Glashütte Original Seventies watches

The Glashütte Original Seventies is the brand's retro sports watch: a 40 mm square steel case with rounded corners that Glashütte Original itself ties to the design icons of the 1970s. It belongs to the brand's Vintage collection and is made as a three-hand Panorama Date and as a chronograph built around the same case.

The Seventies Panorama Date came first, in 2011, when Glashütte Original added the cushion-shaped case to its 20th Century Vintage line. It runs on calibre 39-47 and pairs the dial with the brand's Panorama Date, a big date. At 11.5 mm thick it is the slimmer of the two.

The Seventies Chronograph Panorama Date followed at Baselworld 2014 with the new calibre 37. In its 37-02 form it is an automatic chronograph with a column wheel, a flyback function and a power reserve of about 70 hours, beating at 28,800 vibrations per hour. The dial carries 30-minute and 12-hour counters, small seconds, the Panorama Date and a power reserve indicator. The chronograph works make the case considerably taller than the Panorama Date's, and the movement shows through a sapphire caseback.

Both models share the brushed and polished 40 mm case, so what separates them is the movement, the dial layout and the thickness. The first dials were silver, ruthenium grey and blue; the chronograph also comes with green, grey, yellow and turquoise dials, the turquoise limited to 100 pieces. The "Fab Green" dial fades from rich green at the centre to black at the edges. The dials come on a steel bracelet or on alligator, calf, nubuck or rubber straps with a folding clasp, and the reference number changes with the strap.