Glashütte Original

Each of them is very complementary. 

That's the very 1st GO i own. Now i am thinking of selling 2 of them for a new GO. Me thinking of keeping the 1845 Perpetual Calendar, a discontinued piece.

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The new blue dial has certainly captured my heart. The contrast and balance is unbelievable. But the price is out of my reach.

The new blue dial has certainly captured my heart. The contrast and balance is unbelievable. But the price is out of my reach.

I don't like the Perpetuals with 48 months in one subdial, while the Reserve one (but also the Assmann) has a dial... not so balanced, IMHO of course!
So... Hold the Moon/Date!
massi

You are right on the complicated looking dial. It's really small to read the date and moon. But it's my 1st perpetual calendar and it's discontinued. I think it's more worth keeping.

and I thought I knew GO quite well!! Can you show any more pics of it? 

I just got a new addition to the moon phase family. That's why is looking to let go the old.

Given that you already got a new cal.100 based Senator moon phase letting go the silver dialled Moon phase seems to be the thing to do. Although it is a an exquisite watch it is clearly second to its successor in direct comparison. (I am not a big fan of having the blank field for the left date digit instead of a 0. It emphasises the fact that the date window is white while the dial is silver in colour.)

I find the grey dialled Moonphase with power reserve quite compelling. The Dial colour is special and the "normal" date puts it into a short "pre Panorama date" era which gives it a certain historic interest. Of course the lack of a panorama date could be the seen as "No go " also. Depends much on personal perspective and preference.

The 1845 Perpetual is very special too. Though dials filled with tiny subdials are not to my personal taste (my eyes are getting worse) it is a great watch. Not a common thing to see an 1845. The biggest asset of this watch is the backside for me. Cal 49 is one of the most beautiful manuals around, if you ask me.

From a functional point of view you already replaced the silver Moon phase by a new one and you are going to replace the PC. This could be taken as a hint to keep the Power reserve.

From a monetary perspective - I understand you are going to let them go because you want to fund the new PC - it could make a difference which ones you sell. Hoping not to walk down this road far enough to be called back by Art I think that the 1845 PC might serve this purpose best.

But in the end it counts which one you really want to keep. Listen carefully to yourself and do what feels best. Just remember that you probably will not be able to get them back once you sold them.

Best regards,
Martin

Think i have decided to keep the 1845 PC and sell the other 2. U r rite on the movement for 1845, it's the most beautiful among them all, although the dial is not the most easy to read and the least "German designed". I have just sent it to factory for services in last Sept, so i will keep it for at least another 2 year or so. Has anyone had the chance to have seen the real blue dial PC? From the picture, it's perfect!

. . . are amongst my favorites.  Beautifully made, sensibly designed, and moderately priced; these, along with the 1845 manual winding cal 42 and 49 models have got to be some of the greatest values offered by any manufacturer in recent years. 

Agreed with Martin that the sensible route would be to offset the cost of the new Senator by letting go of the cal 39 automatics.  I owned the Senator Power Reserve (my second G O), and cazalea still has his rose gold PanoramaDate Moonphase.  I'm sure they've given you years of satisfaction; here's hoping they'll be happy in their new homes.

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Cordially,

Art