Glashutte Original - MY WATCH STOPPED!!

MY WATCH STOPPED!!

Hi everyone,

RE/ My new Glasshütte Original Senator Navigator.

After all of 20 days, my beautiful watch just stopped. It was 20:30 Hrs and I was in the middle of showing-off the watch and it's gorgeous luminosity when I suddenly realized that according to my watch it had been 20:30 Hrs for about 15 minutes. No hands were moving. I hit the fly-back and like one final salute before death the second hand snapped straight up and there it stayed. I fiddled with the crown for a few seconds; giving it a few manual windings but the lifeless face remained as is; 20:30 Hrs EXACTLY.

Never in water, never so much as bumped, no prodrome to it's demise (never sped-up, never slowed-down, always 3 seconds fast/24 Hrs). It just suffered a pemature sudden death of unknown etiology.

Torneau provided me with a replacement without any hassle whatsoever.

Anybody have any comments? I still have faith in Glasshütte Original. I choose to think of this experience as a fluke incident (unless I hear otherwise from the forum).

Regards,

Kip

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Glahhütte Original Navigator ref 100-09-07-04-04

By: kip : March 4th, 2007-11:05

Hello from San Francisco, Anybody with any comments on this watch? I love the look and will probably buy it today unless I hear otherwise. Thanks, Kip

Uh... Buy it!

By: India Whiskey Charlie : March 4th, 2007-11:49

I got one about a month ago and it's one of the best watch values out there. A great watch with a beautiful dial and a fantastic in-house movement. Can't go wrong....

Ditto . . .

By: Dr No : March 4th, 2007-13:21

Glashütte Original Navigator

By: kip : March 4th, 2007-14:12

@ I W C and Dr No: Thanks for the speedy replies. 'Tis done! Right now, after 2 hours of ownership, this timepiece feels perfect. Kip

Perfect after two hours? . . . .

By: Dr No : March 4th, 2007-15:28

. . . here's hoping you have the same experience with your new Navigator that I've had with my Karree perpetuals . . . . after four years I find them as wonderful and enchanting as when I first got them. Your Navigator is my favorite G O equipped with the...

Love my Senator Navigator, too!

By: Marc : March 8th, 2007-09:03

I bought mine from the local AD and just love wearing it! My only compaint is that it runs too fast for my taste. Now, I don't wear it all day or every day, so perhaps that's the reason. Still, for the money it should run closer to COSC specs than it is n...

Marc, Out of interest - how fast is it ?

By: carl : March 8th, 2007-19:09

I have been doing a test with several of my watches (including the Senator Navigator)- the trouble Is that I wear them in rotation (ish) and had just noticed that this messes it up. They seem to be marginally slower when worn. The trouble with my test was...

Speedy Senator GO

By: Marc : March 12th, 2007-03:52

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