LONGINES Spirit Zulu Time. A true GMT/UTC watch available in 6 variations. New in 2022! 

True GMT that doesn't need any soft drink coloured bezel - good move Longines.

I got this watch as my engagement present from my fiancé. I almost cried when it put it on because not only was it a significant milestone, but the watch is absolutely beautiful in every aspect. The design, the feel, the functionality, the weight…worth every single cent for the value that comes with it. I wear my green gold Zulu 42mm daily with absolute pride whilst the watch snobs at work try and find fault in it. This is the greatest watch in my collection and is worth every dollar if you’re considering it

While everybody is swooning over the MoonSwatch, it is this Zulu Time that has me SUPER excited.

I just got the Black on bracelet. My first ever watch that I intend to keep for a lifetime. Now I can't stop thinking of the blue. And the green. I want them all.

Longines are completely bang on the money with this Spirit Zulu Time collection in their 190th year & for me, the green bezel, black dial & brown strap is the complete star of the show & all at a price that nobody can argue with.

The black one and green one are gorgeous.

I have been wearing a 40mm blue dial spirit for over a year. It's a very reliable daily watch. These ones with ceramic bezel are simply outstanding!

Longines is officially back. 😎 The brand is alive and relevant. Very good decisions and releases in the past years. This model can fight Tudor's GMT without a problem. Love Longines ❤️

Beautiful watches! The blue dial is stunning!

Longines has made some really great moves in the past few years. Funny how a few months ago I was hoping Longines would have a GMT version for the Spirit line and then, voila. This Zulu Time collection is absolutely unbeatable in terms of value. Lovely to see your great and genuine passion in timepieces.

That adjustable deployant for the leather strap is excellent! I'm puzzled why they spent the time and effort to do that but left the bracelet clasp so spartan

Alexander honnestly you are the best. You are always the first one in the watch game to show us the novelties in real and not only some pictures pisckee from internet.👍👍👍

This is the most comprehensive review on RU-vid. Very impressive. I bought the one with green bezel and have it on my wrist for a month now. I love it as this should be one of the finest GMT watches out there.

I already have the 42mm Spirit chronograph and I was looking for a true GMT for months! Longines you have me again!

I love what longines is doing. Being fan of value, it's becoming one of my favorite brands. I hope they continue these amazing designs.

Longines fills the gap for many of us that want value for a great price. Well done again. Thanks for sharing.

Gorgeous looking watch. Great add to the Spirit line.

Longines is really killing it with the Spirit line.Its good they’ve cut back a little with the lug to lug distance on these models.The blue dial with the orange hand is gorgeous.

Alexander - congratulations on a fantastic channel. Always so informative, entertaining and easy to follow. This watch checks all of the boxes I’ve been looking for in a GMT. Reasonable size, beautiful color options, true GMT and waterproof to 100m. On top of that, great value for the money. Great package Longines! 👍

I just Purchased the Green Bezel with tan Calf Skin Strap. Absolutely love this beautiful Watch. I bought the Tudor PEPSI GMT last year, I’m so happy to have both these spectacular Watch’s in my collection. Great job Longines.

Very nice new models. Tks to the Swatch Group for still allowing Longines (and Union) to propose good value for money, especially now that they’ve decided to chase Rolex prices points with Omega...

Great release from Longines, a brand for which I have the utmost respect. The blue one on leather strap is a beauty! 😎

In my opinion Longines has done the impossible on this watch. With all that you get for the $3000 US dollars they even go one step further and make band interchange as easy as push buttons. This is a crucial feature in my watch purchases and something most watch manufacturing companies don't do even Omega and they should. You are not going to go for a swim with your leather band on. Hence the need for the bracelet and the interchangeability to the leather band. Longines offers this package on their Spirit prestige line with three band choices in the box. BRILLANT! Even the Omega Globemaster does not have this feature and I wish it did. Stay the course Longines you are doing it right. Don't wait for a Rolex GMT and save yourself a lot of money and get this watch instead.

Lovely. Needs a display case back to show that lovely in house movement, & an on-the-fly micro adjust on the bracelet. The adjustable strap clasp is a work of pure genius!

It's fantastic and I hope Longines builds in the direction of this watch - Si/COSC movement, good date window placement, focus on fewer iconic designs. Really excited for the future of the brand.. I hope they bring out more annual calendar watches in particular

Longines has been absolutely knocking it out of the park lately. A brand with an amazing heritage making a gorgeous traveler's GMT, pricing it reasonably, with an in house movement and guessing from the dimensions, great wearability . What more could one ask for?

