Appealing greens and blues from Glashütte Original
With a history dating back to 1845, Glashütte Original brings together traditional craftsmanship and innovative technologies in its timepieces. This year, the German watchmaker’s offerings include diver’s watches, moonphases and chronographs; dials in striking colours and dégradé effects enhance their appeal
SeaQ Panorama Date
The SeaQ Panorama Date diver’s watch is now available in a red-gold version with a black dial and in a contemporary bi-colour composition in stainless steel and red gold with grey dial. High-contrast black and gold lend the red gold version a powerful presence: the hands, Arabic numerals and rod indexes on the black dial with sunray finish feature elegant galvanic gold surfaces. The rotating bezel’s ceramic ring with white lacquer inlay, the generous use of luminous white highlights and the Panorama Date’s white numerals on a black ground ensure maximum contrast and enhanced clarity.
The galvanic grey dial of the bi-colour model, which is also enhanced with a sunray finish, takes up the silver-grey hue of the stainless-steel case. The warm glow of the rotating bezel and the crown, both fashioned in red gold, complements the cool shades of grey. Galvanic gold numerals, appliques and hands on the dial provide additional warm accents.
The timepieces are water-resistant up to 300 metres, and house the award-winning Calibre 36. The new models feature a unidirectional counter-clockwise rotating bezel with clearly perceptible minute-click, in order to ensure reliable determination of the dive time. Both models are available with a waterproof grey nylon mesh strap developed especially for the SeaQ or with a black rubber strap with relief pattern.
PanoMaticLunar in forest green
The dial of the new PanoMaticLunar model with its deep, rich green hues recall the coniferous forests surrounding the manufactory. The colour gradient on the hand-crafted dial is particularly eye-catching: starting from an intense dark green in the centre, the colour changes gradually to black at the edges. Framed within a polished and satin-brushed stainless-steel case, the dial, with the characteristic off-centre positioning of the displays, is an expression of the Golden Ratio, the legendary law of aesthetic harmony. The auxiliary dials for hours and minutes and for the small seconds are placed along a vertical axis within the left half of the dial, while the Panorama Date appears at 4 o’clock. The white gold hands with Super-LumiNova inlays form a sparkling contrast to the intense green of the dial.
The sapphire crystal case back offers a clear view at the exquisitely finished Calibre 90-02 manufactory movement. Glashütte Original’s signature duplex swan-neck fine adjustment along with other iconic elements, such as the three-quarter plate, blued screws, screw-mounted gold chatons and the characteristic Glashütte decorative finishes, are all present. The movement, with an oscillating frequency of 4Hz, features a 42-hour power reserve. The new timepiece is equipped with a matching brown nubuck leather strap with pin buckle or fold-over clasp.
Sixties and Sixties Chronograph in glacier blue
A cool glacier blue lends the new Sixties a profound but no less impressive appearance. The German watchmaker introduces a new Sixties Chronograph in the same colour, presented for the first time in an annual edition. The dial blanks are given a delicate sunray finish before being pressed into their characteristic domed shape and given a galvanic nickel coating. To achieve the striking dégradé effect, the dials undergo an elaborate hand-crafting technique that renders each dial unique. The incised indexes, printed numerals and Super-LumiNova highlights on each hour marker complete this work of art.
The Sixties is powered by the Calibre 39-52 automatic movement, developed in-house, while the Sixties Chronograph features the manufactory’s Calibre 39-34. Both models have a 40-hour power reserve. The three-hand model is presented in a 39 mm diameter polished stainless-steel case, while the chronograph appears in a 42 mm stainless steel case. The Chronograph is equipped with a central stop-second along with two inset auxiliary dials for the small second and 30-minute counter. The domed sapphire crystal case back on both models offers a clear view of each watch’s finely finished movement with three-quarter plate, swan-neck fine adjustment, Glashütte stripe finish and skeletonised rotor with 21-carat oscillating mass.
Rounding off the elegant appearance of the new Sixties and Sixties Chronograph are brown-grey nubuck calfskin straps with lightly contrasting stitching and pin buckle. Both models are available for a limited time only.
