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Longines Record 30MM Stainless Steel
Ref. L23210876
Sits in Longines’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Longines watches we list, which start at £1,250.
Price range £1,250 to £2,995 across 10 Longines watches in stock.The Record collection is where Longines has long placed its highest-specification dress watches — and this 30mm piece earns that position through its movement before anything else. The L592.4 is COSC chronometer-certified and built around a monocrystalline silicon balance-spring, which means it resists magnetic interference far better than a conventional hairspring and holds its rate more consistently through temperature changes. A 45-hour power reserve gives it comfortable weekend wearability without a winder. At 30mm with an 8.5mm profile, it sits close to the wrist and disappears beneath a cuff with ease — proportions that suit the watch's purpose entirely. The bezel carries 60 Top Wesselton IF-VVS diamonds totalling 0.504 carats, and the mother-of-pearl dial has 13 more set as hour markers. There is no lume on the hands or indices, which is an honest trade: the diamond markers read as set stones rather than functional indicators, and the dial surface stays uncluttered.
- Reference
- L23210876
- Brand
- Longines
- Collection
- Record
- Case size
- 30mm
- Case thickness
- 8.5mm
- Lug width
- 15mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Mother-of-pearl
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Fixed
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- ETA A20.L11
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- 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 Back in Stock (5,241), Stainless Steel Watches (3,391), Watches Under 37mm (1,830), Automatic Watches (1,792), Women's Watches (1,754) and Pre-Owned, Ex-Display & Vintage Watches (356).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 30mm 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
Longines Record alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | L23210876 | 16.2310.692/81.C706 | 42410332001001 |
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| Price | £2,995 | £3,007 | £2,450 |
| Case size | 30mm | 33mm | 32.7mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 30m | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Mesh bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | 45 hours | 50 hours | 48 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.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedHow 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.
What size strap does it take?
15mm. Any strap of that width will fit, and on most modern watches quick-release bars make the swap a two-minute job with no tools.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as women's.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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