In honor of International Women’s Day 2024, Glashütte Original has unveiled a new women’s watch collection featuring an in-house movement and a moonphase on the dial. The brand new Glashütte Original Serenade Luna watch is available in four variations (but if you…
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Glashütte Original Lady Serenade Valentine’s Day
Glashütte Original has unveiled a limited-edition Lady Serenade time-telling model ahead of the forthcoming Valentine’s Day. Boasting elegant proportions and a sophisticated design, the Glashütte limited-edition Lady Serenade arrives in a 36mm stainless steel case, starring a shimmering mother-of-pearl dial place. Adorning…
Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar
From renowned manufacture A. Lange & Söhne to the modern independent brand of NOMOS (and many others), Glashütte in the eastern part of Germany is the birthplace and home to German watchmaking. It is also home to a brand that…
Glashütte Original PanoMatic Calendar
Glashütte is the traditional home of Saxon watchmaking where the best German watchmakers have their workshops. When it comes to the best German brands it used to be the case that A. Lange & Söhne would be at the top of your list and then there’d be a large gap to their nearest competitor. However, Glashütte Original have closed that gap substantially thanks to a surge in the popularity of retro-vintage designs like their SeaQ diver, as well as their Sixties and Seventies collections. This coincides with them reinventing themselves with a luxe focus and putting more energy into exploring haute horology with new watches like the Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar, their first ever annual calendar. There are two versions of the Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar being released, a regular version and a limited edition one. The standard version has a 42mm rose gold case with a silvery dial while the limited edition has a 42mm platinum case with a partially skeletonised dial in galvanised black. Beyond those aesthetic differences the two watches are the same with sapphire crystals front and back and 50m water resistance.Both watches also have the same layout, which pay homage to the existing Pano collection. An off-centre hours and minutes subdial with overlapping small seconds is situated towards the left hand portion of the dial and the signature panorama date located at 4 o’clock. There’s then a moonphase at 2-3 o’clock that has the same design as last year’s PanoMaticLunar However, as this is a new complication for Glashütte Original, the PanoMaticCalendar display has a brand new retrograde months function. It sweeps around the periphery of the dial from 3-6 o’clock, outside the panorama date. It operates by having a grey sapphire crystal window with a matching tone indicator ring below it with a black indicator that highlights the appropriate month numeral. The colours are swapped to white on black for the limited edition.The PanoMaticCalendar’s retrograde display means it has a linear scale that doesn’t complete a full circle, with the indicator jumping from the end to the beginning once it completes a cycle. However, Glashütte Original have developed on this design by having a complete indicator ring with four equally spaced indicators. Meaning that while only one indicator will be displayed at a time, the jump from December to January actually reveals the next indicator and is not the original one moving back to January. This creates the illusion of a retrograde display but is actually a single rotating disc that completes a rotation every four years. Glashütte is the traditional home of Saxon watchmaking where the best German watchmakers have their workshops. When it comes to the best German brands it used to be the case that A. Lange & Söhne would be at the top of your list and then there’d be a large gap to their nearest competitor. However, Glashütte Original have closed that gap substantially thanks to a surge in the popularity of retro-vintage designs like their SeaQ diver, as well as their Sixties and Seventies collections. This coincides with them reinventing themselves with a luxe focus and putting more energy into exploring haute horology with new watches like the Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar, their first ever annual calendar.There are two versions of the Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar being released, a regular version and a limited edition one. The standard version has a 42mm rose gold case with a silvery dial while the limited edition has a 42mm platinum case with a partially skeletonised dial in galvanised black. Beyond those aesthetic differences the two watches are the same with sapphire crystals front and back and 50m water resistance.Both watches also have the same layout, which pay homage to the existing Pano collection. An off-centre hours and minutes subdial with overlapping small seconds is situated towards the left hand portion of the dial and the signature panorama date located at 4 o’clock. There’s then a moonphase at 2-3 o’clock that has the same design as last year’s PanoMaticLunar (read our review here).However, as this is a new complication