Introduced: 2020
Purpose / Inspiration: The Spirit Collection is Longines’ modern salute to its aviation heritage—pulling design cues from watches worn by pioneering aviators like Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes, but updating them for today’s tool watch crowd. Think pilot watch functionality with everyday elegance, housed in a robust case with COSC-certified movements. It’s Longines doing heritage without going full vintage—and doing it well.
Designer: Built by Longines’ product team to connect the brand’s legacy in early flight with modern materials, movements, and wearability
Case size:
- Spirit 3-hand: 37mm, 40mm, 42mm
- Spirit Chronograph: 42mm
- Spirit Zulu Time (GMT): 39mm, 42mm
- Spirit Flyback Chronograph: 42mm
- Well-proportioned lugs and slim bezels = wears balanced
Case options:
- Stainless steel
- Titanium (Spirit 40mm and 42mm)
- Black DLC (Spirit Pioneer Edition)
- Polished and brushed finish
- Screw-down crown and sapphire caseback (on most models)
Powered by:
- Automatic COSC-certified movements
- Caliber L888.4 (3-hand): 72h power reserve, silicon balance spring
- Caliber L791.4 (Chronograph): column wheel, 68h reserve
- Caliber L844.4 (Zulu Time GMT): independently adjustable local hour hand
- Caliber L791.4 (Flyback Chronograph): bi-directional flyback function
- All are highly accurate and anti-magnetic
Bezel:
- Smooth fixed bezel (3-hand and Chrono)
- Bi-directional ceramic bezel on GMT models
- Polished edge with tool-watch functionality
Dial options:
- Matte black, sunburst blue, silver, green
- Applied Arabic numerals with Super-LumiNova
- 5 applied stars = COSC chronometer rating
- Date window at 3 or 6 o’clock depending on model
- GMT hand on Zulu Time, two-register layout on Flyback Chrono
Water resistance: 100m
Bracelet:
- Stainless steel bracelet with quick-change system
- Leather or NATO straps depending on edition
- Titanium models with matching lightweight bracelet
- Deployant or pin buckle depending on strap
Still in production, rapidly expanding—now one of Longines’ most important modern collections
Why it matters: The Spirit Collection proves that heritage can be done without pretending it’s 1935. These are real pilot watches, not costumes—and they’re accurate, wearable, and built like tanks. Longines brought the past into the present and didn’t mess it up.
Real Pilot DNA. Modern Daily-Wear Strength.
COSC-Certified. GMT-Equipped. Flyback-Ready.
Heritage You Can Actually Wear, Fly, and Use
Not Just Inspired by the Past—Certified for the Future