Longines Gets the 2016-2017 Racing Season Underway with an Exciting Set of Races

Dubai, UAE, December 5, 2016:   The Swiss watchmaker Longines kicked off Racing Season at Meydan Racecourse with an exciting set of races on the 1st of December, 2016. As the Official Partner and Official Timekeeper of Meydan, Longines presented a total of seven races during an evening rife with equestrian sport and elegance. Longines presented also the Official Watch of the event, a model of The Longines Equestrian Collection.

Longines Equestrian Collection
As a token of its long-running passion for equestrian sports and its attachment to its lady customers, Longines is launching a new line with shapes and materials inspired by iconic elements of the equine world. Arches on racetracks evoking horseshoes, stirrups acting as supports to follow their horse around the high jump course, fine leather of saddles: all these strong images are found in the bold lines of these watches dedicated to female equestrian sports lovers. On their wrist, the hands waltz to the rhythm of time and merge with the pace of the horses. 

L6.130.0.71.2.

This model comes in the 26.50 mm size and similar to other stirrup inspired timepieces in the collection; the steel case houses a quartz movement and also comes in a diamond-set version. The polished black lacquer and mother-of-pearl dials are adorned with diamond indexes, while the silver-coloured flinqué dial features Roman numerals and the silver-coloured sunburst dial Arabic numerals. The stirrup-shaped model with a mother-of-pearl dial is also available in an even more dazzling version, decorated with a double row of diamonds. All the watches in this collection are fitted with overstitched leather straps matching the rider outfit.