Longines Retrogrades?

I too am a huge fan of these watches (in fact, the thread you mention might have been mine!). Which did you get? IIRC there is a 41 and a 44mm.

I spent quite a while looking into these a few years ago, but didn't want to buy unless I could see one in person, as I wasn't sure whether the 41 would look 'too crowded' for my tastes in person. Unfortunately, I never was able to see it.

There aren't any reports of maintenance problems with these, so i don't think that is the problem. I suspect this is entirely down to it being a watch that sadly didn't 'strike' the fancy of enough people, and thus never really sold.

The "Master Collection" line was 1 in a line of attempts for Longines to re-invent itself over the last few decades, and as far as I can tell, the last one that 'failed'. Basically since getting rid of that line, they did the smaller Zulu time/UltraChron/LLD, etc, all of which are very popular.

SO I kinda find myself wondering if this watch was just unpopular because the brand wasn't 'hip' yet/seen as valuable yet.

I keep an eye out for these, though they aren't resold often, and tend to be priced higher than I'd buy without seeing it in person.

I actually have a pretty small wrist and have a similar sized watch (2225.80) and it isn't as big as 17mm thickness makes it sound! o

The real danger of the Retrograde is that you can't drive with it on! Distracted driving and all that 😀

FWIW, I think the Master Collection is awesome. The 'dress watch' style (vs sports watches) aren't particularly popular these days, so I suspect that is why they didn't sell well (most of the manufacturers are going through the same thing!), but they did a fantastic job with them.

I was very interested in the line but on inspection at the dealer, too new and shiny. The vintage vibe wasn’t there.