Talk:Longines/Archive 1

Archive 1

A twisted picture

For some reason the picture of the Hour Angle Watch in the article page is elongated to make the watch look like an oval, which it isn't. When opened, it's OK. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.166.190.221 (talk) 07:15, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

Brand name

Any idea if it's named after the Saint Longinus?--24.203.108.54 (talk) 05:36, 20 April 2014 (UTC)

Yes: it isn't. The name comes from "les longines" meaning "the long meadows", the location in St. Imier where the first manufactory was built. David.Boettcher 11:27, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Advertisement or article?

This article doesn't read like an encyclopedia entry but like a corporate brochure. The company website seems to be the sole source for the layout and organization of a sales-pitch/article.

2eet2eet 14:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)2eet2eet

You are right. I wonder if there is a single contributor to Wikipedia who is capable of writing knowledgably, intelligently and dispassionately about watches. Now that something that tells the time accurately costs next to nothing, expensive wristwatches do indeed seem "luxury items", i.e. baubles that addle the brains of anybody who approaches them. (Thorsten Veblen, where are you?) -- Hoary (talk) 02:57, 6 February 2009 (UTC)

What is this: "dfhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhahj nyietyvf7uytfk6nb8i iot6jyur5fun" written in the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.21.54.154 (talk) 17:44, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

2017 it still reads a lot like a company press release --enough so that i went to the talk page to see if the issue had come up. Cramyourspam (talk) 05:37, 15 January 2017 (UTC)

Oskar Schindler's Longines watch

I humbly propose to add Oskar Schindler to the list of notable Longines watch owners.

https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/oskar-schindlers-longines-watch-rr-auction

https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/34093290547122 188.146.196.169 (talk) 11:31, 8 February 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect deletion of important information

Hello

I am not very familiar with how Wikipaedia works. I am eager to learn. I have been updating the Longines English page and have seen that the information that regards important historical figures that have used the Longines watches has all been deleted.

Longines is well known among the watch collecting community for early aviation and exploration. It was used as instruments for harsh environments much like Rolex and Smiths were used to conquer Mt. Everest. Longines Weems watches are among the most famous since it filled a period in navigation history when clocks or ship chronometers that were used for dead recognning needed to be more portable and extremely accurate. P.V.H. Weems was a Naval Captain that developed the aviation version of Celestial Navigation back in the 1920s with the help of the US Navy, the Imperial Japanese Navy, and the United States Naval Academy. His seconds setting watch invention was mass produced by Longines and was used by Willey Post, Amy Johnson, Admiral Byrd, etc to fly higher, fly farther, and fly over open ocean, which in the 1920s-1930 was a great achievement. Of course one of the most famous aviators in history is Charles Lindberg, he also used Longines watches and was the inventor of the Angle Hour Longines watch which was a major upgrade to the Weem Second Setting watch.

I believe you have made a serious mistake in removing all of these famous people that have contributed to the development of aviation much like the Wright Brothers.

Please rollback the deletions. Longines183 (talk) 15:07, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

I am not a Longines employee or staff member.

https://www.longines.com/en-us/magazine/livre-des-exploits Longines183 (talk) 15:08, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

However, I am an expert on Longines watches and it's history. I believe you would want someone to write about Longines that has spent several years researching Longines and has been identified and used in several publications and books as a Longines watch expert to write about Longines. Longines183 (talk) 15:10, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

Hi - Please read WP:BURDEN. The onus is on you to include citations with any material you add to the article. The citations should comply with WP:RS. Please feel free to go ahead but add citations as you go along. Thank you. Dormskirk (talk) 15:15, 29 September 2023 (UTC)