Watch Collectors world-wide are very familiar with the Longines name. Longines was the creator of the Pilot watches first worn by Charles Lindberg and Emila Erhart, along with other famous pioneer aviators.
This Evidenza collection is actually the reincarnation of a model first introduced in 1925 and made ever so popular when worn by actor Humphrey Bogart and his wife Lauren Bacall, both the rages of Hollywood in the 40's.
Today Longine is a recognized name given its sponsorship of most of the European sporting events, together with being the official Timer of these events - skiing, skating, and equestrian and gymnastics. Longines is also the official team watch of many of Russia's and Asia's international sport teams.
Here in the USA, the watch is favored by many collectors not only because of its top quality but also because of its popular price point. This is especially true given the fact that the average retail price of a Longines model is better than 1/2 the retail of other famous Swiss brands that are offering similar products with similar construction and similar complications.
Take for example this Full Calendar, moon phase, GMT model with a retail of $3,750. The same features and complications available in other popular brand Swiss made watches are in models that retail for $7,500.00 up to $10,000.00.
If you want a fine time piece at half the price of its competition, buy this watch. You won't be making a mistake with getting this full calendar, date pointer, month, day of the month, GMT and a full moon phase WITH THE LEGENDARY, HARD TO FIND VALJOUX 7151 MOVEMENT, all of this available here at Overstock for less than $2,600.00 - how can you go wrong?