{"product_id":"longines-comet-mystery-dial-as08489","title":"Longines Comet 'Mystery Dial'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the mid-20th century, watch designers were thinking outside the box. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eWay\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e outside the box. These days, it’s all vintage reissues peppered with the occasional, original exception — Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo comes to mind — but back then, every other timepiece was seemingly some wacky, ass-kicking design. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLongines, based in Saint Imier, Switzerland, was responsible for many such designs. Take this Comet from circa 1969, for example: With its cushion case and ‘mystery’ dial, it perfectly anticipated the groovy vibe of the 1970s that would see some of the most original watches the world has ever known.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eComing in at 35mm in diameter, this Reference 8475 features a stainless steel cushion case, a signed acrylic crystal, a signed crown, and a grey dial with an outer minutes track and an inner hours track in white, and two rotating, teal discs with a painted tritium arrow hour hand and a ‘comet’ minute hand. As these discs rotate, the arrow and ‘comet’ hands point to the correct time, replacing traditional watch hands. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePowered by Longines' Cal. 702 hand-cranking movement, this exceptionally neat watch comes with a signed, black leather strap featuring a signed, stainless steel pin buckle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAlready innovative back in the late ‘60s, it remains an envelope-pushing design over 50 years later.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Longines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40203783110743,"sku":"40991326","price":1900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/1255\/files\/AS08489_40991326_LONGINES_COMET_MYSTERYDIAL__8475-6.jpg?v=1687549888","url":"https:\/\/www.analogshift.com\/products\/longines-comet-mystery-dial-as08489","provider":"Analog:Shift","version":"1.0","type":"link"}