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Longines Elegant Collection 34.5mm Ladies Watch Beige Strap
Ref. L43124112
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Stepping up in the same colour and case shape
The Elegant Collection is Longines doing what it has always done best: a classical dress watch built around a movement worth showing off. The caseback is sapphire for a reason — the L891.5 inside runs on a silicon balance spring, which makes it indifferent to the kind of magnetic fields a modern day produces, and its 72-hour reserve means it survives a long weekend off the wrist without resetting. The movement is built on an ETA architecture developed exclusively for Longines, which puts it a step above what that base usually implies. At 34.5mm and just under 10mm thick, it sits flat against the wrist in a way that lets it disappear under a cuff when required. The matte white dial keeps things spare — Roman numerals, slender hands, a small seconds at six — and the beige textile strap, made from bio-sourced material, keeps the whole thing light. At 46.6 grams it barely registers on the wrist, which at this size and in this style is exactly the right outcome.
- Reference
- L43124112
- Brand
- Longines
- Collection
- Elegant CollectionCase Size: 34
- Case size
- 34.5mm
- Case thickness
- 10mm
- Lug width
- 19mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- White
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- L891
- Functions
- Date, Small seconds
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Fabric strap
- Strap colour
- Beige
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Luminous
- 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.
Manufacturer’s guarantee
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 34.5mm suits most wrists
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- 72-hour reserve survives a weekend off the wrist
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- Sits in the lower half of Longines's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
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| Specification | L43124112 |  5925-STP-00995 |  01 733 7813 4151-07 5 |
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| Price | £1,480 | £1,295 | £1,750 |
| Case size | 34.5mm | 34mm | 35mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 50m | 50m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Fabric strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | 72 hours | — | 41 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 72 hours fully wound — enough to sit off the wrist over a weekend and still be running.
What size strap does it take?
19mm. 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 34.5mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
Cheapest place to buy
Goldsmiths is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
Who are Goldsmiths?
Goldsmiths has been selling watches in Britain since 1778 and is part of the Watches of Switzerland Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. They are an authorised dealer, so a watch comes with the manufacturer’s own warranty.
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