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Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Perpetual Calendar 42mm Mens Watch Silver Brown Alligator
Ref. 1-36-12-02-05-62
Sits in Glashütte Original’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Glashütte Original watches we list, which start at £6,300.
Price range £6,300 to £34,700 across 33 Glashütte Original watches in stock.The Senator Excellence line sits at the top of Glashütte Original's dress catalogue, and the perpetual calendar variant represents the most technically demanding thing the manufacture does in that context. Calibre 36-12 carries a 100-hour power reserve — enough that leaving it on the nightstand over a long weekend carries no consequence — and the perpetual mechanism requires no manual correction for leap years, short months or century years. Rose gold at 42mm reads warmer and less imposing than steel of the same diameter, and silver dials in this metal combination have a particular quality in low light, where the warmth of the case bleeds slightly into the chapter ring. The Louisiana alligator strap keeps the watch close to the wrist rather than adding bulk beneath a cuff, which matters for something carrying this much calendar mechanism. The finishing inside is what owners return to. Glashütte Original exposes a movement decorated according to the Glashütte tradition — three-quarter plate, bevelled edges, stripes running the length of the bridges — through the caseback, and on the 36-12 that display is worth the attention, because the perpetual calendar cam and gear train are arranged to be read as a mechanism rather than hidden behind a rotor.
- Reference
- 1-36-12-02-05-62
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Case size
- 42mm
- Case material
- Rose gold
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 36-12
- Functions
- Power reserve indicator, Perpetual calendar
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Brown
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
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.
Manufacturer’s guarantee
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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.
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Does it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Goldsmiths is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
Who are Goldsmiths?
Goldsmiths has been selling watches in Britain since 1778 and is part of the Watches of Switzerland Group, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. They are an authorised dealer, so a watch comes with the manufacturer’s own warranty.
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