8 Best Longines Master Collection Watches for Men
By James Njau
Headquartered in Saint-Imier, Switzerland, Longines is an entry-level luxury watch brand offering budget-friendly watches with Swiss precision and watchmaking expertise. Since its inception in 1832, Longines has been creating watches that have cutting-edge design and functionality.
Famous for its winged hourglass logo engraved on the surface of its watches, Longines has helped revolutionised the Swiss luxury watchmaking. Among its many collections, the Longines Master Collection stands out for its understated elegance and practical complications.
Why Should You Choose a Longines Master Watch?
Launched in 2005, the Longines Master Collection was initially only created for men. However, this collection became very popular, and women eventually started appreciating its understated sophistication. After all, with technical complications like the moonphase, chronograph, and date, the Longines Master Collection definitely raises the bar when it comes to affordable yet highly technical dress watches.
Clearly, a contemporary counterpart of the Longines Heritage Collection, the Longines Master Collection showcases elegance, style, and charisma of the former, but enhanced with modern touches. Additionally, these watches are all fitted with self-winding movements and other special features such as water resistance, transparent caseback, scratch-proof sapphire glass, and so on.
So, here are our top 8 best picks from this collection.
List of Longines Master Watches
Longines Master Collection Moonphase L29194783
The Longines Master Collection Moonphase Automatic L29194783 timepiece features a 42mm stainless steel case with a transparent caseback, protected with a sapphire crystal for maximum scratch resistance. What’s more is that the silver dial displays painted Arabic numerals and blue hands, and highlights a beautiful moonphase sub-dial at 6 o’clock.
Significantly, this watch’s automatic movement gives it a robust 64 hours of power reserve, while a brown alligator leather strap with a triple safety folding clasp and push-piece opening mechanism finishes the sophisticated design. Lastly, this watch is waterproof up to 30 metres.
Longines Master Collection GMT L28024703
The sophisticated Longines Master Collection L28024703 is packed with features including GMT and date functions. At 42mm, the stainless steel case encloses a silver ‘barleycorn’ dial, featuring painted Arabic numerals and blued steel hands. Also included is a window at 3 o’clock that displays the date. In addition, this watch features an inner 24 hours disc and ring with different time zones.
The automatic self-winding mechanical movement gives the watch 38 hours of power reserve. At the same time, this GMT watch has a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal and transparent caseback featuring a 30m water resistance. A brown alligator and calf leather strap with triple safety folding clasp and push-piece opening mechanism finish this highly technical and beautiful timepiece.
Longines Master Collection Moonphase L29194920
Elegant in blue, the Longines Master Collection Moonphase L29194920 has a striking blue dial with a matching blue alligator strap. The beautiful moonphase display is at 6 o’clock, emulating how the moon looks in its different phases as seen in the sky. Inside the sub-dial is a small hand pointing to the current date. Silver hands and applied indexes are also visible against the deep blue dial.
The 42mm stainless steel case features a transparent caseback and sapphire crystal for maximum protection and durability. Driven by an automatic movement, this moonphase watch offers a 64-hour power reserve and 30m water resistance. Perfect for the trendy gentleman, this watch can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion.
Longines Master Collection Chronograph L28594517
Powerful in its all-black ensemble, the Longines Master Collection L28594517 features a chronograph function in a robust 44mm stainless steel case. The black barleycorn dial features painted Roman numerals and silvered sandy hands. Three sub-dials display the small seconds at 9 o’clock, the 30 minutes chronograph counter at 3 o’clock, and the 12 hours counter at 6 o’clock. A date aperture is also visible between the 4 and 5 o’clock positions.
Protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, the stainless steel case features a transparent caseback with water resistance up to 30 metres. An automatic calibre L688 self-winding mechanical movement powers this watch, giving it a 54-hour power reserve. A black alligator leather strap completes its classy all-black motif.
Longines Master Collection Moonphase L27384713
An elegant dress watch packed with technical functions, the Longines Master Collection L27384713 boasts a moonphase and date and day functions, to name a few. Its 41mm stainless steel case highlights a silvered barleycorn dial with painted Roman numerals and blued steel hands. The day display is at 12 o’clock, the date is on the right-hand side of the dial, the small seconds at 6 o’clock, and the 24 hours second time zone is on the left-hand side of the dial. Meanwhile, the beautiful moonphase display shows off at 6 o’clock.
At its heart beats the automatic L707 calibre movement. Water-resistant up to 30 metres, the watch is completed with an elegant brown alligator leather strap.
Longines Master Collection Automatic L26285387
A standout in gold and diamonds, the automatic Longines Master Collection L26285387 is crafted in 18K yellow gold and stainless steel. A scratch-resistant sapphire crystal protects its 38mm case, which features a transparent caseback. Its gilt dial highlights 12 Top Wesselton diamonds as hour markers. While the date window beautifully sits at 6 o’clock, the seconds markers decorate the rim of the gold dial, complementing the gold crown and bezel.
Water-resistant at 30 metres, the watch is powered by the automatic L888 calibre self-winding mechanical movement and boasts 64 hours of power reserve. Finally, the watch features stainless steel and an 18K yellow gold bracelet for an added opulence.
Longines Master Collection Chronograph L28594516
The 44mm stainless steel Longines Master Collection L28594516 highlights a powerful chronograph complication. On its black barleycorn dial, one can view painted Roman numerals and silvered sandy hands alongside three sub-dials, featuring the small seconds and chronograph functions. A date display is visible between 4 and 5 o’clock, while the Longines logo stands proud at 12 o’clock.
It has a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, a transparent caseback, and water resistance up to 30 metres. Powered by the Calibre L688 automatic movement, this chronograph also features up to 54 hours of power reserve. Last but not least, a matching stainless steel bracelet with a deployment buckle finishes its elegant design.
Longines Master Collection Automatic L28934920
With its understated elegance, the Longines Master Collection L28934920 model stands out in its simplicity. The 42mm stainless steel case has a transparent caseback and scratch-resistant sapphire crystal. The sunray blue dial highlights polished silver hands and indexes with minute markers around the outer rim.
The automatic Longines Calibre 619/888 drives this watch, offering a power reserve of 64 hours. A simple date window at 3 o’clock breaks the simplicity of the analogue dial, while its blue alligator leather strap complements its elegance. What’s more, this watch is waterproof up to 30 metres.
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