Glashütte Original continues the time-honored tradition of the famous German watchmaking city with the Senator, Vintage and Pano collections ? along with its ladies’ watches, the brand’s three major timepiece families. Here’s a look at some standout models from each collection.
Along with its ladies? watches, Glashütte Original?s models consist of three collections: the Senator, the Vintage and the Pano.
1. Senator Chronometer
Glashütte Original Senator Chronometer
The Senator collection, which includes the Senator Chronometer, shows that Glashütte Original?s watchmaking tradition extends back to the era of pocketwatches and ultimately to 1845, when Ferdinand Adolph Lange first established a factory in Glashütte, Germany. This marked the beginning of a process that would see the little town in the Ore Mountains gradually develop into a mecca of the watchmaking industry. The words ?Glashütte Original? first appeared on the face of a timepiece in 1916, when master watchmaker Karl W. Höhnel, who owned the Workshop for Clockmaking, Precise Lathe Turning and Precision Engineering, put them on the dials of his domestic clocks. Roman numerals, poire-shaped hands, and the German words ?Auf? (up) and ?Ab? (down) on the power-reserve display on Glashütte Original?s modern wristwatches recall the city?s historical pocketwatches. Hand-wound manufacture Caliber 58-01 also upholds the traditions of Glashütte?s art of watchmaking in its components and in their f...