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Exactly ninety years ago, on 16 June 1936, Longines received patent protection for its pioneering flyback chronograph, the Swiss watchmaker\u2019s invention that transformed how pilots could measure and manage successive stages of a flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":85919,"template":"","news_category":[254],"brand":[219],"class_list":["post-85911","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_category-news","brand-longines"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nLongines Marks 90 Years of Its Invention of the Flyback Chronograph<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The brand\u2019s 1936 patent revolutionized precision timekeeping in both watchmaking and aviation.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cortinawatch.com\/my\/en\/news\/longines-marks-90-years-of-its-invention-of-the-flyback-chronograph\/\" \/>\n<meta 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