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Longines Captures Timeless Spirit of Adventure

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Back in early 19th century, Auguste Agassiz, the soft-spoken second son of a conservative Protestant family that had, for centuries, lived in same rural Swiss village of Agiez, near Lake Neuchatel, in the mountainous canton of Vaud, decided to break with tradition and move to the western canton of Bern. For Auguste – who, it had been

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Timeless Pieces of Time

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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     For some people, a watch is nothing more than a convenient body adornment that comes in handy for not missing the bus or being on time for a business meeting. For others, it is a precision mechanical instrument that represents a legacy of artistic expression and creative engineering that serves as a personal statement of who the wearer is and what

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