Glashutte Original Panomatic Reserve 90-03-01-01-04 Luxury Watch Review

http://www.thewatchbox.com Glashutte Original may be the gem of the entire Swatch Group. With offerings like this 39mm 18-karat yellow gold PanoMatic Reserve, Saxony's largest watchmaker showcases its flair for style, engineering, and command of tradition. Since its early 1990s emergence from the rubble of Soviet East Germany, Glashutte Original has led the resurgence in German watchmaking after nearly a half century under the collectivist yolk. During the lean times, Glashutte's engineers and watchmakers were forced to design, fabricate, and finish every tool and component (i.e., everything) that could not be sourced from democratic Switzerland's "watch valley." The result is that the post-Soviet GO is the most self-sufficient and Original (capital "O") of the Swatch companies. This Glashutte Original PanoMatic Reserve is built around the fruits of that trial-by-fire. The in-house GUB 90-03 movement debuted in this watch back in 2002, and it embodies the best of Germany watchmaking traditions. With a stunning double-swan's neck regulator, Glashutte stripes (*not* Geneva), and a skeletonized winding rotor, this automatic movement is as comely as it is reliable. The watch’s 42-hour power reserve is energized by a unique ¾ rotor that sits embedded in the movement as in a true micro-rotor design. From an owner’s standpoint, the advantage is that the watch remains as thin as a manual-wind, as convenient as an auto, and as visible through the caseback as a microrotor And