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Glashütte Original SeaQ Panorama Date 43.2mm Mens Watch Blue
Ref. 1-36-13-02-81-70
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Stepping up in Glashütte Original's range
The SeaQ revived a name Glashütte Original had used on divers in the 1960s, and the Panorama Date variant adds the manufacture's signature large-aperture date display — a complication developed in-house and recognisable at a glance by the way it reads two date discs simultaneously through a wide window rather than framing a single numeral. At 43.2mm the case sits squarely in dive-watch territory, yet the Calibre 36 inside is built to the standards Glashütte applies to its dress pieces: threequarter plate, Glashütte ribbing, blued screws. The tension between those two traditions — a serious water-rated tool case around an elaborately finished movement — is what makes the SeaQ unusual rather than merely competent. The blue dial and matching rubber strap keep the whole thing coherent in use, and the unidirectional bezel means the watch is actually rated for what it looks ready to do.
- Reference
- 1-36-13-02-81-70
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Collection
- Case Size
- Case size
- 43.2mm
- Case material
- Two-tone
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Solar
- Calibre
- 36
- Functions
- Chronograph, GMT, Day-date, Small seconds, Moonphase, Power reserve indicator, Tachymeter, Skeleton dial, Stopwatch, Countdown timer, Alarm, Backlight, World time, Perpetual calendar, Solar powered, Radio controlled, Bluetooth, Step counter, Heart rate, GPS, Compass, Thermometer, Altimeter, Tide graph, Dual display
- Water resistance
- 300m
- Bracelet / strap
- Mesh bracelet
- Strap colour
- Bronze
- Clasp
- Butterfly clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
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 6 collections
This watch appears in Chronograph Watches (1,287), Sports Watches (714), Dive Watches (494), Mesh Bracelet Watches (243), Skeleton Watches (242) and GMT Watches (206).
What the specifications mean
A watch built to be worn hard and got wet.
Strengths
- 300m water resistance, rated for actual diving
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- Second time zone for travelling
- Sits in the lower half of Glashütte Original's range as we list it
Worth knowing
- 43.2mm sits at the larger end
Your new watch
Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 300m it is rated for swimming, snorkelling and recreational diving.
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 charges from light, and the cell behind that is designed to last a decade or more.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference new, at £11,600. There is nothing to compare it against today.
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