Longines VHP - Cool High Accuracy Quartz

[@traquakuppler]

Love quartz! Makes so much more sense to have quartz in this price range than paying 500 euro to service an automatic 1000 euro watch. Wish more brands would develop in quartz

[@Starstreak170]

@The Truth A cheap quartz watchrequires more engineering and scientific knowledge required than the most complex mechanical watch.

[@Schlock3000]

@David Topchiev That's like saying you don't service a car until the engine breaks. Just stupid.

[@Schlock3000]

ekim andersom Not really familiar with watches, are you? Anyway, I don‘t care what you do with your watch.

[@tancreddehauteville764]

You don't to service a watch unless it needs it, which could be once in 10-15 years.

[@williamhart8525]

A very good revue, Bruce. I am seriously interested in horology. I own both mechanical and quartz watches. I have owned Rolex and Omega (sold them). I have four Grand Seiko mechanicals and two 9F quartz models. I also own mechanical and quartz Bulovas. I also own the white dial 41mm Longines Conquest VHP 3 hand version. The thing I like about the VHP is its phenomenal time keeping ability. It’s time keeping ability is completely inherent. It does not rely on a GPS signal or a signal from an atomic clock. Whether someone likes or dislikes a watch is purely subjective. People that criticize other people for their likes or dislikes of certain watches are idiots. I respect other people’s opinions, whether I agree with them or not. I don’t respect unwarranted attacks on other people’s likes and dislikes.

[@jacc88888]

William Hart Well said

[@brothertrithemius6173]

Holy cow! I didn't know Longines has such an interesting product and superb innovation! Thanks for the review Bruce! :D

[@sadaka201]

Very nice watch. Great work from Longines and from you as usual.

[@tunwin5305]

Just bought one today. Love how it looks. A quality watch

[@daveg7894]

Love that it hits the indices perfectly. Lots of cool features. Its pricey for a quartz, but you're getting a good brand, Good quality, and some cool features like the sleep mode.

[@matttopcat9677]

Longines are a fantastic company ..they are a Swiss sleeping giant

[@watchingsrq9021]

I really like the sleep/wake function. Great to save the battery while it's waiting for its turn out of the box and fun to watch the time resetting. Definitely on my list.

[@stevegarrett4869]

high accuracy quartz good to know something like this is out there

[@robertsukhoi6495]

I love so muche Longines Conquest v.h.p. for men.😂❤😂

[@lshin80]

Longines is one of my favourite brands, but seems to be quite overlooked nowadays.

[@somethingnotmaterial]

Hard to go wrong with Longines.

[@jacc88888]

Agree, I hope they don’t get too popular yet as compared to most other Swiss brands, Longines seem to offer more for the price.

[@CC-yq5bw]

As much as I love automatics, I can't do it anymore. Everyone pretty much has precise time now due to having cell phones that sync over the network. Showing up for meetings 3-4 minutes late is no longer an option. I actually DO want to use my watch for precise time and rely on it throughout the day. Seeing how the Swiss are focusing more on advance quartz watches now, the writing is on the wall.

[@jacc88888]

The Truth Not necessarily true about always being on time. A channel reviewed a $3,000 Oris that was +11s a day. That was well within the accuracy parameters which could have been worse at +20s but it was still acceptable on paper. You’ll be out by a minute within a few days at that rate. Not enough mechanicals are regulated well enough imo especially when you’re paying a premium.

[@gregmedbourn5347]

I totally agree.... I got to the point I dreaded to set my mechanical watch... I only would wear it a few days a week (since I have others to wear ) I hated to get my iPhone out to look at my atomic clock and set that thing... Week after week... Months after months... I absolutely love my quality quartz watches ... Just grab and go .... And I do love all the history and seeing all the quality mechanical watches but in honesty for me most of the sub $500 dollar movements are the same ETA movements... And you do have to service those once in a while and you need to add that to your overall cost of ownership... I love this watch for the price you can get it for .... As of this writing it’s somewhere around $675 I’m a older man and for me it’s just a nice feeling of putting on a fabulous quality piece that always works perfectly and to get a better quartz quality watch would be getting the Grand Seiko quartz costing over $2,000 dollars... Longines is a top quality company with over 125 years of great workmanship in the industry.. For around $675 I fell like I’m wearing a $1,500 dollar great looking watch

[@alessandroghimenti820]

@@gregmedbourn5347 holy words.

[@steven3379]

Nice looking watch, thanks BW. It has a sporty look, not too dressy... Now I'm going to check street prices out!

[@BruceWilliams]

Your welcome Steven

[@steven3379]

Captain Z yep, but sometimes I just want a grab and go!

[@jacc88888]

What with all the publicity with the GS and Citizen high accuracy quartz movements it’s weird this movement and Longines in general is so overlooked. Seriously impressive tech and a nice looking watch too.

