Longines La Grande Classique watches

La Grande Classique de Longines is the brand's slim, round dress watch, a line Longines launched in 1992 and places among its Elegance watches. Longines defines it by its slim profile, its sleek round case and its wide choice of sizes, materials and colours, and credits it with a major part in building the winged-hourglass brand's reputation around the world.

The dial stays plain: Roman numerals or slim baton markers, and Eastern Arabic numerals on some versions, on white, black, champagne or mother-of-pearl. Dressier versions add a diamond-set bezel. Cases are stainless steel, steel with a yellow-gold or red-gold PVD finish, or solid yellow, white or pink gold, on a leather strap or a metal bracelet.

The quartz models run from 23 and 24 mm up to 36, 37 and 39 mm, and the 29 mm quartz case is just 4.5 mm thick. The La Grande Classique Automatic comes at 25, 34, 36 and 38 mm; the 38 mm version measures 8.1 mm. The Tonneau is the barrel-shaped variant, at 22.2, 29.7 and 35 mm. The L4.918.4.11.2 and L4.918.4.11.6 are the same 38 mm automatic with a white Roman dial, the second on a bracelet.