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					Originally Posted by croatan  Agreed.  A good friend was an authorized dealer for quite a while and, from what I understand, another issue they had in the American market was when they allowed them to be manufactured for a while and sold in the US under their label but without really any quality control.  For the money, I think they make a very good watch and I'd take one over a Tag and the like. | 
	
 
Longines has some watches that are cast the brand in a negative light.  There are a lot of Nazi era emblem Longines army watches  They are also infamous for their 1972 Munich Olympic watch which actually quite nice looking, but questionable poor taste to wear.