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Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite 44mm Mens Watch Blue
Ref. 1-89-02-05-02-70
Sits in Glashütte Original’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Glashütte Original watches we list, which start at £8,200.
Price range £8,200 to £34,700 across 30 Glashütte Original watches in stock.The Senator Cosmopolite exists to solve a problem that most GMT watches quietly sidestep: the world does not run on full-hour offsets from Greenwich, and a traveller touching down in Kolkata, Adelaide or Kathmandu cannot simply count hours on a standard 24-zone ring. Calibre 89-02 handles 35 zones, including the half- and three-quarter-hour variants, with IATA airport codes printed across the ring in two colours to separate full-hour zones from fractional ones at a glance. The DST/STD windows at 8 o'clock mean a single adjustment covers daylight saving without disturbing any other display — a detail that matters most in the moments of mild cognitive fog that long-haul travel reliably produces. On the wrist, 44mm in steel reads larger than it sounds when the dial is this busy, but the curved lugs pull the case into contact with the wrist rather than bridging above it, and the micro-adjustment in the folding clasp means the bracelet can be set precisely for the wrist swelling that accompanies a long flight. The sunray blue dial deepens considerably under indoor light, which also happens to be when the SuperLumiNova charge on the hands and indices earns its place — the layout is symmetrical enough that even the auxiliary home-time dial at 12 o'clock and the panorama date read cleanly once the eye adjusts to how much information is present. The whole movement is made in Glashütte, and the calibre's finishing — three-quarter plate, Glashütte ribbing — will be visible through the caseback for anyone who thinks to look.
- Reference
- 1-89-02-05-02-70
- Brand
- Glashütte Original
- Case size
- 44mm
- Case thickness
- 14mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Blue
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Functions
- Date, Power reserve indicator, World time
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Super-LumiNova
- Retailer
- Goldsmiths
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 5 collections
This watch appears in Back in Stock (4,361), Stainless Steel Watches (2,892), Automatic Watches (1,554), Blue Dial Watches (814) and Watches 44mm and Over (785).
Manufacturer’s guarantee
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- Second time zone for travelling
- One of Glashütte Original's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 44mm sits at the larger end
- 14mm thick, so it will not disappear under a cuff
Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | 1-89-02-05-02-70 | 82000-11-631-FA6A | 5050-12B30-98B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £21,100 | £18,800 | £20,200 |
| Case size | 44mm | 44mm | 45mm |
| Water resistance | — | 30m | 300m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap | Titanium bracelet |
| Power reserve | — | 54 hours | 120 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.
Cheapest place to buy
Goldsmiths is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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