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Glashütte Original New Design Wrist Watch-memorize pioneer and recreate classic

Monday, May 7th, 2012

The flight is the initiation stage in the 1920s, Europe and other regions paid much attention on this mode of transport and seriously developed it. If it was possible to fly, the world no longer seem alienated, and full of endless opportunities for development. Therefore, the inventors and pioneers constantly tested the extreme of the technology at that time and hoped to apply the achievement into the exploration field or the commercial use. Germany was very active in the development of flight, and even established a civil aviation route from Berlin to Moscow, Beijing and Shanghai, and other cosmopolitan city.

Of course, the definition of that time flight schedules and transit were unable to compare with the modern, limited by the technology and instruments. The pilot at that time must played the roles of   maintenance technicians, pilots, photographers and even drawn the map to decide flight routes at the same time. In simply word, pilot was a true explorer.

The watch is the most important instrument of pilot. The most important requirements in the design of the flight watch are its size for it must be worn outside the heavy flight jacket and must have a very high degree of readability no matter in the day or night to make the flight direction and distance as far as possible correct.
Glashütte Original pioneer and recreate classic
Glashütte Original presents the Navigator Worldview wrist watch for you to memorize the heroic explorers, age of them and the valuable adventure spirit. It enjoys the appearance element of the 20th Century Vintage series and adjustable world time zone city name ring and can easily tell the time of different time zones. The markers in large size offer the ideal readability. There is a grand calendar window at the 6:00 of Glashutte watch to make the wearers fully control the decisive moment.

The sapphire crystal case back reveals the beauty of the 39-47 movement with 21K gold hollow auto plate, gooseneck precision fine-tuning device and the Glashutte corrugated handle 3/4 plywood. It is an outstanding works as well as the high-quality watchmaking model of the Glashutte watch. In addition, the Navigator Worldview has become the ideal equipment for the explorers for its sporty performance with solid design. It also makes the cosmopolitans enjoy the whole world at glance of the watch. Although the flight may have been part of our daily lives, it still retains the excitement that we should never lose-the exciting of discovering the New World.

Brand New Glashutte Original Senator Navigator Automatic Watch

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Glashutte Original Senator Navigator watch

Glashutte Original Senator Navigator
Stainless steel / Cal.100 bi-directional automatic winding movement / hour, minute, seconds display / second hand instantly returned to the zero function / watch diameter 44.2mm / double barrel / sapphire crystal mirror / waterproof 100 meters / reference price: NT $178,000

Simple style of orthodox German
Production of numerous military watch style Glashütte Original, again this year launched a new Senator Navigator flight watch, the internal carrying Cal.100 self-movement, appearance is simple to maintain orthodox German style full accordance with the 1940 list of World War II German Air Force military appearance and face plate production. For designs, Senator Navigator of the face plate of the watch as early as is the traditional black, large Arabic numerals and linear scale to display minutes and seconds, and in order to provide the best night vision, and all of the time scale and pointer are coated with luminous SuperLumiNova material. The flight watch in the face of new changes on the disc is in the late 1930s, to less than one hour flight to create out, the minutes of instruction time as the wearer the focus of interpretation. Therefore, the minutes of the scale becomes larger and in the face plate of the outer ring, while the hour scale is smaller and moved to the inner ring, the full orthodox German minimalist style.

Glashutte Original Senator Navigator watch 2
Photo: Glashütte Original in the 40’s to 70’s, produced a total of 18,032 investigations only the monitor watch (Beobachtungsuhr).

Top self-movement-Cal.100
Glashutte Original Senator Navigator watch equipped with the new new Cal.100 self-winding movement, with original second hand auto-zero devices, with the conventional automatic zero device different from, and this second hand independent of the calibration mechanism, second hand operation and other major components separation, is currently the best and most swatch devices adjust the time, and instantly returned to the second hand the functional performance of travel time, the basic style is to do more complex functions only watch the performance. Traditional automatic zero setting meter operating with the crown, and instantly stop seconds, zero action, just as in high speed car stopping abruptly, for engine will cause great loss; and Cal. 100 movement of the auto-zero device, shift to the horse in the 8 o’clock position saddle button operation, this way will not second hand and main barrel, or linked to the crown, and therefore whether the watch pull the crown or not, the balance wheel can maintain normal operation, greatly reducing the risk of wear and tear.

Glashutte Original PanoMatic XL Watches

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticChrono 1

Photo: Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticChrono
Cal.95 self-winding movement, timing, and returned to the function, large date window, chronograph second hand placed in the horizontal position Biaozhen plate set, sapphire crystal and caseback, Louisiana crocodile leather strap, rose gold or white gold folding buckle

2011 Basel latest watches
Glashütte Original watches (GO) PanoMatic XL series of dynamic design, not only challenges the dial space configuration, more importantly, adhere to and strive for excellence, tradition and innovation, so Glashütte Original (GO) in the old and new scales survive this made perfect balance, but also its brand unique process outlined century German vocabulary, Glashütte Original chong watch technology continues to create traditional hand-watch value, and adding new ideas and thinking in order to meet modern watchmaker arts stringent accuracy standards, PanoMatic XL series adds a new precious metal elements, from the parts, assembly, testing original trial in Germany are under the strict requirements to the traditional manual, watch a step by step follow the strict and highly refined skills dense standard for machinery to life, in a time of complex and screening process, Glashutte Original watches (GO) finished in a perfect and the insistence of serious birth.

Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticLunar
Photo: Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticLunar
Cal.90 self-winding movement, eccentric hours, small seconds, large date window, moon phase display, sapphire crystal surface and watch back, Louisiana crocodile leather strap, rose gold or white gold folding buckle

Distinctive original style
Meticulous and pragmatic philosophy, the 2007 Basel Watch Fair in the exhibition XL PanoMaticChrono, XL PanoMaticLunar, XL PanoMaticReserve, XL PanoMaticCentral the most excellent proof. To outline the Glashütte Original (GO) distinctive original style, PanoMatic XL system out whether the design or function of practical everything looks outstanding, just like this series as the other watches, this eccentric the visual simplicity of the dial makes this watch seem particularly noble. Changes in the dial, the Glashütte Original wrist watch (GO) specifically for the small details to bring new visual stimulation, a new three-dimensional surface is designed to bring eye-catching watch new look, both dial with gold or silver yellow and white Arabic numerals time scale, this innovative color let classic watch with a new visual feast. PanoMatic XL series of 4 watches aware of this truth, PanoMatic XL series dial diameter 42 mm, with rose gold and platinum two options.

Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticReserve
Photo: Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticReserve
Cal.90 self-winding movement, eccentric hours, small seconds, large date window, power reserve display, sapphire crystal face and case back, Louisiana crocodile leather strap, rose gold or white gold folding buckle

High self-movement
The new XL PanoMatic Chrono, dial the main hour and minute hands will be placed in the middle of the dial, chronograph second hand is placed on the first two-story, golden Arabic numerals highlights the three-dimensional dial, are equipped with the Caliber. 95 No. Automatic intelligent movement on the chain system to make more precise and durable watches, automatic plate with stepping gear, turning on both sides of the chain, the power transmitted to the winding drum of the two side by side, forming an endless supply of power, not only on the winding drum can be made to reduce into a loss, but also reduce maintenance needs. XL PanoMaticLunar, XL PanoMaticReserve in addition to traditional time and date display, moon phase function of whether or power storage device, in a semicircle of that dial to 180 degrees show a clear position in the large date window is at the top, which used two watchs Caliber. 90 self-winding movement, mass Chengde style watch features a unique dual-Glashütte Original gooseneck tuning device, not only adjust the timing more accurate, with hand-carved, gold and silver color of the balance cock, gorgeous and retro pay attention to the noble movement, creating a photo to shock people the beauty of feelings.

Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticCentral
 
Photo: Glashütte Original XL PanoMaticCentral
Cal.100 self-winding movement, hours, minutes, seconds, large date window, sapphire crystal and caseback, Louis Ann crocodile leather strap, rose gold or white gold folding buckle

Simple design style
The PanoMatic XL series, XL PanoMaticCentral Zeyi simple style to win, whether it is rose gold or white gold watches, gold Arabic numerals are timely, minutes, seconds dial and elegant visual highlights, onboard Caliber. 100 movement inherited the factory in Germany Saxon watchmaking tradition of the strict requirements of each production, while this movement can be described as a blend of traditional watchmaking and modern technology wonderful giant top. After the transparent sapphire crystal case back Automatic winding watch can turn the mechanical operation, fine watchmaking skills for the entire classic series, bringing a new time yet a new direction.

Glashütte Senator Series Watches

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Mini, Futurism, Men’s fashion, plastic cyclone, the Beatles, rock, etc., these popular keywords become the most in 07 fashion fashion circles password. The Glashutte Original in French joie de vivre (joy of life) as the theme for the booming 60’s retro fad done a new comment. Has more than 160-year-old Glashütte Original (GO) in the face of 60 years in addition remember when the good times, but also did not forget to elegant and stylish as the keynote Senator series, add a new force — -Senator Sixties series of new watches.

60’s can be said of modern art, flourishing, led the wave of new wave of modern art. Glashütte Original watch the special round watch capture the classic 60’s inspired models designed Senator Sixties series, either rose gold or stainless steel Senator Sixties, in the dial design is not difficult to glimpse in Germany when 60 years Centre developed modernist design tradition, that is, a time when 60’s pop art style flourishing, while the Pop Art whose aim is to make art closer to the general public. So Senator Sixties dial design in addition to three, six, nine, twelve place decorated with the figures, the other eight scales are diamond-cut design time, in Arc sapphire crystal glass mirror covered watch against the backdrop do not have a low-key luxury fashion fun.

Glashütte Original watch the most admired is its outstanding creative movement, each watch enthusiasts will be the transparent sapphire crystal case back from the precision movement can be seen touched. Senator Sixties series are equipped with the Calibre.39-52 movement, inherited the factory in Germany Saxon watchmaking tradition of strict requirements for each production, such as the movement of other Glashütte Original watches as While this movement can be described as fusion traditional watchmaking and modern technology, the top wonderful masterpiece, Calibre.39-52 movement has 40 hours of power storage devices, all parts made of the process, regardless of plywood three-quarters of the design, gooseneck tuning device , 21K gold sleeve or hand-engraved balance cock, the chain gear with a pair of solar decorative patterns, hollow plate with 21K gold automatic shock fall, these need to be modified manually to be the last to achieve perfect quality, such as goose neck fine-tune the device type that is required to stick after 30 minutes of tin powder and polished diamonds. 

 

In the skilled hands of the Glashütte Original watch technician, hand engraved balance cock, is not playing in the papers of the balance sheet of plywood at hand-carved, thus creating only the Glashütte watch each of the unique nature of careful observation can be found Each watch is different in subtle, which is representative of the Glashütte Original (GO) meticulous tabulation spirit and unique style of German watchmaking. With precious Louisiana alligator strap, and 30 m water resistance, are to this 60-style Senator Sixties watches, more worth seeing.