Hi, I’m new to the watch world. I am in love with this watch, what are your thoughts about it and is it a good brand? I appreciate it so much! I’m 45 and the only watch I’ve ever had is the Apple Watch, but I’ve been getting a lot of interest in real watches. This watch is $3800 a little too much for me, are there any other similar brands that look like this one maybe? I appreciate your input.

  • Knight_of_Templar@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Longines is my favorite watch brand. It’s just the best value for money there is. If this is the watch you want I suggest you wait and save instead of trying to find a cheaper look a like. It’ll just be a waste of money buying a watch that isn’t the one you want.

    I would just suggest you think about if you can actually wear a dress watch like this often. Because I made the mistake of buying something like this as my first expensive watch just to see that I couldn’t wear it often due to my casual utilitarian clothing.

    • Cajun_Doctor@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I will also say, plenty of people wear dress watches with casual attire. There are norms that some people want to follow, and more power to them, but I know people who confidently rock a dress watch in a tee and sweats and others who wear a sports watch with a suit. I personally love doing both!

    • OmegaMan1975@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      change the band and it’s not a dress watch. the face is beautiful and reminds me off some non-moonwatch speedys. Love the color!

      People here can be kind of stuffy. I wear my Planet Oceans with everything. t-shirts, suits, etc. If my boss can wear a fitbit with a suit, I can wear anyhthing I want!

  • Velocitor1729@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Beautiful watch. Only you know from your finances and preferences whether this is an advisable purchase.

  • chrisfmack@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Ok so i tried this watch on in person. Its a beautifully made watch and the complications for the price, honestly you cant do better. I highly recommend it. In house movements from a great and respected brand

  • elektero@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    If you like it, go for it.

    Longines is a great brand. Go to an ad and negotiate some discount

  • notaknifeguy@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I think this may be the cheapest annual calendar chrono that I know of. You may be able to negotiate with the ADs rather than going straight to boutiques.

  • michigan_diaspora@alien.top
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    11 months ago

    I like the older version of Master Collection Moonphase Chrono. As others said, large discounts off of Longines MSRP are available from reputable sellers

    Longines Master Collection $2,500 https://chrono24.app/longines/master-collection-stainless-steel-silver-dial-40mm-l26734786-full-set--id29708570.htm?SETLANG=en_US&SETCURR=USD

    Louis Erard Excellence $1,074 https://chrono24.app/louiserard/le80231aa01bdc51------783051--id31545319.htm?SETLANG=en_US&SETCURR=USD

    Chronoswiss Lunar $2,799 https://chrono24.app/chronoswiss/chronoswiss-lunar-chronograph-moonphase-38mm-steel-ch7523l-leather-automatic--id31281233.htm?SETLANG=en_US&SETCURR=USD

  • cgknight1@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The second hand prices on Longine are terrible so try to pick up one nearly new.

  • jwern01@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    First off, please know that this is a dress watch with complications that are fairly sensitive and very expensive to service. It is not an Apple Watch that can be banged around, it will require services every 5 years that will likely be over $1k with all those complications… likely more frequently if you accidentally bang it on anything while wearing it. That being said, I like Longines and respect their history - I even owned an 18k Longines with a porcelain dial from the early 1900’s as part of my collection. But I’ve learned the hard way to stay away from this level of complication because it’s just a matter of time before I break it and will spend a lot of money on servicing it.

  • Accomplished_Swan402@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    let me tell you about longines. They had a setback-- a huge one- as most brands did from the 80s “quartz crisis”. That is why you see some older rolex and omega quartz watches, they were trying to compete with seiko at the time which was killing all of the old established brands. Look on ebay at all the brands, cyma, eterna, benrus, elgin, for example- many swiss brands, gone. Some like bulova were huge and almost didn’t make it. Longines I recall was very prominent in the olympics in the 60s-70s for “longines time” You see omega, tissot and others, and there were many tv commercials for longines. Then it almost died. It took longines 30 years to really recover—which they have and are—and are becoming the big respected brand they were back in the day. I suspect you will see prices go up up up, demand go up up up on all longines products. They have been around for a long time, everything they make is excellent and the fit and finish is superb. They use (mostly) their own in house movements, and in short, you cannot go wrong with a longines product. In fact, I have been buying alpina lately—and now will start adding several longines to my collection. WHY? quality, value, style, and in short I like them. I think Rolex and most other “luxury/popular watches” are way overpriced and I would put a longines up against a rolex anyday. That is what I think of them. FYI I have taken classes and worked as a watchmaker on and off and do my own overhauls on vintage watches so I do know somewhat from where I speak.

    The watch market is very strange and subject to “what others think” so I would just ignore what others think and get what you like. I would never buy a watch as an investment unless it was an investment like a 100-500K watch—but then it would never be worn or see the light of day- so that isn’t my thing and is way beyond my capability. I buy watches to wear and enjoy—not because they are the “in” thing or others like them. GOod luck.

    • tubbylobo@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      That’s a great read. I agree that longines is a great watch brand. The only reason they seem to be “lacking” is cause of their plethora of options and that they’re not marketed to be a high end product. Even though they are one. You can never go wrong with Longiness. Love that fucking brand to a fault.

    • Addicted-2Diving@alien.topBEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I’ve been recently considering taking watchmaker classes. May I ask how you found the classes, the cost of said classes and which brands you were able to work on?

  • Gayguylikewatches@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That watch is nice. Column wheel chronograph, silicon hairspring, free sprung balance, complete calendar, blued steel hands and numerals to boot as well. It’s pretty in real life. Though I would suggest their master moonphase, or the small second collection in silver , black and my all time favorite, salmon