The Longines Twenty-Four Hours is essentially a slightly face-lifted reproduction of the 1950’s Longines watch that was ordered by the Swiss national airline, Swissair.

Compared to the original, the remake features a slightly bigger date aperture, a more contrasting dial layout and its three hands are made of plain stainless steel, while the “historic” watch featured hands made of gold.

The onion-shaped winding crown is also a trifle larger, though the signature 24-hour scale is still on its place. The watch will be sold in an oversized stainless steel case 47.50 mm in diameter.

Besides a normal for this class of timekeepers sapphire crystal with double antireflective coating, there is also an engraved “hunter” back cover that protects the sapphire display back.This is opened with a small pusher located at 4 o’clock recealing a superb view of the Longines L704.2 automatic movement, which is based on the Valgranges A07-171 ebauche.