Glashütte Original introduces the new PanoMaticCalendar together with Calibre 92 adding an annual calendar complication. Prices from €27,600
Glashütte Original is introducing today a new timepiece as well as a totally new movement that adds another complication to its portfolio: the annual calendar.
An annual calendar displays the day and month, taking into account the months with 30 and 31 days. Only once a year, on March 1st, is it necessary to adjust the date. This differentiates the annual calendar from its big brother, the perpetual calendar, which also takes the short month of February into account, even in leap years.
The new PanoMaticCalendar with Calibre 92 was designed as a companion for everyday use and with user friendliness in mind making the complex mechanisms easy to operate and wear.
Two editions have been presented at launch.
The first comes in red gold with a silver opaline dial and golden appliques and hands coated with Super-LumiNova.
The other edition - limited to 150 pieces - is crafted from platinum with a cut out galvanic black dial with fine vinyl-type decorative pattern and applied indexes in white gold. The minute and hour hands are blued and coated with Super-LumiNova, the seconds hand is rhodium plated and skeletonized.
Both models are housed in 42 mm x 12.4 mm cases offering water resistance to 5 bar (approximately 50 metres / 165 feet).
Along with the off-centre hour, minute and small seconds displays characteristic of the Pano family, the automatic Calibre 92 – only 7.65 mm in height – features a moon phase display, a Panorama Date and a retrograde month display driven by a cleverly designed mechanism.
The date advances automatically at the end of the month from the 30th or 31st to the 1st. The month wheel at the heart of the movement serves as this function’s "memory". Glashütte Original’s watchmakers have equipped it with a ball bearing. A total of 38 tiny balls made of hardened steel with a diameter of 0.5 mm ensure that friction is reduced to a minimum and the efficiency of mechanical processes improved.
The cam disc at the top of the wheel completes one revolution per year, and its irregular rim triggers the switching process at the end of the month; its indentations mark the months with 31 days. A small tooth on the underside of the wheel advances the month ring via a gear chain, bringing the retrograde display on the dial side to life.
The retrograde display highlights the current month in a clever way. A curved sapphire crystal window between 3 and 6 o'clock uses numerals to indicate the 12 months. The crystal is tinted grey, with the sole exception of the month numerals. The indicators on the month ring beneath it, which completes one revolution every four years, ensure in this manner that only one digit at a time is highlighted.
At 2 o'clock we find the moon phase display representing the earth’s satellite against a sparkling starry sky. A fine-toothed gear guarantees the high precision of the moon phase indication: once correctly set, and assuming that the watch runs continuously, it will not require any manual adjustment for the next 122 years!
One of Glashütte Original’s trademark features, the Panorama Date completes the annual calendar information at 4 o’clock. Thanks to the concentric mounting of two display discs on the same plane, the date can be read at a glance, with no need for a bar separating the digits. The date is adjusted, just like the month, hour, minutes and small seconds, with the help of the crown.
Beating at a frequency of 4 Hz (28,800 vibrations per hour), the silicon balance spring equipping the new calibre offers increased protection against the magnetic fields of everyday life, and a 100-hour power reserve for maximum autonomy.
The movement is secured in the case with a bayonet mounting, which ensures effective shock and impact resistance. Each watch is assembled, finished and regulated with great manual skill in the manufactory workshops.
The sapphire crystal case back showcases the state-of-the-art finishes of this Manufacture movement with Glashütte stripes finish, beveled edges, blued screws, the hand-engraved balance cock, the renowned three-quarter plate and the beautifully decorated rotor with an oscillating mass in 21-carat gold.
The new Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar has suggested retail prices of Euro 27,600 in red gold (ref. 1-92-09-02-05-02) and Euro 40,400 in platinum (ref. 1-92-10-01-03-62). glashuette-original.com
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