Glasshute PanoMaticCalendar 18kt Rose Gold Annual Calendar Moonphase 42mm Galvanized Silver Opaline Dial Automatic with Skeleton Back. 

With the PanoMaticCalendar, Glashütte Original introduces a pure and elegant timepiece. The rose gold case presents a silver opaline dial with off-centre indications for hours and minutes as well as small seconds. A moon phase complements the panorama date and month indication, the sapphire crystal case back reveals the automatic movement 92-09. A Louisiana alligator leather strap with a folding clasp adds the finishing touch.

With the PanoMaticCalendar, Glashütte Original rises the curtain not only on a new watch, but also on a new movement, which features an unprecedented complication for the brand. GO has already shown its involvement in calendar watches, with the long-lasting Senator Perpetual Calendar. It’s now time for the signature, asymmetrical Pano collection to receive its more complex calendar indication, yet this time with an annual calendar function. And still that typically Saxon off-centred display, thanks to a clever implementation of the month indication.

THE NEW CALIBRE 92
Let’s now talk mechanics. As said, not only this Glashütte Original PanoMaticCalendar is a new model but it also comes with a new movement. One could imagine GO to have modified the calibre 90-02 of the PanoMaticLunar to now display an annual calendar, but it actually goes deeper than this. First, the calendar. For this watch, Glashütte Original has decided to be soft and sleek on the indications, as in addition to the Panorama date, you’ll only find the addition of the current month. No week-day on this annual calendar. And the brand has been clever in the integration of the month, which is found in a semi-circular arch running from 3 to 6 o’clock.

The curved sapphire crystal window uses numerals to indicate the 12 months. The crystal is tinted grey or black, 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 in colour. As for the calendar mechanism itself, GO relies on a month wheel, which serves as the calendar’s memory. 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.

This month’s display is complemented by the classic Panorama date, which is composed of two, non-overlapping discs, with a concentric mounting – so the two discs are always on the same plane. The date is adjusted, like the month and the time, by the crown. Finally, this annual calendar is completed by a blue-and-gold moonphase, with a precision of one-day deviation per 122 years. This is adjusted by the mean of a recessed corrector in the caseband.

Brushed & polished 18kt rose gold case.
Galvanized silver dial with a fine matte finish.
Offset time & seconds sub-dials with a very fine concentric-circle guilloche finish.
Polished rose gold hour & minute with luminous fill.
Applied polished rose gold index hour markers.
Small seconds sub-dial with blued steel hand & fine printed track.
Annual Calendar Complication:
The Annual Calendar complication will accurately account for the current number of of days in each month with the exception of the 29th day of February in a leap year.
Large 2-disc date display window located at 4 o’clock.
Retrograde month indicator on the far bottom right edge of the dial.
Moonphase indicator aperture at 2 o’clock.
Movement is finely decorated with a striped/ribbed finish, some hand engraved designs and beveled component edges.
Glashutte Original caliber 92-09, beats at 28,800 vph (4Hz), contains 53 jewels and has an impressive power reserve of +/- 100 hours (4+ days).
Three-quarter sized rotor recessed into the movement.

Reference No. 1-92-09-02-05-62