Thanks a lot, Alexander. Beautiful piece, i love this Longines. I enjoy this interview. I send you a best regards from Argentina

It's very good to see that Swatch Group has finally cottoned on to the enormous advantages that the Longines name still has, after a long period when it had moved from being one of the absolute prestige names in Swiss watches to being perceived more in the lower-tier luxury bracket at best. This 'Spirit' range in its entirety is a genuine attempt to recapture some of that lost ground at least, with COSC standard movements I believe across the line, and the high-quality finishing, combined with a genuine touch of class that was always associated with the Longines watches of a long time ago. This particular GMT watch, I think, is a really good proposition at the higher end of GMTs, and with its history in aviation watches - second to none at all - I would think it should do extremely well. Also, by the way, this new product development guy clearly knows what he's doing in his plans to resuscitate luxury proposition idea in the brand and I hope he succeeds. Good video as well.

Got black one yesterday.Really love it.

I’m sold, perfect price point for my next vacation!

Loving the blue Zulu on the bracelet.

Lovely. Rather have one of these than a Tudor

A hit! A massive hit on your hands, I loved the spirit but have held back, and now I am glad 😀

Talk about value for money! The blue dial on the bracelet is really screaming my name. I love my Spirit Chrono, this would be a nice brother/sister watch :)

Beautiful looking and functions. This is probably one if the few gmts I'd get. I love longines

Speaking for myself, Longines are the new Omega. I expect Omega probably have superior movements but this Spirit line fill a gap Omega have discarded for the average guy in the street. I don't want a watch on my wrist that I'm afraid to wear down the high street due to it's value, I want a watch that looks good, makes me feel good and is good quality! Longines nailed it again!

I'm really impressed with this watch so far, but as always we need to see it at the AD and check the quality. The blue option has my name on it, and I feel that this watch looks particularly good on the strap. Whether the movement is as good as the current version of the MT 5652 remains to be seen. Certainly the Tudor doesn't have the 24 hour hand wobble when adjusting the time zone (check the Hodinkee video) so Longines really needs to address this.

Very nice, I want a GMT and at this price point it's hard to beat Longines for quality and value. Already have the blue Spirit 40mm so tempted by the green bezel GMT. Updated bracelet looks great but think I'd go for a strap.

Ordered Green on leather Sept 2, 2022. This video is a tremendous help. Now I anxiously and happily wait...(it is Sept 11 now.) 😉

Hi Alexander, The best watch from Longines now - what a stunning piece. Congrats Longines - a real package for watch lovers. Longines back on the track to the top at affordable prices - a real Bravo! Great Job! Love the Longines Starbucks! Why waiting for years for the overpriced pieces from the other brand. Let's call the AD. Greetings from Germany

Another excellent video, thank you for sharing these amazing watches!

Longines is killing it. Absolutely amazing watch, especially for the price.

Lovely looking capable watch - very tempting!

Thanks for the lug to lug distance information!

I sat down with several GMTs.... Cost wasn't an option. The green bezel Spirit Zulu was what I got. It's a magnificent watch that punches well above its weight.

Delightful offerings from a company I'm looking more closely at for the reason of their adhesion to history, integrity and fine manufacture. While I would prefer an adjustable metal hairspring, silicon is not, at least in this case, a deal breaker and anyhow, I am easily seduced by domed crystals. My choice would be the black dial version. Very enjoyable review as always....thank you.

This looks like a home run from Longines!

I like the blue sunburst, the black and green in that order. A black sunburst would be nice too. I have a Daytona and looking for a GMT. I like your Hydro Conquests Chrono's automatic as well.

It’s not often I really want to buy a Longines, but looking at this? I think I will actually get one, the green one seems to stand out for me.

The blue one looks very nice! Nice that they made it look like a longines and not try to look like another brand.

I loved thier hydroconquest, especially the green botique one, but I am not a diver collector, more of a GMT and worldtimer. This Zulu Time just killed it now. I love gold and green. That long seconds and GMT hand is another big hitter for me. Thier archive is actually amazing (if it wasn't becuase of swatch pushing omega), Longines is still globally top 5 in sales (losing thier 3 positiong to cartier this year). I see a come back in the 3rd position in 2023. #longinesslove #zulutime The price point being the same as a Montblanc Heritage GMT which have no date and come in a strap, this is amazingly priced as well. Do noitce the GMT hand moving which the hours hands is adjusted.

Absolutely nailed this watch. I was considering the TAG Autavia GMT, but at over £1000 less with all the features and colour choices? Longines absolutely nailed this! Trouble is deciding which colour to get!

As always, excellent presentation. Let Longines know that there doing fantastic with there design 🎨. I would love to see their interpretation of a submariner esthetic with Longines design superiority. This would move me to a buy, but to honest I'm already tempted. Recently purchased Tissot PRX Powermatic 80.

Thank you for the presentation Alexander! Loved it as always.

