Horological Meandering

I’m surprised that no one has commented on the new Longines pilot Majetek. It has its roots in a Czech pilot watch, which I didn’t know. This release shows that Longines continues to impress. Source: Monochrome watches website. ...  

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But seeing this actually makes me appreciate the new release as a great tribute.

impressive ! and nothing new from them could get this high... such a beauty

On the new one the dial looks too much « behind » or « too deep » the bezel imo. But maybe it’s just the picture.

Gives away a lot of its charm imo

The three Majetek Aces. ...  

Even tho I’m way more seduced by the vintage, the new one still score points )

By a country mile

Compared to the original it simply looks coarse…

43 diameter is ok but 51 lug to lug on top of my head maybe a concern.

Appreciate the quality photograph as well. Cheers, Filip

calling both ok. For me also new, never seen. The old blue of the new one is good to inspect further.

We at this community can not wait when we can see your new Longines. I go to do some thinking work before i decide to buy or not to buy. To be or not to be.

Longines instagram. The size is nice, but i am afraid it would be for big wrists. Or it can scare watch fans who prefer small time peaces.

For me there are more non starters. But… overall it is not a bad looker. If it is the watch that make somebody happy, it is a useful watch. This happen when i read and see the Majetek. It do let me think about the Cartier Santos someway.

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That is amazing too see.

But this one is a miss for me. I give them kudos for trying to create something which isn’t a 99% facsimile of the original but I feel they missed the mark here.

And it may not be true... Do they want to make it look like a nautilus? With that wider case and that curved shape, and that crown guard🤔 the dial is very nice and i really dun't mind it is not a reduplication of the old one.

As a Czech the name sounds weird and it looks nothing like the OG

"Longines registered the design on April 1st, 1935 at the IPO office in Bern. The watch was then put to action by the Czechoslovak pilots and had the words “Majetek Vojenské Správy” (“Property of the Military Administration”) engraved on the back. The ori... 

It basically means Pilot Property, not Pilot's Property so it reads and connotation is more like "Pilot. Property." Basically just 2 random words together without a proper meaning. Without getting into linguistics you do not need to use pronoun after Maje...