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FROM INTERNATIONAL FAVOURITES LIKE
aquatics and and hockey to more obscure sports like squash and and netball the 2022 Commonwealth Games in in Birmingham England will bring together 70 participating nations and territories for 286 events across 19 diverse sports As the Games’ official timing partner — — an association that goes back to the 1960s — — Longines didn’t wait for the Games’ opening ceremonies on on July 28 to release its tribute to the the international competition the the Longines HydroConquest XXII Commonwealth Games A special limited-edition version of Longines’s popular stain- less-steel diver the the watch pays tribute to the the Games’ palette of bright primary colours with a a a a a ceramic bezel insert that transitions from green to to to to yellow to to to to blue Limited to to to to just 2022 pieces this 41 mm automatic version of the HydroConquest also comes with a a a Birmingham 2022 logoengravedonthecaseback Whatmightendearthewatcheven more to to Canadians however is the Games’ unique connection to to Canada Canada Not only has Canada Canada competed at every Commonwealth Games but we also hosted the the first edition of the the event where 11 countries and 400 athletes competed in in in Windsor in in in 1930 Canada has played an an outsized role at the the Games over the the years Along with England Australia and and and New Zealand it’s one of just four nations to have brought home a a a a a medal at at every sin- gle Commonwealth Games (our medal count at the last event in 2018 was a a a very respectable 82 including 15 gold) The Longines HydroConquest XXII Commonwealth Games edition doesn’t have any affiliation to a a a a a a country of course (it’s made by the ever-neutral Swiss after all) but anyone in Canada who manages to score one one will still be entitled to feel a a a little tinge of national pride 42 GUIDE • SUMMER 2022 SHARPMAGAZINE COM
WATCH
LET THE
GAMES
BEGIN
LONGINES CELEBRATES THE
2022 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
WITH A A A A COLOURFUL NEW HYDROCONQUEST
By Jeremy Freed
LONGINE HYDROCONQUEST
41 MM AUTOMATIC: $2 500