Excellent introduction to a very enjoyable watch. I have one. Note that the camera boosts the green of the ceramic bezel. In person, the bezel is a darker green that integrates with the anthracite face perfectly, showing the green but without shouting it. In bright sunlight the bezel becomes more prominent but still nicely balanced to the overall watch. Truly well executed watch. I checked the timing - mine is running at +2 sec per day or better; well within spec. Very happy with this watch.

Well done Longines !!!!! and thank you Alexander always with the best of the best content with our favorite brands!!! Greetings from Mexico

Liked for the strict rules on what is and isn’t GMT! Yes I needs jumping hour hand! And it must not stop the movement! So many other watches claim to be GMT or world time but don’t do this correctly. Glad I’m not the only one talking it seriously 😆. The 72hr PR is impressive too!

Oh my word do love this watch,like the power reserve and how the lollipop second had is on the seconds track,lovely.

Great looking watches! Such a trick micro-adjustment system with the deployant clasps 👌

Dear all, thanks for the presentation, a truly nice watch, but please stop talking about true or not true GMT . If you buy a GMT watch it’s because you want and need to to see the GMT time , the way you are presenting the watch has nothing to do with GMT but simply reading two time zones by moving the hour hand . Now every diver (60 min scale ( every 5min = 1 h ) or 12 h bezel can do the job by simply rotating the bezel . The meaning of having a GMT watch is to have GMT as reference time on the GMT hand ! My navigation instructor back in 1990 when I did my ATPL training was a certain Harry Hoffman , a famous navigator from Swissair , he was wearing a Longine 24h watch, a watch designed for Swissair navigators . That said without going into details for navigational purposes you need to have a reference time and that is GMT / UTC / Z , the aircraft clocks always show UTC . As a pilot you will set the 24 h hand on UTC and the regular hour hand to your local time since you always want to know what time it is at home not only for family reasons but also to keep your circadian cycle as close as possible to your home time especially on short layovers . Once landed just rotate the bezel to GMT or UTC or Z to plus or minus the UTC time you are ( eg Toronto UTC -4 ) and read the local time on the GMT hand , home time stays always the same on your watch, if you bring the 24 reference again over the 12 o’clock position you read again GMT . There is absolutely no need to open the crown and move any hour hand except for summer and winter time changes. This month I have been in Tokyo, Istanbul, Almaty, Toronto still have to go Dubai and Houston …I am a Cpt B777 with 22000 flight hours and I don’t know how many times I flew around the world , for sure many …and if I decide to buy this watch it’s certainly not because of its “true” function because my not true one does the same job …I share the enthusiasm you bring on your watch shows and I also understand that 99 % of GMT watch buyers will never use GMT but please don’t talk about UTC if don’t know what it actually is and what it is there for Kind regards Andy

Great! I was waiting for a watch like this. Well done! And thanks for presenting, dear Alexander!

Longines increased their Designs. The Spirit Zulu Time is an amazing design. Looking Forward to the best steps of Longines. Great Contest, as always.

Longines has done an amazing job improving their anti reflective coating sapphire glass on the Spirit lineup. Now you can appreciate the details of the beautiful dials. I wish they continue this practice on their Master Collection. I currently own a beautiful blue sunray dial master collection that is like walking with a mirror. You can’t appreciate the dial. But this Spirit collection is stunning. There is a lot of watch under $3,000 USD. Exceptional value. I love it! Thank you Alexander sharing another great video.

Thanks Alexander for the great video!

I am very impressed with the classy look of the Spirit zulu with green bezel and leather strap. Aside from excellent quality, it's a very sharp watch. It will be my next purchase.

Good work. Perfect. Congratulations. Well done. Thanks Longines.

Just take my money please!!!these dials are well designed, especially the date window is fixed, the green bezel is gorgeous.

Excellent as usual WA! Longines is moving upmarket. Very well executed piece...in the modern Longines Pantheon with the BigEye and titanium Spirit pilot watch!

This video tipped me over the edge, green bezel with anthracite dial on the way!

Outstanding review! I ordered the Anthracite on bracelet. The Blue dial is stunning, however, and a very close second. Might have to get both! Thank you for the entertaining and informative analysis. Cheers!

Beautiful watch! Longines really at the top of their game with the Spirit range! I just ordered the new Flyback but have to wait as the store I bought from doesn't carry it in stock. I love the Spirit range, not a model in it I don't like!

Beautiful ! Yes I do want one and I hope it will be in Jacksonville Florida soon .

Love at first sight with the Zulu time (green) but we're not meant to be together because it's 42mm. i hope they'll make one in sub 40mm.

Great video, Alex. You are first out of the gate as usual with new timepiece content. This offering is solid and will challenge the Tudor Black Bay GMT in many respects. It seems like they made an even better product than the original spirit in 42mm with the better date window placement and also the shorter lugs. I have to say these Zulu models are made better than their retail price would suggest given the movement, dial layering, applied markers, case finishing, and use of a ceramic bezel. Another great move towards elevating this historic and storied brand!

