Watch Reviews 4U - Longines Master Collection L2859420 Blue Dial 44mm Chronograph watch

Watch Reviews 4U presents a review of the

Longines Master Collection L2859420 Blue Dial 44mm Chronograph watch

A beautiful 3 sub-dial Chronograph 

with Date and Sun Ray Blue dial

This is a review of the fabulous Longines 44mm Sunray Blue dial Chronograph.

The beautiful sun ray effect Blue dial

This Master Collection Chronograph is a mighty watch - having recently been accustomed to wearing 40mm Longines watches, with the exception of a Longines Grand Vitesse 42mm, which is great for timing the cooking operations in the Kitchen! This one was quite obviously larger than the 40 and 42mm ones.

This watch looks great from any angle

Looking at the range of 44mm Longines watches on the market there are relatively few blue dial ones for sale I find, maybe they are popular with collectors? Of the 44's I have seen, most are the Black dial or White dial versions and usually used examples.

The Blue dial Longines have a great look, but I do like the Blue dials anyway, going back to my old Seiko 5 and before that an old Timex. The silver dial furniture on this Longines looks striking against the blue dial. The dial surface is smooth, on the black and white versions they have textured or barleycorn type dial surfaces.

The operation buttons and the Crown detail

A sapphire crystal with anti reflective coating just makes the blue dial really stand out and look fantastic. The silver dial markers and Longines logo look great with a modernity that the other dials do not have. The white features arabic markers and the black dial  roman ones.

This 44mm watch is quite slim in depth surprisingly, at barely a centimetre deep, given that it is a chrono with a lot of mechanism to fit in. It features a 22mm wide at the lugs Longines branded Alligator outer / Calf inner leather strap with deployment catch and is a very comfortable wear. The matching blue of the strap outer colour to the dial really sets it off, and the leather strap is lighter in weight than the stainless steel alternative bracelet.

The external date set button - 

a small pointer is included to advance the date

Having worn mainly a 40mm watch of late, the 44mm although not heavy, is noticeable on the wrist but it just looks so fantastic. The extra MM of size does make it seem a lot larger presence on the wrist over a 40mm but it is not obtrusive or 'in the way.' 

I do have some 47mm watches and they are quite noticeably more weighty. I personally find the 40mm size is about the smallest I like to go on a watch as they can look a bit on the small size under that, even though I have an average wrist. 40 or 42mm is a nice size for me.

The fabulous strap and clever deployment catch mechanism

This is a super quality watch 100%, although there are other comparable Swiss makers offering similar levels of watch often for a lot more ticket price, the Longines has great style, design and affordability, coupled with superbly finished movements and a long established name. 

The 3 sub dials are: top left - for running seconds, top right chronograph minutes and the bottom dial for chronograph hours, with the chronograph seconds being the large hand on the main watch stem. The watch is very accurate running to within a few seconds a day.

The movement finish is top quality in line with the rest of the watch

The Chronograph buttons are the flyback mechanism operation type with top being start/stop and the lower being the reset hands to zero activator. The winding crown is a decent size with Longines name and logo on. 

The highly polished case features an exhibition glass back and the case is superbly finished, really I could not see why if I had the extra money I would buy anything else as this ticks all the boxes. 

The quality of the case and strap is self evident

I also have the Master Collection blue dial 40mm day date watch which is at the other end of the scale as a dress watch but a favourite to wear. I had to do a bit of selling off of some other pieces and saving up to buy this 44mm one.

The verdict is that beside the lengthy delay in shipping aside due to carrier issues, this is a fantastic watch and I think it looks fantastic on the wrist. The downside was it didn't have the original box but I can likely find another Longines one that will suit. 

This watch just looks fabulous

The RRP on this watch I have seen at £2950.00, so this is a serious watch for the money, I have seen used ones around the £1500 mark for black or white dial ones and this one was about £1700 all in including duty. In my opinion I like this blue dial version the best.