Perfect Replica Longines Heritage 1945- Winter Warmer 

With so many special features, such as simple vintage looks, rich tones, a brushed dial and a cinnamon suede strap to die for, all for a very reasonable price, the Longines Heritage 1945 – it’s the best watch for a crisp winter’s day.
One of the key points on our Baselworld calendar is to see what heritage re-release Longines has cooked up, and who boy, have they pulled out all the stops in 2017 or what. You’re looking at the Heritage 1945, a completely on point interpretation of a mid-century dress watch. Based on a 1945 design called the Calatrava by collectors, this watch does everything correctly. Funnily enough, it’s the exact watch that Sunflowerman illustrated as part of the Watercolour Watch project back in 2015.
The 40mm steel case is simple, and not overly fussy, with a flat bezel just the right width and a slender-yet-functional crown. The mid-tan nubuck strap with single line of reinforcing stitching in contrasting thread walks an extremely straight line between dress and casual.
The most sensible part is the dial. For such a minimal layout, Longines replica has packed it full of sexy detail. To begin with, there’s the vintage velvet effect of the brushed copper-tone convex dial, then there’s the alternating steel-tone applied hours markers and printed mid-century Arabic numerals, all of which contrasts with the long, elegant leaf hands in blued steel. The small seconds subdial has a concentric circular finish, just to make things interesting and funny.
What’s more, the curved “Automatic” text is a very special touch. Though, if I was being particularly critical I would like the seconds subdial a little lower down the dial. The 1945 original was powered by the manually wound 12.68Z, but on this remake Longines has made a concession to modernity with the inclusion of automatic model.
One or two of these elements would make the Longines Heritage 1945 a compelling and significant proposition, but all of them together make it a real winner. And the best thing is no date window.

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