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Glashutte Original company announced the release of a special version of a platinum watch Senator Chronometer.


13 pieces will be produced, each of which will be sold complete with a marine chronometer, restored Glashutte watchmakers.


Looks like a collector’s set.


Price for a set – 50 000 $ (one Senator Chronometer is priced at $ 28,000).


Glashutte Original Senator Chronometer Platinum Limited edition 13 pieces (number on the dial), the case of platinum, diameter 42 mm, thickness 12.


3 mm.


Mechanism – Glashutte Original Caliber 58-01.


The set will be packed in a wooden gift box.


Marine chronometers Glashutte Original.


Marine chronometers started making in the 19th century.


Glashutte released more than 13,000 timepieces for more than a century.


Thirteen of these historic instruments issued in recent years, have been found during the preparations for the opening of the German watch Glashutte Museum.


It was a wonderful find.


Each of them has been renovated and updated.


Glashutte specialists have created new boxes for each chronometer.


In addition to the performance tests, the restorers carried out a number of works to improve the appearance.


All plates, bridges, screws have been carefully processed and polished.


The dials also restored: a complex coating with silver paint while preserving the original hour markers and indices.


The numbering of each unit completes the unique style of the distinctive sea hours.


Source – blog.


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