Glashütte Original

They seem to be pushing different coloured dials or bejewelled Luna range as novelties. Apart from the panomaticcalendar and panolunarinverse, there doesn't seem to be any new exciting calibres. Can't they do a double window for date and month? Or even a

I do have a couple of watches that are even thicker, and they all limit the kind of sleeves I can wear with them. In the case (bad pun) of the Cosmopolite, it’s not entirely clear to me that the 8mm thick caliber 89-02 necessitates all that girth, but the

Watch sizes may be trending downwards these days, and I'm entirely OK with that. Yet, though I've shrunken down to 5'6" these days, I still have a 7 1/4" - 7 1/2" wrist, and sometimes a big watch makes sense. The GO Senator Cosmopolite's 44mm diameter is

On GO as a brand. Let’s not forget that Swatch initially kept the enthusiasm and scope but then this somewhat petered out. Fortunately due to the terms of the deal for state support in Saxony the majority still needs to be done in Glashütte, meaning that

The GO PanoRetroGraph in white gold, ref. #60-01-02-02-06, one in a series of 150, circa 2002, with a hand-wound integrated column wheel chronograph and countdown function with chime. Notice the gong at the perimeter, the use of German silver, the engrave

I saw a clip called the 7 levels of watches re price and what you get for it. Imo, there is a good deal of The Emperor's New Clothes in watch world. I'm not saying mid to high six figure watches can't be worth it in terms of technical and design prowess,

GO Senator Cosmopolite in stainless steel. I love the blued steel poire hands on this one. While it's big, it wears comfortably thanks to short, sharply downturned lugs. Anyone else wearing Glashütte Original this Good Friday?

An old photo of this very cool version. Just for the pleasure of the eyes. Best, Nicolas