Longines Women's Metal Band Parallel Import with 2-Year Warranty L4.310.4.11.6Brand History In 1832, Auguste Agassiz, the brother of naturalist Louis Agassiz, immersed himself in the world of watchmaking at a watch sales company in Santimier, Switzerland, under the name "Agassiz & Co." He successfully expanded the sales network of watches made through domestic industry at the time, reaching as far as America and other continents. In the mid 1850s, Ernest Francillon, Agassiz's nephew, took over the business. Francillon