Winding Index: Longines Winding Settings

This page is Longines's entry in the Winding Index — our census of how automatic watches wind, built from 4,302 audited model records. It is the data page: the settings Longines actually uses, counted across the range. For winder recommendations for this brand, see our Best Watch Winder for Longines buying guide; for an individual model's exact setting, the TPD settings index.

Longines in numbers

Models counted	156
Median setting	650 TPD
Most common setting	650 TPD (58% of models)
Range	650–800 TPD
Direction	58% bidirectional · 40% clockwise only · 3% counter-clockwise only
Distinct settings used	3

The story in the data

Longines looks mainstream — median 650 TPD, nothing outside 650–800 — until you look at direction. 40% of its 156 models wind clockwise only, the highest clockwise share of any mainstream brand in the Index, against an all-watch figure of 25.9%. Bidirectional models are 58%, with a small 3% counter-clockwise minority.

The practical read: a Longines on a bidirectional winder is always fine, but owners using single-direction programmes need the model check more than most. There is also a real 800 bloc — 56 models, over a third of the range — so "Longines equals 650" is a good guess, not a rule.

Extremes and spread

The HydroConquest line anchors the 650 end; the top of the range, at 800 TPD, takes in a third of the catalogue. The spread is conventional in size and unusual only in its direction mix.

Setting	Models
650 TPD	90
800 TPD	56
725 TPD	10

Against the average watch

A 650-median brand like the market average — but the most clockwise-leaning of the mainstream names, which makes its direction profile the thing to get right. Across all 4,302 watches in the Index, the median is 650 TPD, 90.2% of watches need between 650 and 800 TPD, and 39.3% wind in one direction only. The full census is in the Winding Index report; how the data was audited is on the methodology page.

Frequently asked questions

What TPD does a Longines need?

Most likely 650 TPD — that is the median across the 156 Longines models in the Winding Index, and the most common single setting is 650 TPD (58% of models). Settings are per-model, though: check yours in the TPD database before programming a winder.

Which way should a winder turn for a Longines?

Longines's direction profile in the Index is 58% bidirectional, 40% clockwise only and 3% counter-clockwise only. A bidirectional programme is the safe setting for this brand.