The Dolce Vita. A time to just be. That’s just the feel you get looking at photographs of Longine’s Ambassador of Elegance, Kate Winslet, wearing the house’s latest models in its Mini Dolcevita collection. The timeless watch collection was launched in 2023 and this year it has been elegantly enriched with new models sporting double tour straps in black, beige, gold, pink, red, orange and green. They are presented in their emblematic rectangular cases and can be adorned with diamond settings or not.

The Mini Dolcevita from Longines is enhanced with new leather straps. Photo courtesy Longines. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette

In a nod to the equestrian world that Longines accompanies so well – the house is the official timekeeper, for, for example, the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, the Belmont Stakes (coming up on June 8th) and the upcoming (June 16th) and prestigious Prix de Diane Longines in Chantilly — the holes in the straps of the new models are numbered in hot-press printing from one to six. Just like the stirrup leathers which as the name suggests connect the saddle to the stirrups. The timepiece is outfitted in a stainless steel daintily sized rectangular case and is waterproof to 30 meters and equipped with a high-precision L178 quartz movement. Three versions sport a silvered rectangular Roman dial while another three are available with a circular silver sand blasted dial.

Longines has been based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland since 1832. With many years of experience as a timekeeper for world championships in sport and as a partner of international sporting federations, Longines has forged solid and lasting links with the world of sport over the years. It is part of the Swatch Group. https://www.longines.com/en-us
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