Longines · Sylt · April 2026
HydroConquest
Campaign film & photography
For the second year running, we did the campaign for the Longines HydroConquest Sylt Edition. Two days of shooting with DoP and photographer Christian Brandes.
The brief
Longines tasked us with producing both the campaign film and the stills for the HydroConquest Sylt Edition: a limited watch series inspired by the island and its connection to the sea.
Our role
Full production: creative development, logistics, location management and on-set production lead. DoP and photographer Christian Brandes handled camera and stills. One crew, one location, two outputs.
Deliverables
The HydroConquest Sylt Edition is a watch built around the North Sea. The campaign needed to reflect that. Not as backdrop, but as character. Light, water, wind, tide.
Second year with Longines
This was our second campaign for Longines, but the first time on Sylt. New location, same working relationship. The trust built in year one meant we could focus on the work from day one rather than the brief.
Integrated film and stills
Running film and photography as a single integrated shoot keeps the creative language consistent across every output. Same light, same framing logic, same selects process. Christian Brandes handled both disciplines, so the stills and the film read as one campaign rather than two separate jobs.
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Henry Bigalke · Creative Producer · Hamburg