for Glashütte Original, the PanoMaticCalendar display has a brand new retrograde months function. It sweeps around the periphery of the dial from 3-6 o’clock, outside the panorama date. It operates by having a grey sapphire crystal window with a matching tone indicator ring below it with a black indicator that highlights the appropriate month numeral. The colours are swapped to white on black for the limited edition.The PanoMaticCalendar’s retrograde display means it has a linear scale that doesn’t complete a full circle, with the indicator jumping from the end to the beginning once it completes a cycle. However, Glashütte Original have developed on this design by having a complete indicator ring with four equally spaced indicators. Meaning that while only one indicator will be displayed at a time, the jump from December to January actually reveals the next indicator and is not the original one moving back to January. This creates the illusion of a retrograde display but is actually a single rotating disc that completes a rotation every four years.The addition of the months display means the PanoMaticCalendar becomes a full annual calendar, the smaller sibling to the extremely prestigious perpetual calendar. Naturally, as this is Glashütte’s first annual calendar, it’s a new movement. Specifically, it’s called the 92-09 (or 92-10 in skeletonised form) and it’s automatic with a gold rotor, 100-hour power reserve and anti-magnetic silicon balance spring. Those specs alone make it pretty spectacular. However, the finishing takes it to another level, a classic Glashütte three-quarter plate with Glashütte stripes, plenty of bevelled edges and a hand engraved balance cock.Round out the two watches are Louisiana alligator nubuck straps in brown or black depending on the case material. As for price and availability, the standard rose gold is £23,200 and the limited edition platinum is £34,100 with only 150 pieces available. Personally, I actually prefer the standard gold edition. The partial skeletonisation of the platinum edition is cool from a technical perspective of being able to see components like the panoramic date operate, but I feel like it over complicates the aesthetic of the watch which should be refined and elegant. On the other hand, the rose gold version is perfectly balanced.
Glashütte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama
The Glashütte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date engenders a sense of nostalgia, evoking memories of when platform heels were all the rage and the Mercedes SL Pagoda was the stuff of schoolboy dreams. Recently, Angus Davies was granted the opportunity…
2022 Glashütte Original SeaQ
When it comes to German watchmaking, there are not many brands that can create excellent dress watches like Glashutte Original SeaQ. With over a hundred years of watchmaking experience, Glashutte Original continuously creates timepieces that exhibit high quality and unparalleled…
Glashütte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date
The Glashütte Original Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date is currently the premium option if you’re craving the squared-case and seventies-inspired Seventies collection. Slightly redesigned, finely improved and also offered in two exclusive limited series, including a vivid yellow-dialled model, the new…
Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date Stainless Steel Green
Glashütte Original’s sophistication meets nature in this SeaQ Panorama Date Green that suggests, through its livery of a sumptuous deep green, how fundamental it is. At a time like the present, when our thoughts turn to sadder subjects, Glashütte Original…
Glashütte OriginalSeaQ Panorama Date
The new Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Green delivers more than your typical diverThe diver’s category, pun alert, is already saturated in the watch marketplace. Many of their design cues are quite fixed, as in order to be appealing, as well as meet the demands of the segment, they have to offer certain visual cues and functionality. But, leave it to the Germans to engineer a diver that delivers much of what we already love about a solid dive watch with distinct twists to separate it from the herd. Glashütte Original made headlines when they first introduced the SeaQ Panorama Date, bringing their signature Panorama Date window to a sports watch. Its smaller sibling, the SeaQ, has already been introduced in their attractive reed green shade. Today, the SeaQ Panorama Date joins in on the green party with the new Glashütte Original Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Green. Divers are typically utility-driven in design, so it makes sense that Glashütte Original opted to primarily brush the stainless-steel case. The front of the case has a rich concentric brush, and the case flanks a linear brush, but a hint of polish is injected through the bevelled shoulders of the lugs. The geometry is quite faceted, with the lugs squared off and the case almost completely flat where the strap or bracelet meets the case. A contentious aspect of this collection, depending on your wrist size and preference, is its larger size. The SeaQ Panorama Date clocks