Glashütte Original

It's six o'clock on a Friday, the regular crowd shuffles in....... This gentleman, who occupied himself with restoring antique and vintage watches and clocks at the German Watch Museum in Glashütte had brought some interesting stuff with him. From a rare ...  

Which is pretty well named. Very nice, elegant, understated. Bravo to G.O. I am less sure about the blue dialed Chronometer. There is something which disturbs me on the dial. A certain flatness. The hour markers, maybe? Best, Nicolas

The markers and and the minuterie are engraved and the galvanized. The blue lacquer on the dial has a depth like I have seldom (or never) seen before. That may be due to the relatively coarse grain of the lacquer and to the small embedded sparkling dots. ... 

due to the intensive hand-applied procedure of brushing the river on the dial the indices need to be lasered in deeper, thus your observation indeed is warranted. However, if you have the chance to inspect the watches in person you'll be surprised to see ... 

Found a picture in the press file that highlights the engraving on the dial. On the white CHronometer dials only the Roman numerals, the minute chapter ring and (on earlier models with the thin Glashütte logo) the logo are engraved. The small writings and...  

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...for your Post. I recognized some familar faces...it seems that GO is like a big Family. I will go to Basel tomorrow and hope to see the new models in flesh...greatly looking Forward stere

Looking forward to hear what you think after seeing thing in the metal. Best, Martin

about the dials: for sure masterpieces as realization, but the design of hands and marks are far from my taste. Every year I hope to review a return to a dials design less "baroque", pass me the term... but at least the Pano collection is free from this d... 

During the last years the Senator collection has moved one model after the other to the classic roman/poirée style, with the Diary, the Chronograph XL and the Hand Date being the only ones not moved yet (Interesting question what will become of these. Wil... 

In the past I did not follow the brand as closely as you did (and do), thus these developments escaped my attention. BTW, thanks for your excellent presentation, the wonderful images, and above all: the time I could spend with you! Magnus

I just wonder why we only meet in Basel? The South-East corner of Germany and Austria are not that far apart My warmest regards, Martin

You said well, don't forget the Seventies Collection! Another nice variation... You named a model that I particularly like, the Senator Diary: I'm also curious to know which stylistic evolution will undergo this model... It's dial is not so easy to manage... 

I feel that the overall very refined, modernistic appearance of the Excellence could have been even more tempting if GO dared to seize the opportunity to rethink the hands as well. Having said that, my impression is that the RG version is much more consis... 

The Excellence would only be Excellecer if it had a big date. Will we have to wait until Basel 2017 for this?

Actually, according to Magnus' delightful report about the Senator Excellence line , it is a little more than rumour. One might assume that the Panorama Date would be amongst the first complications to appear on cal. 36. Best, Martin

. . . your immediate perceptions have changed. The sudden appearance of the newly developed standard caliber has positively altered my perception of the Manufacturer, which was already favorable to begin with. My sense is that, within a relatively short t...  

Being obsessed by the Senator Chronometer is sweet and painful at the same. At least as long as you don\'t own one. As soon as you decided and managed to get your hands onto one the pain goes away at once and it is only sweet I totally agree with you that...