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Glashütte Original Senator Excellence Panorama Date Moon Phase 40mm Mens Watch Silver
Ref. 1-36-24-02-05-62
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 draws consciously on the marine chronometer tradition — instruments built to a single standard of reliability, with every decoration earned rather than applied. This reference carries that through in solid 18ct rose gold, and the movement inside it, Calibre 36-24, is tested against Glashütte Original's own 24-day internal certification before leaving the manufacture. The silicon hairspring and free-sprung balance are there for longevity and anti-magnetic resistance; the 100-hour power reserve means a long weekend away demands no attention at all. At 12.20mm thick, it sits closer to the wrist than most rose gold dress watches with this many complications, and the 40mm diameter keeps it genuinely cuff-friendly. The silver dial is finely grained rather than plain, and the Roman numerals and blued hands read with the kind of quiet clarity that holds up in low light. The panorama date at four o'clock is large enough to read at a glance, and the moonphase — with its diamond-cut disc tracking against a galvanic blue ground — is accurate to a single day's correction every 122 years. Both are adjustable through the crown alone, with no corrector pusher interrupting the case flank. The caseback rewards a second look: the three-quarter plate carries Glashütte ribbing, the balance cock is hand-engraved, the screws are blued, and the skeletonised rotor carries a 21-carat gold oscillating weight. The Louisiana alligator nubuck strap is secured by a solid rose gold double-deployant clasp — the kind of fastening that removes any anxiety when taking the watch off.
- Reference
- 1-36-24-02-05-62
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Case size
- 40mm
- Case thickness
- 12.20mm
- 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
- Deployant clasp
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- Gem set
- Yes
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, 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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