Compagnie des Montres Longines Francillon S.A., or merely Longines, is a Swiss deluxe watchmaker based in Saint-Imier, Switzerland. Started by Auguste Agassiz in 1832, the business has been a subsidiary of the Swiss Example Group because 1983. Its winged shapely logo design, which was registered in 1889, is the oldest the same yet still energetic signed up hallmark.