Longines are really killing it atm This watch is really nice.

Chapeau indeed, these look to be exceptional watches. The green bezel on bracelet is my favourite too. I can't think of any other brand who comes close on quality for the price and it's possible to pay more and get less, despite the persuasiveness of rivals' marketing efforts. I've owned multiple brands and Longines have been without fault.

What a fantastic watch! Beautiful, but I would prefer

I'm a big guy being 6'4 with a 7.1 inch wrist, and I've been in the market for a gmt. Either this or the Tudor GMT. But I have to say, as an aviator, this one speaks to me. And I wouldn't have to worry about date issues right off the bat. I like that it's 1mm bigger than the BB GMT as well

Again an awesome video, thanks! And what a fantastic release from Longines! Sooo hard to choose color 😀

As a Rolex fan and owner I already have the new left-hand GMT on order, but in the meantime I have to get one of these. Ceramic bezel and a good looking bracelet. Much better then the Tudor GMT which is to thick, has an outdated aluminum bezel and damn I hate the bracelets with the fake rivets.

Hi Alexandre, as usual amazing in depth review. In a previous video, you said that Longines shoud compete with Tudor. In terms of quality, is this zulutime quality is on a par with the tudor gmt ?

Thankyou Alexander and Giuseppe for showing these new pieces. The repositioning of the date to the six position works brilliantly for symmetry. These will certainly be on my list to look at at the AD at some point. Longines continue to impress with the models being released. I cannot make a choice as to my favourite colour combination until I see them in life but from this video the blue would be my preference by a whisker with the others tied a very close second. That on the fly strap adjustment might well sway me as well. A 48 click bezel would have been nice for those cities that do not have a full hour differential from Zulu time though given that I work with some countries that have a 1/2 hour offset. Thank you again both for sharing.

Great video Alexander! great releases from Longines! Bravo.

Lovely new watch from Longines. Just a little bit too thick for my wrist. But I'm sure that there will be a target audience for this watch! Thanks for the awesome video Alexander!

Love that anthracite/green on that leather strap!

Hi Alexander is it true that Longines is going to release other models in 2022 like for example a re-edition of the UltraChron from1968?

Beautiful watches. On strap it looks perfect. The brazalete’s clasp is large and clunky appearing. I think that was a missed opportunity. I agree, I would wear it with the leather strap or look for an alternative on the brazalete/ clasp.

Just GORGEOUS. I hope our friends from the crown are really putting attention. Here we have good-looking watches, that are AVAILABLE. Well done Longines, sign me up I will get one of these beauties. Thank you Alexander for the amazing video.Best regards

Great video and review! I'm having such a hard time deciding if I want the green or black....Both are stunning!

Really nice watch - Tudor is getting a real competition here ;) Thanks for the video… one thing tho I really hate the five stars on the dial…

Awesome Zulu watch for the price. Should sell both bracelet and strap as a combo.

I saw these in on IG earlier. The blue dial is my favorite of the trio. 👌

I love this watch. I visited AD, tried the black one on leather strap. Tried the Anthracite on bracelet. Buying decision: Anthracite on leather strap + additional bracelet. Now I got to wait 3-4 weeks for my order. Apparently this watch is so popular they can't produce it fast enough xD My only complain so far is that they don't offer both strap+bracelet in a set, so that the box can store either one, which is not used at the time.

Can it keep up with Tudor's GMT movement? Other than lack of micro-adjustment, the Zulu Time has great specs and to me, a more compelling design. If the fit and finish is good, I might go for the matte black dial with the blue GMT hand on a metal bracelet.

The word Zulu refers to one of South Africa’s official language. I belong to the Zulu tribe and it would be nice to own this piece 😍

Very nice watches. I already bought the Spirit Titanium a few days ago, so not too envious of these siblings.

was thinking about buying bb gmt but this is changing my mind

A quick adjust clasp on the bracelet would have rounded off a stunning offering. Even so, the real GMT movement with extended PR, 42mm case (my sweetspot), quick release bracelet & strap & quick adjust clasp on leather all make this a compelling package. For me the date must be at 6 to maintain balance, the applied markers are big, bold & superb. My one criticism, and it’s a minor one which would not stop me buying, is that the case lower edges could have been slightly more refined. Great work by Longines, excellent video WA. Now, green or blue? Strap or bracelet (or both)? Time to visit an AD to feel the quality.

Hi yes blue every time. Have Longines reduced the Lug to Lug measurement compared with to the original Spirit 42mm, would love to see a 40mm version of GMT moving the date to 6 o’clock is the right move. The original with date at 3 o’clock was unbalanced in relation to the indices.

Tudor need to take notes, I’m very tempted by this. Probably the blue, but the green is a beauty too.