In the detail-oriented world of watchmaking, it’s easy to forget how important dial color is when it comes to consumer appeal. An extra splash of color is one of the simplest ways a watch can become memorable to a person regardless of brand, material, or complication. After all, you don’t have to call yourself a watch enthusiast to appreciate color: making that choice is one of the most straightforward ways a watch can reach a larger audience. This was a topic I explored over the recent holiday season with the help of Glashütte Original and my extended family (see that story here). Could a watch like the Glashütte Original Sixties Panorama Date, with its remarkable green-to-black dégradé effect, make a non-horologically inclined group of people interested in what I had on my wrist" Spoiler alert: It definitely helped.
The Glashütte Original Sixties Panorama Date in orange-red for 2019.
That’s one of the reasons I’m happy to announce that Glashütte Original has revealed its latest colorful iteration of the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date in what has become an annual tradition for the brand. This time around, GO went with a burnt orange dial that transitions from a light yellow in its center to dark orange ? almost black ? on its sides.
The two new watches.
This colorway was achieved through a laborious process at the brand’s dial manufactory in Pforzheim, Germany. First, the dial receives a galvanic bath treatment which leaves ...