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Longines Conquest Chrono Ski Edition 42mm Mens Watch
Ref. L38364529
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.Longines has kept a presence in alpine sport for decades, and this chronograph — one of 2,025 made — pins that association to a specific moment rather than leaving it as ambient brand heritage. The edition number is not coincidental: 2025 is the year, and the watch is numbered to match it. The anthracite dial is multi-layered, which means the eye finds depth rather than a flat surface when the light catches it at an angle, and the applied green Super-LumiNova in the wedge markers reads with enough contrast against that dark ground to be genuinely useful rather than decorative. The ceramic tachymeter bezel is a material choice worth noting — it will not fade or scratch the way a painted aluminium insert would after a season of use. The 59-hour power reserve means a weekend off the wrist does not require resetting on Monday morning. The silicon balance-spring is the quiet engineering decision that distinguishes this movement from a conventional automatic of similar specification: it makes the calibre resistant to magnetic fields that would affect a traditional hairspring, and it does so without adding complexity to the service. The included rubber strap and springbar tool acknowledge that the bracelet is not the only correct answer for this watch.
- Reference
- L38364529
- Brand
- Longines
- Collection
- Conquest
- Case size
- 42mm
- Case thickness
- 14mm
- Lug width
- 22mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Anthracite
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Fixed tachymeter
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- L898.5
- Functions
- Chronograph, Small seconds, Tachymeter
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 59 hours
- Warranty
- 5 years
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), Stainless Steel Watches (3,241), Automatic Watches (1,645), Chronograph Watches (1,299), Sports Watches (757) and Grey Dial Watches (245).
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What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Longines's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 14mm thick, so it will not disappear under a cuff
Longines Conquest Chrono Ski Edition alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | L38364529 | N3000.07S01.B01.S01 | BM0A10617 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £3,900 | £3,850 | £3,950 |
| Case size | 42mm | 42mm | 42mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Rubber strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Rubber strap |
| Power reserve | 59 hours | 41 hours | 120 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
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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 59 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
What size strap does it take?
22mm. 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 men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Both Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths list it at £3,900, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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