Germany
Glashütte Original
A Glashütte manufacture in Saxony that makes its own calibres, dials and hands in house, working in the German tradition of the three-quarter plate and the swan-neck fine adjustment. Its Panorama Date, a large date whose two discs sit on one plane, is the house signature.
01GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL · 9 OCTCan a painted dial leave room for watchmaking?The Senator Meissen Cherry Blossom puts a 0.8 mm hand-painted porcelain dial ahead of a 100-hour automatic calibre. Both crafts deserve a closer look.02GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL · 17 SEPTGlashütte Original gives the 70s a smaller grooveThe 39 mm Vinyl Record edition pairs a black Calibre 36-10 with the debut of a tool-free system for changing both strap and clasp.03GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL · 22 AUGGlashütte Original takes 1.1mm off the Senator Chronograph, and splits it in twoA new 41mm case and the calibre 37-24 bring the Senator Chronograph down to 12.90mm, offered as a silver-dialled nod to Glashütte's marine observation watches and a black-dialled Navigator drawn from 1940s pilot's watches.
