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Longines HydroConquest GMT vs Spirit Zulu Time: Which Longines GMT Is Right for You?

by Brent Robillard Two Longines GMTs, two very different personalities Shortly after the Longines HydroConquest GMT arrived in 2023, I started receiving messages asking me a deceptively simple question: Which would I buy—the Longines Spirit Zulu Time or the HydroConquest GMT? I understood why people were asking. Here were two jumping-hour GMTs from the same manufacturer, powered by closely related movements and sitting surprisingly close … Continue reading Longines HydroConquest GMT vs Spirit Zulu Time: Which Longines GMT Is Right for You?

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Longines Strike Gold with the Master Collection GMT

Wings of Gold Longines have achieved real traction, of late, with the GMT complication. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that a brand steeped in aviation history would also make a good travel watch—having developed a dual time pocket watch as early as 1908. However, the 2022 Spirit Zulu Time and its smaller iteration—the Zulu Time 39—along with last year’s surprise HydroConquest GMT, have … Continue reading Longines Strike Gold with the Master Collection GMT

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