It’s One of the Most Eye-Catching Watches to Come Across My Desk Yet

Words/Photography: Me. Model: Bryce McD. Thomas Earnshaw provided this watch at no-cost for the purpose of this review/shoot. Please read more about our review policies.

When it comes to marketing and brand awareness, Thomas Earnshaw is on a tear. They are hitting up influencers left and right to chat about their latest watches. I’ve reviewed two other Thomas Earnshaw watches recently: the Precisto Bauer Fumee and Lady Australis. Experiences have been mixed, but positive overall.

This version of the Longitude is big, bold, and blue. It’s a 42mm dress watch that ships with an attractive open heart and guilloche dial on blue-dyed crocodile-grain leather. It is a very charismatic piece, albeit on the busy side of design, and is guaranteed to grab the attention of anyone in its vicinity.

But it’s not without flaws, and the example I have here has a couple of big ones. The first is its price, which rings in at an incredible £500 MSRP. I’ve found it listed sporadically for around $300, which is much more realistic of a number, but even then it’s hit or miss if you’ll find it at that price. The only place I’ve seen this Longitude found reliably is on Thomas-Earnshaw.com, where you’re paying the whole ticket.

The second flaw is its build quality, which is not up to par given its price. More details on this later in the review.

But enough yammering on- let’s dive in and take a closer look.