LONGINES Twin Barrel cal.L990.1 / 2.95mm Ultra-Thin Automatic

— Thin as ice: the summit of the mechanical watch —

The late 1970s, with the storm of quartz at its height.

Longines poured all of its pride into pushing the mechanical watch to its limits, and this is the crystallisation.

The house's last in-house calibre, and an astonishing 2.95mm thick: the celebrated Cal.L990.1.

The fine beat produced by twin-barrel torque still shines in the history of fine watchmaking that followed.

— A quiet face, beautiful as woven cloth —

A fine linen finish on the dial.

It softens with the angle of the light, bringing refined shadow to the wrist.

Minimal baton indexes with everything unnecessary stripped away, and a composed case line.

A design in which intelligence and dignity live quietly together.

The celebrated ultra-thin automatic Cal.L990.1, just 2.95mm thick. Stable accuracy from a twin-barrel construction, and commanding mechanical craft. A beautiful linen finish that changes delicately with the light. Original from bracelet to buckle — a timepiece with intelligence and dignity.

— An aesthetic handed down across the decades —

From bracelet to buckle, the original aesthetic is left intact, giving a real coherence to the whole.

The slim case slides neatly under a cuff and looks thoroughly smart even now.

A watch born of a manufacture's last resistance against being swallowed by the quartz crisis.

Among contemporary makers, A. Lange & Söhne and Breguet use twin-barrel construction.

The history and engineering of a distinguished house concentrated into one watch, for an adult who knows the real thing.