Glashutte Original 1878 - Special Edition Moritz Grossmann

Just one look at the dial is enough to recognize the fusion, and memories of graceful pocket watches of the past come to life. The silver-plated dial is home to sweep hour and minute displays whose blued and polished sword-shaped hands contrast with the background.

Loyal to details, the hand arbor is lovingly polished by hand. Glashutte Original's designers placed the subsidiary seconds at 6 o'clock, while the minute scale and filigreed markers are placed in perfect harmony around the center of the 1878 - Special Edition Moritz Grossmann's time display.

A lavish manufacturing process goes into making the deceivingly simple surface of the dial. Glashutte Original made the conscious decision to use a vintage tradition: the technique of frosted silver plating, also known as l'argenture graine.

The first step consists of machine-blasting the surface of the brass dial with a mixture of water, chalk, and wood. Then a paste containing silver powder and water is carefully applied by hand to the blasted surface. The result is a charmingly purist dial that magically attracts the observer's eye with its refined surface structure.

A fluted bezel creates the perfect frame for the dial. The 40-millimeter case, available in white or rose gold, is outfitted with the most modern mechanics: automatic Caliber 100-11.

A sapphire crystal case back allows one to observe the perfectly finished insides of the watch with all of its traditional elements belonging to Glashutte's art of watchmaking close up.

The crowning glory of this special edition is the additional case back it comes with in rose or white gold hand-engraved portrait of Moritz Gro�mann. A limited number of 130 pieces each of this watch in white and rose gold will be available worldwide.