Glashütte Original: PanoLunarTourbillon Limited Edition
29 July 2020Glashütte Original presents a new masterpiece of haute horlogerie: the PanoLunarTourbillon, a reissue of its predecessor model from 2013 limited to 25 pieces with hand-engraved dial, Flying Tourbillon and skeletonized hands.
The lavishly decorated dial with the characteristic off-centre displays is framed by a 40 mm case in platinum. Both the auxiliary dial for hours and minutes and the Flying Tourbillon with the small second are positioned on the left side of the dial. An exquisite moon phase display with blue night sky and the watchmaker’s signature panorama date grace the right side. The skeletonized hour and minute hands, indexes and the blued steel tip of the seconds hand provide accents in blue.
All engravings on the dial side are executed in Glashütte Original’s own dial manufactory in Pforzheim. The engravers work without a pattern, using a burin to inscribe the design freehand in the solid gold dial blanks. After 27 separate steps and an entire day’s engraving time the dial of this masterpiece is complete.
The PanoLunarTourbillon is powered by the automatic movement Calibre 93-12. The timepiece has a power reserve of 48 hours and a fully integrated moon phase mechanism. The oscillating system with 10 weighted screws and 8 regulation screws ensures optimal rate precision. Characteristic features of the Glashütte art of watchmaking, such as sunburst finish, blued screws as well as bevelled and polished edges, reveal their beauty through the sapphire crystal case back.
The off-centre, skeletonized rotor has an oscillating mass in 21-carat gold. On a screw-mounted decorative stainless steel plaque, one finds the words “Flying Tourbillon” engraved and lined with gold. The new PanoLunarTourbillon is fitted with a matching blue alligator leather strap with fold fastener in platinum. (Price € 126.720)
