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Longines DolceVita 27.7x43.8mm Ladies Watch
Ref. L57574719
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DolceVita 21mm Stainless Steel with 18k Pink Gold Ladies Watch£2,000
DolceVita 20.8mm X 32mm Stainless Steel and Yellow Gold Ladies Watch£2,000
DolceVita 23.30 x 37 mm Ladies Watch Silver£2,100
DolceVita 20.8mm X 32mm Stainless Steel and Yellow Gold Ladies Watch£3,950
DolceVita 23.3mm X 37mm Ladies Watch Silver£4,050
The DolceVita traces its geometry directly to the rectangular Art Deco pieces of the 1920s, and the proportions have survived intact: the elongated case reads as a dressed-down pocket-watch face borrowed for the wrist, which is precisely the lineage it is drawing on. The flinqué dial — engine-turned beneath the silver surface — catches light differently at every angle, and the blued steel hands sit against it with enough contrast to read clearly without competing with the Roman numerals. At 10.1mm thin, the case disappears under a cuff in a way the lug-to-lug dimension alone would not suggest, and the L592 inside is built on ETA architecture that Longines has refined for accuracy at high frequency, giving a self-winding movement that earns its place in a case this slim. The blue alligator strap is well-matched to the silver dial — cool tones throughout — and a plain pin buckle keeps the fastening as unfussy as the rest of the watch.
- Reference
- L57574719
- Brand
- Longines
- Collection
- DolceVita
- Case size
- 43.8mm
- Case thickness
- 10.1mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Rectangular
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- ETA A20.L01
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Blue
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
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.
Manufacturer’s guarantee
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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
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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