[@getore100]

Cool watch. My questions are: 1. Does changing the battery cost about the same as other quartz watches? 2. If the processor/quartz dies, how much would it cost to replace the quartz? The processor WILL eventually die. With a mechanical, it can be cleaned and parts replaced. With this, do you have to throw away the watch?

[@watchthisspace63]

Just picked one up.... Fantastic tech and a looker to boot, it sits in well with my mechanical watches.

[@4034miguel]

Hi,Nice review! I have the one with the white dial, and measuring the accuracy since I have it: so far it is doing 1.07 spy. Very impressive indeed. The other advantage is that there is local Longines Service Center. The Grand Seiko and Citizen (the one I prefer because of the perpetual calendar) are Japanese only market, so if you need to service them, you have to send them back to Japan. Also, The price of the VHP is a fraction of those, but the deal breaker, at least for me, it is just the fact that they cannot be serviced in NA.

[@eddiekruggerr4972]

Much better than a Rolex oyster perpetual. It's the truth, get over it.

[@Thomgxx100]

In these years Longines is going places. The new Hydroconquest with the L888 movement is a marvel. With 65 hrs powerreserve, impeccable finish and an accuracy of plus two seconds a day (unregulated) they are almost getting en par with Rolex. Hell, it's even superior to my Omega Planet Ocean which has a shitty bracelet.

[@cakraparindra4659]

Went straight from the "best grab & go quartz" video you uploaded recently.. Man I'm longing to this one for my daily, doesnt look too shabby in formal situation as well imo..

[@chrisauge6802]

Thanks for the review Bruce...I appreciate you

[@JungleEddie]

The Conquest, which I believe this is based on, has 300m water resistance. It is a crying shame that this couldn't as well.

[@BruceWilliams]

Or at least 100 haha

[@WatchGeek]

A very impressive movement, however if you really have to send it in to adjust the date it's kind of more trouble than gain

[@vdbdg]

Great video and review. What a cool watch. It’s not often you find yourself wanting a quartz. The safe and sleep modes are wicked.

[@BruceWilliams]

For sure, I'm not aware of any other brand that does those handy features

[@vdbdg]

Bruce Williams You know you’d play with it all day long. It’s a good idea actually, make quartz do more fun stuff to bring people back in. In this case it’s actually useful even if I don’t quite understand the magnetic part. Whether it stops or not won’t it get magnetised? I’d want the watch to flash a red light and shout NOOOOOO!!!!

[@alipontiac]

Come on this is not a deal breaker unless you are a pro diver.

[@drwindsurf]

$1000 for a quartz!? -Really cool features though. Thanks for another great video; I loved the 80's vibe :)

[@BruceWilliams]

The VHP originally came out in 1984 :) Had to pay a little tribute haha

[@Thomgxx100]

There's something special about those Longines Conquest quartz. My Conquest St Moritz is so friggin cool that I have no problem telling a watchsnob that it's a quartz, they usually stare baffled at it, stricken by its beauty and perfection !

[@darrellzayac3441]

Jeffrey Wood '

[@osiris1802]

My dad has one of these and it‘s such a beauty. Build quality is exceptional.

[@walterseager1977]

Jeffrey Wood About 700 at Jomashop

[@primazoalfa314]

My combination, Mustang and Longines!! 💪

[@jjodise]

Audi and longines are more compatible

[@charntechakraisri6302]

Curious to see an in depth comparison between this piece and the Grand Seiko 9F quartz watches

[@rbemuscle6058]

Great review! Does anyone know what the battery type/model number is for this model?

[@ferecidessiro9767]

It's very very good option beautiful watch. Whoever doesn't match for instance the eco-drive(solar) of Citizen wich have little or none maintenance.

[@koalasy2011]

good watch, I used to have one citizen which is +-5 seconds one year as well, but it sometimes lost one hour, after I used it for 1 year I throw it aside and never use it anymore, the seiko I did not buy yet.

[@AndreasKristiansen]

Great review. I totally agree with your remarks, also the negative ones. Hope they will make a 20 bar version and other watch face designs.

[@BruceWilliams]

That would be great. Excited to see the new hydroconquest models this summer as well

[@phillippugh2161]

Like the watch but would rather have a grand Seiko quartz if I'm spending this kind of money. For lot less I'd get the Bulova precisionist. Only downside to the GS quartz are the small dials

[@vinaynagdev03]

Absolutely right investment in 9f becoz grandseiko quartz are king of all quartz iam holder of the watch

[@ak99515ak]

Where can you get a GS for 1k? Even used old grand seikos go for over 1k, now you can get that vhp for $500 to $700....

