Glashütte Unique SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Inexperienced

Again in 2019, Saxon Haute Horlogerie manufacture Glashütte Unique launched the shocking but very succesful SeaQ assortment. Two variations of the Spezimatic-inspired luxurious dive watch had been offered, the SeaQ 39.5mm and the SeaQ Panorama Date. The 2 observe the identical design codes, but characteristic distinct parts to inform them aside. At first, the massive date indication in fact, however there’s extra to it than that. Each stay carefully linked, nevertheless, and now it’s the larger brother’s flip to go inexperienced. We go hands-on with the interesting Glashütte Unique SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Inexperienced.

To briefly remind you of the origins of the SeaQ assortment we now have to return to the cut-off date the place Glashütte Unique was underneath GDR management and known as Glashütte Uhren Betrieb. It was a time when the model would primarily manufacture utilitarian items, which have sometimes been an inspiration to fashionable collections. The Glashütte Unique Sixties, as an illustration, was carefully modelled after a classic GUB, and the SeaQ takes its appears to be like from the Spezimatic Sort RP TS 200 dive watch.

Glashütt Unique has since moved to a much more elevated stage of watchmaking, but the SeaQ assortment comes with that very interesting retro-vibe of the Spezimatic. The metal case of the SeaQ Panorama Date is a relatively sizeable 43.2mm throughout and 15.65mm in peak and carries fairly a little bit of heft. It’s all very solidly completed although, with a principally brushed end and polished accents. It’s topped with a unidirectional rotating bezel with a inexperienced ceramic insert, which has a crisp white diving scale.

The Reed Inexperienced dial is carried over from the smaller SeaQ 39.5mm has a refined granular texture to it however stays completely legible. The massive utilized markers and numerals are stuffed with C1 Tremendous-LumiNova. The font for the numerals may be very near the unique Spezimatic from the Sixties, as are the arms. Each arms have a C1 Tremendous-LumiNova insert, with the minute hand having the signature giant triangular tip stretching out to the white minute monitor. Moreover, there are solely minimal markings to point the model and mannequin, to depart loads of house for that massive Panorama Date show at 4 o’clock. All that is coated by a domed sapphire crystal.

Inside ticks the in-house produced automated Calibre 36-13, which will be seen via the sapphire caseback. This makes use of 41 jewels, runs at a frequency of 28,800vph and as soon as totally wound gives a really stable 100 hours of energy reserve via a single barrel. Winding is finished with a skeletonized rotor with signature Double G branding and a 21k gold peripheral mass. It suits the case effectively and is finely embellished in response to the Glashütte requirements. It signifies central hours, minutes and seconds. The date is split into two discs, colour-matched to the Reed Inexperienced dial.

The Glashütte Unique SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Inexperienced comes with a selection of straps. There’s the choice for a black rubber strap or gray textile straps, each of which will be worn on a pin buckle or fold-over clasp. And naturally, there’s the metal bracelet, which has a fine-adjustment system cleverly hidden within the clasp. Push down on the “GG” brand, and also you get an additional 7.5mm or so to play with. It’s out there from March 2022, via all Glashütte Unique Boutiques and chosen retailers worldwide. The worth is ready at EUR 11,000 on black rubber or gray textile strap. If you’d like the metal bracelet, the SeaQ Panorama Date Reed Inexperienced will set you again EUR 12,200.

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