in at 43.2mm in diameter, 15.65mm thick, so, for reference, it is a millimetre wider than an Omega Seamaster 300M and around two millimetres thicker. But, the SeaQ Panorama Date carries a lug-to-lug of 51.5mm, 1.5mm more than the Seamaster, so as far as a 43.2mm watch goes it remans rather reasonable across the wrist. My wrist is not much more than 6 inches in circumference, and I consider 50mm to be my personal upper limit, so the reality is that the average wrist can comfortably sport this 300m water-resistant diver, with a screw-down crown I should add, without issue. Framing the dial is a well-knurled and ceramic inlaid bezel, with a full timing scale, that detents every half-minute in its uni-directional rotation. Visually speaking, the dial of the SeaQ Panorama Date stands out from other divers we see with large and legible alternating applied Arabic numerals that sandwich applied indices. But this is nothing new to the brand. In fact, when you look at the original Spezimatic diver from 1969 that it was inspired by, the case profile and dial aesthetic is largely the same. I am not accusing the brand of a boring rehash, but rather it is an intriguing revitalisation of a distinguished design that is decades old. It is a testament to their German sensibilities, and their efforts to not simply reproduce what their Swiss counterparts create. Now, green has received a lot of airtime over the past year or so. So if a brand is going to go green, it has to be executed just right to stand out. Their reed green shade, in my opinion, delivers one of the best green hues you can find – not too bright, nor too dark. I also enjoy its matte and grained lacquered finish, which will limit the amount of reflection the dial gives off – maintaining a high degree of legibility a diver deserves. Nonetheless, it remains dynamic – darkening and brightening depending on the light and angle. A final note on the subject of legibility, you will be glad to know that each of the applied indicators and central hands are filled with SuperLuminova to ensure visibility in darkness. There is one final aspect I have yet to touch on though, and it is the most distinguished element of the watch: the date complication. Situated at the 4:30 position is Glashütte Original’s signature Panorama Date window, which utilizes two discs to convey the digits of the calendar date. On the 10th, 20th, and 30th (if applicable) day of the month, it is extremely satisfying to watch both discs flip over. And, better yet, the discs are white on green, so they perfectly blend into the dial.The Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Green, like its predecessors, is offered on a variety of strap options. At your disposal, you have a stainless-steel bracelet, khaki-grey synthetic fabric strap, and green tropical rubber strap to choose from. Compared to its case, the steel bracelet dresses things up a bit through mixed finishes on its three-piece links. The broader central link is mirror polished, while the narrower shouldering links have a rich vertical brush. As for the strap options, each, the synthetic and rubber, have two clasp configurations. Depending on your preference, you can opt for a standard pin/buckle system or a deployant folding clasp.Arguably the most appealing aspect of the SeaQ Panorama Date is the fact you can see the in-house automatic calibre 36-13 beneath its exhibition caseback, because it is very easy on the eyes. As a German watch, you are treated to traditional German movement design. A 3/4 bridge plate covers the majority of the components beneath it, but utilisation of this traditional German architecture aids in protecting the movement from shock and it does boast nicely applied striping and thin bevels to its outer edges. Some would prefer a full balance bridge, in favour of the traditional balance cock, but all is forgiven considering it is exquisitely black-polished – and that is not all in terms of high-end finishing. Its screws are polished and fired blue, the main plate circularly grained, and its openworked rotor carries a 21k gold mass. While traditionally executed and wonderfully finished, it is also quite rugged too. The calibre is “bayonet mounted” into the case, anchoring it to afford greater shock-resistance for the movement and it is adjusted in six positions to ensure greater accuracy and timing over the course of wear. The escapement also utilizes a silicon hairspring, so it is a highly anti-magnetic calibre as well. Now you may be wondering how long this beaut of a calibre can run. The answer: it has a power reserve of 100 hours. So, yeah, *mic-drop*. The moral of the story: if you can get past its size and thickness, the SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Green diver is a distinct, exciting, and visually attractive way to join in on thus rather saturated colour trend and category.
Glashuette Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar
Glashuette Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar has unveiled the new Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar with a rose opaline dial. Limited to 100 pieces, it comes on a dark blue leather strap and is powered by a hand-crafted, finely finished automatic…