[@lawrencefleischer1414]

@@vinaynagdev03 GS 9f starts at $2.2k and has no lume at all. The only GS 9f with lume starts at 3.2k. You can get a new Longines VHP for $750, gray market--almost 1/3 the cost of the cheapest GS 9f. IS the GS 9f a better watch? Probably. But is it 3x better? No.

[@Momo_8k]

Love that old school intro

[@BruceWilliams]

Thanks!

[@williamhart8525]

Critics don’t understand that liking or disliking certain watches is purely a subjective thing. People who criticize other people for their likes and dislikes are idiots.

[@primazoalfa314]

Mustang!!

[@ashtonkee5868]

Good point on the omission of the 5bar

[@FadainTariq]

Where did you read that it has C3 Superluminova Bruce? By all accounts I have read online, it has terrible lume.

[@BruceWilliams]

Check out the lume shot in the vid. Pretty decent C3

[@rafftime9831]

Great watch

[@richdubbya]

Only negative I had with this was the water resistance. Otherwise it's awesome.

[@bernardlatuner5134]

Yes, 5 ATM is not much ! :-(

[@MrWynton5364]

You are right. Need better W.R. for daily use.

[@FIGNAS83]

Should be good for washing your hands. Just don't wear it when you go swimming.

[@Tennissensitive]

Do they still prpduce this watch?

[@carolinasmoke5047]

Some of the big boys are building really nice quartz pieces these days. Quartz Crisis part 2?

[@victorshikhman]

When you have the battery replaced, does it need adjustment to the time and calendar? I heard on another channel that you need to send it back to longines for time adjustment. That's a deal breaker for me.

[@captain6939]

Hey Bruce, quick question... would you consider this watch as a dress watch? Like can someone wear it with a suit?

[@bernardlatuner5134]

Hello, by the way, do you know how to set the date ?... I have the chrono version bougth in a shop making liquidation ! :-( I got it for half price ! :-) But the enormous brochure with it : 640 pages don't alk about the date setting ! :-( Thank's for your advices ! :-)

[@Din_Partouche]

You can't set the date. If something's wrong with it, you'll have to send it to Longines or to an AD who does it.

[@Bobsbargainbasement]

And yet another great Review! That is one cool watch even if it is Quartz. The accuracy is fantastic ! Keep em comin Bruce! If I keep buying watches I’m gonna have to come out of Retirement Man.......lol! I grew with the legibility of the 12 and 6 markers, I have a Bulova Accu Swiss Chrono that has a grey dial and chrome indices with that same isssue

[@penttijakonen3817]

Ooooo-kay, I kind of want this one badly. = ) For the rest mode alone, so beautiful looking! Also, the 12 and 6 don't bother me because I don't see the numbers as necessary anyway.

[@vinaynagdev03]

Can this watch fit in small size wrist??41 or 43 which size is this watch??

[@m.i.5381]

Great detailed and relevant review.

[@sunnyboy8644]

i like the black carbon dial one better though o.0 and how come you didn't get the 43mm version ... o.0?

[@YehoshuaMenachem]

Can 50 meters be considered realistic? And after a few years, would the seal hold up at all?

[@kevinc1001]

Its a little pricey but look at the other brands that charge the same amount or more. Tag Heuer Grand Seiko Breitling Shinola Citizen Campanola Just to name a few.

[@bernardlatuner5134]

I bougth a TAG MONACO N° 12 caliber for a few years ago. It was on the grey market, all legal with waranty : 2.200 € Today, in watchshops the official price is about 4.990 € ! Such a shame ! :-(

[@Toogoodtobetrue458]

nice and the seconds are dead on the chapter lines.

[@vegandinner1731]

An interesting timepiece but you didn't demonstrate the smart crown features?

[@BruceWilliams]

I demonstrated the sleep mode

[@vegandinner1731]

With the crown pulled out and turned slowly you can move the minute hand. Give it a quick turn and the hands advance or go back one hour depending upon the rotation obviously. I'm not aware of this feature on any another watch and could be useful for those travelling abroad or live with daylight saving? I examined one in a Nottingham AD while on lunch the other day and think this is a pretty cool feature. This could be a future purchase? It was an observation, not a criticism keep up the good work.

[@jannilsson5872]

Great review! But the link is NOT put together with screws, it´s pins. And again, sorry to hear another review with the nervous attitude on the WR.Try your best making it take in water at normal wear, then get back to us. It´s not a diver watch, neither a dress watch. It´s a very good every day watch.

[@Zooock]

Very cool editing Bruce! Not a big fan of the watch though. But interessting video as always. Cheers

[@BruceWilliams]

Cheers Zooock

[@SkyBridgeRE]

Rodger Waters?

