Introducing The Metropolis-Engraved Glashutte Unique PanoInverse Restricted Version

Fifteen years in the past, Glashütte Unique launched the PanoInverse XL sequence. Distinguished by the motion seen dial-side and reversed in comparison with a regular watch, the stability bridge and the duplex swan-neck superb adjustment had been displayed in full view. Conceived maybe to fulfill these prepared to admire fantastically completed actions or benefit from the motion ornament and skim the time concurrently, the PanoInverse underwent some modifications through the years however remained within the GO catalogue (the XL was dropped alongside the way in which). It comes as no shock that at one level, Glashütte Unique has chosen to decoration the ample floor of the three-quarter plate in a way totally different from the everlasting reference’s Glashütte stripes. In 2019, the German watchmaker offered a restricted platinum version of the exquisitely hand-engraved PanoInverse with a floral motif; in 2021, the Saxon model revealed one other restricted platinum PanoInverse with a superb guilloché sample impressed by the relief-like sample of the dome of the Academy of High quality Arts in Dresden. This yr, Glashütte Unique followers are invited to go to the imaginary city jungle, with the PanoInverse motion’s back and front laser-engraved with a fictional metropolis.

The brand new Glashütte Unique PanoInverse Restricted Version is a 42mm platinum case watch with antireflective sapphire crystal on each side to showcase the finely completed manually wound calibre 66-12. On the entrance, exact laser engraving creates a picture of a Manhattan-like high-density panorama, a fowl’s-eye view. The again, truly, is way more enjoyable. A metropolis block, with billboards and indicators to declare the qualities of the timepiece (Glashütte Unique, adjusted to 5 positions, 31 jewels, Made in Germany) and even a number of individuals make the three-dimensional image come to life. See should you can spot the window cleaners at work, a graffiti artist spraying the GO emblem, and even Nicolas Hayek Jr., Swatch Group’s CEO, wanting proper at you from one of many balconies. I simply made the final one up, however it could have been enjoyable, don’t you agree?

Again to the entrance aspect. The white gold openworked hour and minute arms, transferring across the off-centred anthracite-coloured grained lacquer dial, point out the time, with a small seconds sub-dial overlapping at 6 o’clock. The facility reserve indicator is to the best of the dial, in its normal PanoInverse place. The screw-mounted gold chatons, ruby jewels, blued screws and polished metal elements are right here to spotlight the Haute Horlogerie strategy to motion presentation. The “butterfly” bridge, manufactured from two hand-engraved stability cocks, is positioned within the cut-out space within the decrease proper a part of the dial. This transparency permits for a mesmerising view of the stability wheel, back and front. The watch is worn on a gray Louisiana alligator nubuck leather-based strap, its color and texture in tune with the imaginary metropolis.

Folks fascinated with high-end German watchmaking and love for the unconventional will admire this particular version of the Glashütte Unique PanoInverse, which the corporate will produce in restricted numbers; solely 50 items might be accessible from the top of March 2023 from GO boutiques and chosen sellers. Value is “upon request”, however the earlier PanoInverse in Platinum with Guilloché dial retailed for EUR 45,000.

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