interspersed with luminescent squares and Arabic numerals enhanced with Super-LumiNova® rectangles for optimum visibility in low light.
Just like it is on the OG model, the 36mm’s case-back has been decorated with an embossed emblem of an olden days spear diver.
In addition to the case-back which harks back to 1959, the crowns are decorated with cross-hatching.
Meanwhile a tone on-tone fabric strap in the popular NATO style is matched to the color of the dial. This has leather undersized.
The new 36mm models house a caliber L592 (ETA A20.L11) self-winding mechanical movement with a silicon balance-spring, 83/4 lines, 22 jewels, 28'800 vibrations per hour, a power reserve of around 45 hours - along with a substantial 5-year warranty.
Thoughts? Two really lovely new colors are offered here for the 36mm variant. I honestly couldn’t choose between them. Typically the smaller sized variants reflect those of the historic models which tended to be smaller than today’s.
However in this instance the OG model was 42mm so the 36mm diameter is offered in consideration of the growing trend for smaller sized men’s wristwatches or indeed as a ladies model. Either way, it’s way too small for me.
But what do you think? Let me know in the comments, below.
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