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Longines Master Collection 29mm Stainless Steel and Rose Gold
Ref. L225785897
Sits in Longines’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Longines watches we list, which start at £750.
Price range £750 to £2,995 across 14 Longines watches in stock.The Master Collection has always occupied a particular place in the Longines catalogue — dress watches built to a standard that the movement inside can justify, rather than merely to a price the case suggests. This 29mm piece carries that brief through in two-tone steel and 18-carat rose gold cap, with diamond hour markers set into the mother-of-pearl dial. The combination reads as considered rather than accumulated: the warm metal and the iridescent dial shift together under changing light in a way that either alone would not produce. The L592 running beneath the dial is a genuine automatic, beating at 28,800vph with a 45-hour reserve — more than adequate for a watch that will spend some nights off the wrist. At 9mm thick it sits without bulk, and the triple-safety folding clasp holds the bracelet securely without requiring a thumbnail to release it.
- Reference
- L225785897
- Brand
- Longines
- Collection
- Master Collection
- Case size
- 29mm
- Case thickness
- 9mm
- Case material
- Two-tone
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Mother-of-pearl
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- L592
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Two-tone
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Condition
- Pre-owned
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 45 hours
Learn more about Longines
Auguste Agassiz began trading watches in Saint-Imier in 1832, but the modern company dates from 1860, when his nephew Ernest Francillon built a factory in the meadows beside the Suze — the longines of the local dialect — and consolidated the scattered outworkers of the region under one roof.
Longines registered its winged hourglass in 1889. It is the oldest watch trademark still in continuous use.
The company's identity was built on precision and on timing things in public. It supplied chronographs for the first modern Olympic events it timed in 1896, timed the 1912 Federal Gymnastics Festival with a broken-wire mechanism accurate to a hundredth of a second, and developed the photo-finish camera and the quartz timing devices used across twentieth-century athletics.
Its aviation associations are equally deep. Longines instruments were carried by Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic in 1927, and the Hour Angle watch, designed to Lindbergh's own specification to simplify longitude calculation, remains in the catalogue. Amelia Earhart and Howard Hughes both navigated by Longines.
The house was among the most decorated at nineteenth-century observatory trials, holding numerous precision records. Since joining the Swatch Group in 1983 it has occupied the accessible-heritage position: exclusive ETA-based movements, archive-driven designs through the Heritage line, and volume that makes it one of the group's most important brands.
- 1860
- Ernest Francillon builds the factory at Les Longines.
- 1889
- The winged hourglass is registered — the oldest watch trademark in use.
- 1912
- Broken-wire timing achieves hundredth-second accuracy.
- 1927
- Lindbergh crosses the Atlantic with Longines instruments.
- 1983
- Becomes part of the Swatch Group.
Also in 6 collections
This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (2,616), Watches Under 37mm (1,375), Automatic Watches (1,362), Women's Watches (1,305), Two-Tone Watches (372) and Pre-Owned, Ex-Display & Vintage Watches (235).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 29mm wears small and slips under any cuff
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Longines's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
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| Specification | L225785897 | M91350-0001 | WBP2451.FT6200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £2,350 | £1,650 | £3,080 |
| Case size | 29mm | 28mm | 30mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 100m | 200m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet | Rubber strap |
| Power reserve | 45 hours | — | 40 hours |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
No. At 30m it will survive rain and handwashing, but not submersion of any kind.
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Does it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
How long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 45 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as women's.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb at £2,350, pre-owned. No UK retailer we track lists this reference new.
Is this available new?
Not from the UK retailers we track. This reference is listed as pre-owned only, at £2,350 from Mappin & Webb. A pre-owned watch has been worn, and is normally sold under the retailer’s own warranty rather than the manufacturer’s.
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