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Glashütte Original SeaQ Mens Watch
Ref. 1-39-11-06-80-06
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Stepping up in the same dial colour
The SeaQ traces its lineage directly to a 1969 East German dive watch built for working swimmers — the Spezimatic Type RP TS 200 — and the contemporary design makes no attempt to disguise that debt. Arabic numerals, baton indices filled with Old Radium-toned Super-LumiNova, and a sunray-finished black galvanic dial all read as period-correct rather than period-inspired, which is a meaningful distinction. At 39.5mm across and 12.15mm thick, this is a genuinely slender diver, the kind that disappears under a cuff where most 200m-rated cases will not. The 47mm lug-to-lug measurement keeps the fit close on narrower wrists, and the rubber strap drops vertically rather than riding high — a small thing that determines whether a watch sits or perches. The closed caseback, engraved with a trident, the Double-G mark, and twenty individual waves, means the calibre 39-11 stays out of sight. That movement carries the swan-neck regulator that Glashütte watchmakers apply to their in-house work across the range, and it is visible through the exhibition backs of other SeaQ variants — here the engraving takes that role instead, and it earns it.
- Reference
- 1-39-11-06-80-06
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Collection
- SpezialistCase Size: 39
- Case size
- 39.5mm
- Case thickness
- 12.15mm
- Lug width
- 20mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Black
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Bezel
- Unidirectional rotating
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 39-11
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 200m
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Buckle
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 47mm
- 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.
Also in 4 collections
This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (3,102), Automatic Watches (1,425), Sports Watches (714) and Dive Watches (494).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch built to be worn hard and got wet.
Strengths
- 200m water resistance, rated for actual diving
- 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
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| Specification | 1-39-11-06-80-06 | H5702 | 49.4000.3620/21.I001 |
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| Price | £8,200 | £8,400 | £9,100 |
| Case size | 39.5mm | 38mm | 40mm |
| Water resistance | 200m | 200m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Rubber strap | Ceramic bracelet | Rubber strap |
| Power reserve | — | 70 hours | 60 hours |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 200m 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 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.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 47mm, which suits wrists from roughly 16cm (6¼ inches) upward.
Lug-to-lug decides fit more than case diameter does.
Is 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 new, at £8,200. There is nothing to compare it against today.
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