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Longines Conquest 2023 Automatic 34mm Ladies Watch
Ref. L34300876
Sits in Longines’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Longines watches we list, which start at £900.
Price range £900 to £22,850 across 254 Longines watches in stock.The Conquest line has always sat at the point where Longines chooses to be taken seriously technically, and the current generation of this 34mm model makes that plain in the movement alone. The L888.5 calibre uses a monocrystalline silicon balance-spring — the same material found in movements costing considerably more — which makes it resistant to magnetic fields in a way a conventional hairspring is not, and it runs for 72 hours between winds, meaning a watch set down on a Friday evening is still keeping time on Monday morning. The diamonds here are not decorative gestures. The bezel carries 48 Top Wesselton IF-VVS stones, the clearest clarity grade available, and the 14 hour markers on the mother-of-pearl dial are graded VS-SI — distinctions that matter in this much light, against a dial that shifts from cream to pale grey depending on where you are standing. At 34mm the proportions are considered rather than small, and at 10.9mm the case sits close enough to the wrist that the bracelet drapes rather than stands away from the arm. The exhibition caseback adds something genuine here: with the L888.5 visible through sapphire on both faces, the watch reads the same from either side, and the finishing on the movement is worth looking at.
- Reference
- L34300876
- Brand
- Longines
- Collection
- Conquest
- Case size
- 34mm
- Case thickness
- 10.9mm
- Lug width
- 17mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Mother-of-pearl
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 72 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 the Longines Conquest range (60), Back in Stock (4,908), Stainless Steel Watches (3,241), Watches Under 37mm (1,746), Women's Watches (1,692) and Automatic Watches (1,645).
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What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- 34mm wears small and slips under any cuff
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- 72-hour reserve survives a weekend off the wrist
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
Longines Conquest 2023 alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | L34300876 | N1800.08B02.B01.R01 | 2490-STS-50051 |
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| Price | £3,800 | £3,800 | £2,795 |
| Case size | 34mm | 37mm | 34.5mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Rubber strap | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | 72 hours | 41 hours | 41 hours |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 100m it is rated for swimming and snorkelling, though not for diving.
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 72 hours fully wound — enough to sit off the wrist over a weekend and still be running.
What size strap does it take?
17mm. 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, though at 34mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
Cheapest place to buy
Both Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths list it at £3,800, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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