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Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date Moon Phase 40mm Mens Watch Rose Gold
Ref. 1-36-24-02-05-02
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Stepping up in Glashütte Original's range
The Senator Excellence line carries the full weight of Saxon horology — and this reference earns its place within it by pairing two of the more demanding complications a dress watch can carry. The Panorama Date at four o'clock is a Glashütte Original signature, reading larger and more legibly than a conventional date aperture, while the moon phase at ten sits behind a curved opening, a gold disc tracing its arc against a galvanic blue ground with edges cut sharply enough to read as engraved rather than printed. At 12.2mm, this is a rose gold case carrying two complications at a profile that will pass under a shirt cuff without protest — a meaningful achievement, since precious-metal watches with this much going on tend to run thicker. The Calibre 36-24 underneath is tested across a 24-day in-house regime to standards beyond standard chronometer certification, runs a silicon hairspring for immunity to magnetic fields, and delivers a 100-hour reserve from a single barrel: practical for weekend removal without resetting. The sapphire caseback earns a long look — skeletonised rotor with a 21-carat gold oscillating weight, blued screws, swan-neck regulator and the striped ribbing that has been a Glashütte mark for generations. Adjusting both the date and moon phase through the crown alone, with no side correctors interrupting the case, keeps the flanks clean and the whole thing feeling considered rather than assembled.
- Reference
- 1-36-24-02-05-02
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Collection
- SenatorCase Size: 40
- Case size
- 40mm
- Case thickness
- 12.20mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Case material
- Rose gold
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Silver
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 36-24
- Functions
- Date, Moonphase
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Brown
- Clasp
- Buckle
- 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.
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.
What size strap does it take?
20mm. 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, though at 40mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
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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