[@synp9ynir]

I guess this was bound to come at some point. A watch that you can't set. Oh, you can set the minutes and hours, like when you're changing time zones. But you can't set the date. At all, because the watch is never supposed to be allowed to stray from the correct time so much that it would be required. And don't think you can trick it by running the hands forward while setting the time. You can't run them forward or backward more than 24 hours. And why? So they can have a perpetual calendar without showing you the month and year. And what if you find out that your watch is showing the wrong month like it's January 31st but the watch has jumped to "1"? Well, you'll have to send it to an authorized Longines lab where they can hook it up to the computer and set the time properly. Yep, you have to send it in to be set.

[@WatchGeek]

Yoav Nir oh wow that sucks if it's true. Why didn't they use the same system as Citizen watches where when you are in date setting mode, the seconds hand indicates both the month and year. Each hour marker is one month of the year: 1-January, 2-February... while the minute markers after a full hour marker are years after a leap year. So if you had March of leap year you would move the seconds hand to the 3 o'clock marker. If you had a March of a year that's 2 years after leap year you would put the seconds hand 2 minute markers after 3 o clock and so on... a petty genius way of setting a perpetual calendar by using only regular hands.

[@synp9ynir]

Watch Geek Yes. I went to their website and downloaded the user manual. The battery is supposed to last 4 years. Before it dies, it does the skip-5-seconds thing for a while, and after that, the hands go to twelve o'clock but the watch is still keeping time. It can last in this state for 6 months. If you take out the battery and put in a new one within 24 hours, you'll just have to set the time, as it will remember the date. If more than 24 hours have passed, you'll need to send it to an authorized lab to be "reprogrammed". You're not likely to ever need to be in that situation, but I don't like it just the same.

[@KurzawaJakub]

You're are worried in advance, buddy. Remember there is warranty. :)

[@synp9ynir]

A warranty is about not having to pay for it. You still have to send it in for a while.

[@jannilsson5872]

Wow, you want to set the wrong date? If you change the battery before the watch completly dies you don´t need to send it anywear. It clearly states that when the seconds stop at 12 when battery is drained, you got 6 months to change the battery. That´s a long time to NOT change the battery.

[@huseyin22222]

Weight?

[@URestURust]

Would I be wrong in saying, that Longines prestige has been on the decline. Please correct me if I am wrong.

[@BruceWilliams]

Your probably right

[@anasaly2549]

Beautiful beautiful watch , but the price kills it!

[@vinaynagdev03]

Iam going with king of all quartz grandseiko quartz becoz iam wearing the watch since 2010

[@billymanalang965]

This or the Grand Seiko quartz?

[@jjodise]

of course this one

[@aussie8114]

A watch that can stop time 🤔

[@photorolensoman8101]

Anyone tried to replace the battery at home?

[@vivprice5926]

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[@ZenWorld]

The Carbon Fiber version of this watch is ten times better Fam

[@Obama1120102]

How much does this cost at retail??

[@Vow247]

The water resistance is disappointing. 100m w/r is what’s needed to make this watch a winner.

[@Amarok-ce2rh]

Cool model, but 50m vater resest is bad!

[@Thomgxx100]

Then again not any worse than most JLC watches. My Conquest St Moritz on the other hand, is 30 bar waterresistant (300 meter) and it's a chronograph !

[@johan0234523]

According to the Longines documentation, the watch is fit for swimming and snorkeling. That's good enough for me.

[@Thomgxx100]

johan0234523 I concur !

[@Amarok-ce2rh]

johan0234523 to each his own.

[@rikoflishas]

I was expecting more water resistance, my father has the Longines Conquest, same looks, same case, even the same caseback and it is 300 meter water resistant.

[@TrieuNguyen-im2jm]

Ooh like the intro, the watch not so much, the casio oceanus is better value.

[@BruceWilliams]

Oceanus is a great value. Would like to check one out someday

[@saodavi6267]

Oceanus is atomic, not HAQ. Not really a good direct comparison.

[@billymania11]

The self-conscious mech guys are throwing shade but 5 seconds a year enough to cause Rolex to sit in the corner suck and their thumbs.

[@sbsb7845]

I LOVE The look, the dial, the case and I love Quartz movement over Automatics..BUT IF the watch is less than 100m Water Resistant, and NOT screw Down Crown, than is not for me..Shame, they almost did it right. Here is better alternative ...Certina C032.851.11.047.00

[@fpoynton1604]

SB SB. I totally agree with you. The quartz makes some sense as this would make the watch very tough and an all round durable sports/dress timepiece however the low water resistance really marginalized by fifty percent the sportsman utility aspect.

[@mrbacchus6127]

Nice choice man

[@outdawrzmuhn]

Why is this not at least 100m water resistant? They had a good opportunity to really have a GADA watch.

[@user-sn6dz2ie4k]

Water resist to 50m? They must be kidding...

[@lavykhurana]

Quartz ? Naaaa