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Glashütte Original SeaQ 39.5mm Mens Watch Black
Ref. 1-39-11-06-60-33
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Stepping up in Glashütte Original's range
The SeaQ reaches back to a 1969 Spezimatic built for professional diving, and the debt is visible immediately: the Arabic numerals on the dial are drawn directly from that reference, giving a watch rated for serious underwater use the unhurried, almost utilitarian legibility of the original. The ceramic bezel inlay and the black rubber strap on a deployant clasp are thoroughly contemporary, but the overall character is closer to a working instrument than to a modern reinterpretation that has forgotten what it was interpreting. At 39.5mm the case sits at the smaller end of what Glashütte Original offers in the SeaQ line, which suits a watch that carries itself with less bulk than most divers. The power reserve indicator is an unusual inclusion in this category — practical, and a quiet reminder that the calibre beneath belongs to a different tradition than the movements typically found in a dive watch. Through the exhibition caseback, that tradition is visible directly: the swan-neck regulator and the Glashütte striping are there not for marketing purposes but because they are how this manufacture finishes its movements, regardless of whether the watch spends time underwater.
- Reference
- 1-39-11-06-60-33
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Case size
- 39.5mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 39-11
- Functions
- Date
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Deployant 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 3 collections
This watch appears in Back in Stock (3,734), Stainless Steel Watches (2,581) and Automatic Watches (1,570).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 39.5mm suits most wrists
- 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
Glashütte Original SeaQ alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 1-39-11-06-60-33 | 49555-11-131-11A | SUPERNOVA-AL-N-B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £8,700 | £8,700 | £8,400 |
| Case size | 39.5mm | 40mm | 40mm |
| Water resistance | — | 30m | — |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Rubber strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | — | 46 hours | — |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Will 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 comparedIs it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's, though at 39.5mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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