Glashütte Original: Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date Annual Edition

In 2018  Glashütte Original introduced for the first time a annual edition with green dial of the collection Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date, the line that re-proposes the legendary design of the 60s.

Today, for the annual edition 2019, the German manufactory presents a new vrsion of the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date in multi-faceted orange dial.

The new orange Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date underscore the line’s unmistakable retro-chic identity. The watch face presents its signature curvature, from the dial and the hands to the sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on both side. Arabic numerals, diamond-cut indexes, manually applied hour markers and hands highlighted with Super-LumiNova add harmonious accents.

Starting from a golden yellow at the centre, the colour flows across the curved surface, changing to fiery orange and red before reaching the black perimeter. Credit for this impressive ensemble of different hues “dégradé effect” goes to the experts at Glashütte Original’s own dial manufactory in Pforzheim.

After a galvanic bath gives the dial its golden yellow hue the dialmakers apply a series of layers in red and black lacquer. The result of this craftsmanship is an individual colour gradient that renders each dial unique. In a final step, the dials are heated in a kiln in order to burn in the colours.

There is more to the seductive powers of the Sixties than the play with colours, however. The surface structure also has a remarkable story to tell. The low-relief pattern is produced using the original tools and methods from the 1960s. Each dial blank receives its embossing with the aid of a 60-tonne press, which was already in use at the Pforzheim manufactory at the time. During the nineteen sixties, cross-border cooperation also allowed Pforzheim to deliver dials to Glashütte for the Spezimatic. The partnership began more than 50 years ago and culminated with the integration of the dialmaker into the Glashütte Original manufactory in 2012.

The new timepieces are powered by the manufactory’s 39-52 (Sixties) and 39-47 (Sixties Panorama Date) automatic movements. Developed in-house, they are mounted in polished stainless steel cases, 39 mm in diameter for the three-hand Sixties, 42 mm for the Panorama Date model. A brown Louisiana alligator leather strap with pin-buckle closure rounds off the vintage design. As the annual edition 2019, the Sixties and Sixties Panorama Date are available only for a limited period of time from Glashütte Original Boutiques and authorised dealers at the price of €.6.300 for the time only and €.7.800 for the date version.