Vintage Longines Ultra-Chron 8301 Crosshair Automatic Watch 1970s Serviced UK Warranty

SPECIFICATION

Reference: 8301-10
Movement: Longines calibre 6651, 25 jewels
Age: 1970s
Case Size: 37mm
Case Thickness: 11mm
Lug to Lug: 41mm
Lugs: 18mm
Condition: Used Longines watch
Box and Papers: Box only
Case Material: Stainless steel
Warranty: 12-month UK mechanical warranty

POINTS TO MENTION

• In great preowned condition with light wear from use
• Case and bezel have some light scratches and marks
• Fully serviced high-beat automatic movement
• Crosshair dial
• Longines signed crown
• Paired with an unworn black leather epsom strap
  
• Comes with its Longines box and outer sleeve

THE WATCH

There was a time when making a better mechanical watch meant making it beat faster. Longines took that challenge seriously, and the Ultra-Chron brought years of precision work out of the laboratory and into an everyday wristwatch.

What's appealing is how calmly it carries that ambition. The styling belongs to a familiar, elegant Longines, while the little Ultra-Chron emblem tells a rather more adventurous engineering story. It is a lovely reminder that a watch can have plenty to say without raising its voice.

A BIT OF TRIVIA

Longines' high-frequency experiments predated the Ultra-Chron by decades. In 1959 the company developed its five-hertz Calibre 360 for observatory timing trials, where accuracy was measured in demanding competitions rather than across a shop counter. Longines registered the Ultra-Chron name in 1966, bringing that pursuit of precision to the regular collection.

OUR THOUGHTS

We rather like watches with a little more going on than they first let on. This has all the ease and charm of a traditional vintage Longines, yet there is a whole chapter of watchmaking waiting behind its name. It is the sort of watch we'd enjoy wearing simply for what it is, and enjoy all over again when somebody asks about it.