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Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date Moon Phase Mens Watch
Ref. 1-36-04-04-02-30
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The Senator line is Glashütte Original's most formal expression of Saxon watchmaking, and the Panorama Date Moon Phase takes that tradition into genuinely complicated territory. The Calibre 36-04 is built in-house to a high standard: a three-quarter plate finished with Glashütte stripes, a 21-carat gold oscillation weight visible through the caseback, a silicon balance spring that shrugs off magnetic fields, and a single barrel wound to a hundred hours of reserve — meaning a watch left on the nightstand Friday evening is still running Monday morning. At 12.2mm thick, a 42mm dress watch with this complication count sits considerably flatter than the category usually allows, and it wears closer to the wrist than the size suggests. The blue dial is galvanised rather than painted, which gives it a depth that shifts between near-black and midnight depending on the light. The moon disc, made at GO's own dial manufacture in Pforzheim and diamond-milled to produce convex moons, reads with a three-dimensional crispness that flat printing cannot match. The Panorama Date sits at 4:30 — a large, legible two-disc display that Glashütte Original pioneered and still does better than most. The Louisiana alligator strap fastens with a deployant clasp operated by side pushers, which means it can be removed one-handed without hunting for a release lever.
- Reference
- 1-36-04-04-02-30
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Collection
- Senator
- Case size
- 42mm
- Case thickness
- 12.20mm
- Lug width
- 21mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Blue
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 36-04
- Functions
- Date, Moonphase, Skeleton dial
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Blue
- Clasp
- Deployant clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- 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 Senator range (7), Back in Stock (3,734), Stainless Steel Watches (2,581), Automatic Watches (1,570), Leather Strap Watches (860), Blue Dial Watches (714) and Skeleton Watches (251).
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What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 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
- 50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 1-36-04-04-02-30 | 414217000 | 168589-6002 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £10,100 | £10,075 | £9,240 |
| Case size | 42mm | 42mm | 42mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 30m | 50m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Leather strap | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | — | 52 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?
Showering yes, swimming no. 50m covers splashes and brief immersion, but a swimming stroke generates well above the pressure that figure describes.
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 comparedWhat size strap does it take?
21mm. 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 men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Both Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths list it at £10,100, so choose on delivery and warranty rather than price.
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