introducing the all-new Longines spirit pioneer edition and you may be wondering why is falling
titan starting this video off with a loom shot well it's not the loom shot it is a
trending color combination started by Oris on the glow Seiko then followed suit with their
night vision series and now thankfully Longines has jumped on board this colorway is something
else the way the matte black dial contrasts with the neon green loom is striking and as
you can tell I'm a huge fan pair that up with the beautiful fan favorite spirit case with immaculate
brushing laser sharp high polished beveled edges and faceted tips a high quality case a watch that
definitely has a positive impression of quality but have they done enough coming in at 3900 usd
okay that's a little bit high but what are you getting for your money straight away the case
material grade 5 titanium aerospace that's amazing Longines works with titanium so well that it may
fool you that it's stainless steel that's how well finished the titanium is we got classic
pump style pushers and a large eight millimeter screw down crown giving the spirit 100 meters
of water resistance amazing for a pilot's watch and remember Longines has incredible
aviation history they invented a column wheel and when you buy a chronograph you definitely
want the crispy clean actuation of a column wheel and a vertical clutch a vertical clutch allows for
seamless integration of the sweep with no chance of stutter at the beginning like a horizontal a
famous chronograph that everybody loves that uses this setup is of course the Rolex Daytona now
let's do those measurements I got 42 millimeters in diameter thickness oh no oh no 16.5 millimeters
no drilled lugs and a lug to lug of 51 millimeters you know what many of you complained about the
Seiko speed timer mechanical chronograph coming in at 15.1 millimeters so this one is almost two
mils thicker and the biggest issue I have with spirit chronograph is the existence of the big
eye by Longines the Longines big eye is 525 less and it is titanium the blue one I reviewed it it's
fantastic same movement 41 millimeters instead of 42 and it's only 14.5 millimeters thick with
top hat sapphire so it's tough to recommend the spirit chronograph when the big eye exists
and the big eye wears so much better but you are getting the beautiful new colorway and of course
the amazing spirit case so that is definitely something to consider now the strap 22 millimeters
tapering down to 19 a nice fabric strap with leather lining in the middle with quick release
spring bars the buckle is signed and also titanium now the dial enhanced the hands are gorgeous they
are titanium color they look bead blasted and it works so well with the matte dial legibility is
incredible here now a negative again on the spirit is the anti-reflective coating on the
top and bottom the big eye only has ar coating on the bottom so although it's sapphire the ar
coating could scratch on the top of the spirit and make it look like your sapphire is scratched
I know for a lot of people that is a deal breaker but if it is not a deal breaker
email me down below for a discount code from kavar jewelers and this beauty can be yours
one of my favorite features on the spirit is that raised chaptering high polished bevel with
diamond cutouts where the sweep hand perfectly lines up and crosses over it excellent attention
to detail applied launching logo and five stars the sub dials are running seconds at nine o'clock
30 minute counter at three o'clock and 12 hour at six o'clock and this is a no date very clean look
one thing I forgot to mention is the rotor wobble the Valjoux based movement
is very spin happy so sometimes just putting the watch down you will hear it on the table
worrying now let's check out that neon green loom in a 30 minute time lapse video
so the loom seems pretty strong with those deeply filled applied hour Arabic's I would like to see
improved loom on the diamond chaptering cutouts case back says pioneer edition with the usual spec
sheet and it is titanium the weight 93 grams this one is going to be very comfortable thanks to that
titanium powering that spirit is the l6 88.4 288 vph hack hand wind automatic silicone hairspring
COSC certified five year warranty 66 hours of power reserve and let's look at that rate okay the
fourth and final round plus one very nice Longines always performs excellent on the channel but let's
check out 12 down to see the positional variance how is this watch going to react when you wear it
all right amplitude did drop 258 b error 0.2 not bad and the fourth and final round plus one
the spirit has elevated Longines in the mindshare of watch enthusiasts it's hard not to love
the spirit line although gorgeous I still think that the big eye is the chronograph to get
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