Longines GrandeVitesse watches

The Longines GrandeVitesse is a steel automatic sports chronograph. Longines launched it in Paris in June 2007, the year it first became partner and official timekeeper of the French Open, and sold it only in France during the tournament before rolling it out worldwide later that year.

The launch model had a 42 mm stainless steel case with aerodynamic curves and non-slip embossing on the crown, case band and pushers. A bright red pusher worked the chronograph, and the chronograph indications on its midnight-black dial were picked out in the same red. The tachymeter on the bezel was graduated in km/h, with a range Longines put at about Mach 2, more than enough to time the fastest serve.

The GrandeVitesse Chronograph (L3.635) is the 42 mm watch with a black, blue, grey or silver dial, on a steel bracelet, a leather strap or a rubber strap. The GrandeVitesse Tachymeter (L3.636) shares the 42 mm case, carries a tachymeter bezel and comes with a black, brown or silver panda dial. The GrandeVitesse Chronograph 24h (L3.637.4.50.6) moves up to a 44 mm case, with a black dial and a tachymeter bezel. The Instrument Pour Cavalier (L3.635.4.93.2) is a 42 mm chronograph with a brown dial.