Glashütte Original Sixties

We’re the first to admit that we’re true ‘vintage’ nerds here at Analog:Shift. That said, every so often we come across a new timepiece that truly blows our minds — be it because of aesthetics, an innovative manufacture movement, the history of the brand, some indescribable ‘x-factor’ that just does it for us, or some combination thereof. Well, that's exactly what happened when we stumbled across this incredible Sixties Blue by Glashütte Original…just look at this thing! A Bauhaus-inspired tribute to midcentury design, it’s a contemporary masterpiece, in our humble opinion. Housed in a perfectly sized stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, a signed crown, and a polished bezel, it featured a sunburst ‘glacier blue’ dial with applied stainless steel ‘stick’ and ‘Arabic’ indices, a matching ‘baton’ handset, and an outer minute track. Powered by the automatic Calibre 29-52 Glashütte Original with a gold oscillating weight — which is visible via an exhibition caseback — and paired to a signed grey suede leather strap with a signed steel pin buckle, it’s a beautifully restrained and proportioned timepiece that sits somewhere between everyday and dress watch. In outstanding condition and shipping with its factory goodies, this G.O. may date to the 2020s, but spiritually, it’s an object of the 1960s — perhaps the best decade for industrial design in the 20th century.  We’ll sure you’ll agree.