Until late in the 20th century, observation watches were decisive instruments for navigation on the high seas. Their precision, even under the most difficult conditions, was of critical importance. A ship's course on sea could only be determined reliably if the calculation of longitude was based on extremely accurate timekeeping. For Glashütte's watchmakers this represented an additional opportunity to demonstrate to the world their technical sophistication, professional skills and innovative power -- the beginning of an enduring success story.
With the most recent version of the Senator Observer, Glashütte Original has taken up once again the grand tradition of observation watches. Here, particular attention was paid to the legibility of the time indicators: the brand's own dial manufactory in Pforzheim took great care to use SuperLumiNova to highlight individual elements such as the white gold hour and minute hands, the Arabic numerals and the chapter ring hour indeces.
Technical Specifications:
The case, in stainless steel, measures 44mm x 12mm. It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back and it is water resistant to 50 meters.
Movement is the German automatic G.O. in-house caliber 100-14 with 60 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 55 hours. The rotor is 21kt gold. The movement has polished and bevelled edges, polished steel parts, polished screws, Glashütte three-quarter plate with stripe finish, fine adjustment by adjustment screws, and the screw balance has 12 weighted screws and 4 regulation screws. Functions are: hours and minutes (central), small seconds (off-center), seconds stop, Panorama Date, and power reserve display.
The dial is varnished matte black with Arabic numerals with SuperLuminova. The hands are white gold with SuperLuminova.
It can be had with a 21mm steel bracelet or a black calfskin leather strap with folding clasp.
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