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Glashütte Original Serenade Luna 32.5mm Ladies Watch Blue
Ref. 1-35-14-03-02-04
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The Serenade Luna began as an attempt to give the moonphase complication a setting worthy of it — not merely to include a moon disc but to build an entire dial narrative around one. The result reads as a night sky rendered in watchmaking: a deep sunray blue that shifts with the light, twenty brilliant-cut diamonds in white gold applied as hour markers so they catch and hold the eye like stars, and at six o'clock a mother-of-pearl moon suspended over a printed star field within a circular cutout. The rose-cut diamond on the crown is the kind of detail that becomes visible only up close, and is better for it. The calibre beneath the display caseback tells a separate story. Glashütte Original developed it specifically for watches of this scale, and the construction shows: a silicon hairspring for magnetic resistance, four regulating screws on the balance wheel, and a solid red gold rotor finished with shell-pattern guilloché — work usually reserved for the dial side. The 60-hour power reserve means the moon display, which advances only once every 24 hours, will keep good time through a long weekend without winding. At just under 9mm thick the case disappears under most cuffs, which matters for a watch with this much happening on the dial.
- Reference
- 1-35-14-03-02-04
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Collection
- Serenade Luna
- Case size
- 32.5mm
- Case thickness
- 9mm
- Lug width
- 16mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Blue
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 35-14
- Functions
- Moonphase
- Water resistance
- 30m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Blue
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 60 hours
- Warranty
- 2 years
Learn more about Glashütte Original
Glashütte Original is the direct corporate descendant of the East German state watchmaking industry. When the Soviet administration expropriated Glashütte's private manufacturers after the Second World War — A. Lange & Söhne among them — it consolidated them into a single enterprise, VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe, which produced watches for the Eastern Bloc for four decades.
After reunification the enterprise was privatised, and in 1994 it took the name Glashütte Original. It therefore inherits both the archives and the tooling of the pre-war houses and the industrial capacity built under the GDR.
That inheritance shows in vertical integration unusual even at the high end. The company makes its own movements, and its own dials, through the Pforzheim dial manufactory it acquired in 2006 — a capability most houses buy in.
The house signatures are German: three-quarter plates, duplex swan-neck fine adjustment, hand-engraved balance cocks, and skeletonised rotors in double-G form. The Panorama Date, a large date display where both discs sit on one plane so no dividing line interrupts the numerals, is its most distinctive complication and a deliberate improvement on the standard big-date module.
The Senator, Sixties, and Seventies collections cover classical and retro-industrial ground respectively. Swatch Group acquired the company in 2000.
- 1951
- The Glashütte manufacturers are consolidated into VEB Glashütter Uhrenbetriebe.
- 1994
- The privatised company takes the Glashütte Original name.
- 2000
- Acquired by the Swatch Group.
- 2006
- The Pforzheim dial manufactory is brought in-house.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Glashütte Original Serenade Luna range (5), Back in Stock (3,734), Stainless Steel Watches (2,581), Automatic Watches (1,570), Watches Under 37mm (1,369), Women's Watches (1,263) and Leather Strap Watches (860).
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What the specifications mean
A slim watch on leather, made for wearing with a shirt.
Strengths
- 32.5mm wears small and slips under any cuff
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- Sits in the lower half of Glashütte Original's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 30m means keeping it away from water
Glashütte Original Serenade Luna alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 1-35-14-03-02-04 | 278608-4001 | 49528D11A631-CB6A |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £9,300 | £9,940 | £11,700 |
| Case size | 32.5mm | 33mm | 30mm |
| Water resistance | 30m | 30m | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Leather strap | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | 60 hours | 42 hours | 42 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched |
|
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
No. At 30m it will survive rain and handwashing, but not submersion of any kind.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedHow long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 60 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
What size strap does it take?
16mm. Any strap of that width will fit, and on most modern watches quick-release bars make the swap a two-minute job with no tools.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as women's.
Cheapest place to buy
Both Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths list it at £9,300, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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