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Special offer / Limited editionYear : 2009
Case : Stainless Steel
Functions : Hour, Minutes, Second, Chronograph,
Size : 40 mm
Bezel : steel
Dial : luminova
Glass : Plexi
Movement : automatic - Caliber : L651.3 - Jewels : 37 - Alternations/hour : 28.800 - Power reserve : 42 -
Water resistant : 30M
Bracelet material : aligator
Buckle : buckle
Warranty : 1 year
Delivery : Full set,
Movement : automatic
Perfect 95% - 99%
Pre-owned
Longines Instituto Idrografico R.Marina
Comment :
Longines Istituto Idrografico R.Marina Watch
The sport legends line from Longines pays tribute to the pionneers of sport and exploration whose exploits have been timed and meassured by the compagny.
This year, the winged hour-glass brand is reviving the wrist chronograph originally developed in 1938 for the mapmakers/cartographers of the Italian Navy Hydrographic Institute for their regular surveys of the coastline and the sea-bed.
At the same time, celebrating the 70th anniversary of this timepiece/original model.
The 40mm diameter stainless steel case has a back with a cover stamped with the prestigious name of the "Istituto Idrographica della Regia Marina" for whitch the original model was made to order.
The inside of the cover is engraved "EFCo", referring to the founder compagny.
The original model was created in the workshops in Saint-Imier in 1937 and delivered to the Istituto Idrographico at the beginning of 1938.
Movement : automatic L651.3
37 jewels
28.800 alternations/hour
42 hours power reserve
Case :40mm stainless steel Hesalite glass
Dial : black with arabic numerals with superluminova
Water resistant : 30m
Bracelet/Strap : red-brown alligator with steel buckle