Brand: Longines | Model: Spirit Pilot Flyback Blue | Reference: L3.721.4.93.9 | Category: Pilot Watch / Flyback Chronograph | Release Year: 2026
Last updated: September 24, 2026
The 2026 Longines Spirit Pilot Flyback Blue (ref. L3.721.4.93) is a 39.5mm stainless-steel pilot's chronograph with a matte blue dial, blue ceramic bezel and COSC-certified, column-wheel flyback Calibre L792.4 with 68 hours of power reserve. It retails for US$5,250 on a blue rubber strap or US$5,550 on a steel bracelet.
Longines expands its Spirit Pilot line for 2026 with four new blue-dial references: the Spirit Pilot Flyback and the time-only Spirit Pilot, each offered on a steel bracelet or blue rubber strap. Both debuted in 2025 with black dials; the new matte blue gives the collection a brighter, more contemporary look while keeping its vintage aviation character. What is the Longines Spirit Pilot Flyback? It is a compact, no-date pilot's chronograph measuring 39.5mm wide, 13.4mm thick and 47.4mm lug-to-lug. The blue ceramic bidirectional bezel carries a countdown scale and a pilot's triangle at 12 o'clock. Small seconds sit at 9 o'clock and a 30-minute chronograph counter at 3 o'clock, with rhodium-plated applied Arabic numerals and hands coated in Super-LumiNova. What movement does it use? The hand-wound Longines Calibre L792.4, an exclusive column-wheel flyback chronograph with a silicon balance spring for magnetic resistance, 23 jewels, 28,800 vph and a 68-hour power reserve. It is COSC-certified and visible through a sapphire caseback. What is a flyback chronograph? A flyback resets and restarts the chronograph with a single push while it is running, a function developed for pilots timing consecutive flight legs. What about the time-only Spirit Pilot Blue? The three-hand Spirit Pilot (ref. L3.809.4.93) measures 39mm x 11.5mm, uses the automatic COSC-certified Calibre L888.4 with 72 hours of power reserve, and costs US$2,700 on rubber or US$3,100 on bracelet. Why does Longines make pilot watches? Longines supplied watches and navigation instruments to aviation pioneers including Amelia Earhart and Richard Byrd, a heritage the Spirit collection has drawn on since its 2020 launch.
One of the strongest value propositions in Swiss chronographs: a COSC-certified, column-wheel flyback with a ceramic bezel and exhibition caseback for about US$5,250. The compact 39.5mm no-date case wears smaller than most pilot chronographs, and the blue dial should prove more popular than the 2025 black version. As a regular-production Longines, it will trade near retail on the secondary market; buy it to wear, not to flip.
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