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Rubber is the strap a dive watch was always meant to wear, and on the Longines Skin Diver it turns a handsome reissue into a beach-ready tool. If you plan to swim, snorkel or simply sweat through summer, reference L2.822.4.56.9 is the configuration to choose.
The design draws on Longines' late-1950s Nautilus Skin Diver, from an age when recreational diving was exploding in popularity. The reissue keeps the original's character: a black dial with luminous markers and a triangle at 12, period-correct hands and fonts, and a harpoon diver engraved on the screw-down back. Its unidirectional bezel lets you track immersion time safely, since a knock can only ever shorten, never lengthen, your reading.
Inside the 42mm steel case beats the automatic caliber L888.2, delivering roughly 64 hours of reserve at 25,200 vph. A domed sapphire crystal and screw-in crown help seal the case to 300 meters. The black rubber strap is comfortable when wet and easy to rinse clean.
Skin Diver 42mm Black Rubber: L2.822.4.56.9
- Steel case, 42mm wide, 13.75mm tall
- Black dial with Super-LumiNova indexes and hands
- One-way rotating dive bezel
- Longines L888.2 self-winding movement, about 64 hours autonomy
- Domed sapphire crystal
- Screwed caseback featuring the classic diver engraving
- 300m water resistance, screw-down crown
- Black rubber strap, 22mm wide
Retro looks, real-world water resistance and a strap made for getting wet.
Product Specifications
- SKU: L28224569
- Movement: Longines caliber L619/889
- Water Resistance: 30
- Power Reserve: 64
- Case Material: Stainless Steel
- Case Height: 13.75
- Case Size: 42.0
- Case Color: Silver
- Caseback Type: Solid
- Crystal Type: Sapphire
- Crown Type: Screw Down
- Dial Color: Black
- Strap Material: Rubber
- Strap Color: Black
- Buckle Type: Tang
- Lug Width: 22.0
- Weight: 1814.4
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