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Glashütte Original Lady Serenade Ladies Watch
Ref. 1-39-22-12-02-04
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Stepping up in Glashütte Original's range
The Lady Serenade sits within Glashütte Original's commitment to building women's watches around movements that are genuinely worth exhibiting — not simply reliable, but finished to the same Saxon standard as anything the manufacture makes. Calibre 39-22 carries a three-quarter plate with Glashütte stripe finishing, polished and bevelled edges, and a swan-neck fine adjustment spring; all of it visible through the exhibition caseback, and all of it there because the house regards the view from the back as part of the design. On the wrist, the 36mm case sits at a composed, unobtrusive scale, and at 10.2mm it wears flatter than most automatic movements allow. The mother-of-pearl dial shifts between warm and cool tones depending on the angle of light; the eight brilliant-cut diamond hour markers and applied Roman numerals work with that movement rather than competing with it. The onyx cabochon crown is a deliberate punctuation mark — a small piece of contrast against the polished steel that keeps the whole thing from reading as purely pale. The mint green Louisiana alligator strap is the colour decision that organises everything else, and the deployant clasp protects the leather from the daily stress of a simple pin buckle, which on a strap this considered is worth the extra thickness at the wrist.
- Reference
- 1-39-22-12-02-04
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Collection
- Lady SerenadeCase Size: 36
- Case size
- 36mm
- Case thickness
- 10.20mm
- Lug width
- 18mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Mother-of-pearl
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- 39-22
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Green
- Clasp
- Deployant clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 40 hours
- 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.
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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.
How long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 40 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
What size strap does it take?
18mm. 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 women's, though at 36mm 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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