We have already mentioned that this year the town of this town Glashütte is celebrating 175 years of watchmaking, the date based on when Ferdinand Adolph Lange established his watchmaking business there in 1845. Glashütte is also home to the… Read More ›
Glashutte Original
NEW: Glashütte Original PanoMaticLunar Forest Green
So you may have been wondering if it’s just you or if there have been a lot of blue dials this year (there have been) and feeling in need of some other colour options. Well green might be more your… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite Midnight Blue
Today is a continuation of the theme from the last post about an updated time zone timepiece but this time, the changes are less substantial. In 2015 Glashütte Original presented the new Senator Cosmopolite, a travel watch with 35 time… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original launches new customisation service
Following its unveiling in China, Glashütte Original have announced a new worldwide customisation service that is available for models in the current collection with a precious metal case. Timepieces will be able to be personalised with precious stone settings or… Read More ›
NEW: Glashütte Original Sixties and Sixties Chronograph Annual Edition 2020 Glacier Blue
Glashütte Original’s Sixties line, along with the Seventies models, belong to their retro-inspired Vintage collection, with dials that provide a canvas for colours that reflect both the two decades for which they are named, and the occasional foray into a… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : Swatch Group withdraws from Baselworld
The SIHH may be expanding in terms of exhibitors (although reduced in days), but Baselworld has been shrinking both in terms of participants and length, with the 2019 edition to be even more noticeably smaller than this year’s due to… Read More ›
GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL : Senator Tourbillon Edition Alfred Helwig
Glashütte Original have announced a new limited edition version of its Senator Tourbillon, named in tribute to Alfred Helwig, the onetime head and Master Watchmaker of the German School of Watchmaking in Glashütte who created the first flying tourbillon in… Read More ›
NEW : Glashütte Original Senator Blue Boutique Editions
Glashütte Original has launched two new versions of two existing watches, the Senator Perpetual Calendar and the Senator Panorama Date Moon Phase. Both models are the same 40mm polished stainless steel case but what is special is the new dial… Read More ›
WRISTSPOTTING : Chechen-style
(Photo from RBC) In case you haven’t had enough of Russians and expensive watches, the folks at Russian website RBC have helpfully put together a gallery that they have called ‘Switzerland vs Russia’, with photos of officials/ politicians/ heads of state-owned… Read More ›
BASELWORLD 2015 : Glashütte Original Senator Observer
Known for their traditionally styled ‘observer’ watches, including a special limited eition model in 2012 named after their founder, Glashütte Original have released a new version of their Senator Observer, containing the same Calibre 100-14 as the Julius Assmann LE… Read More ›