Hands-on: GLASHÜTTE ORIGINAL Senator Cosmopolite – The MOST sophisticated traveling watch.

The 2020 version of the Senator Cosmopolite from Glashütte Original, the Saxon watchmaker, features an exceptionally high-contrast dial in midnight blue. A time zone ring offers a choice of all 35 world time zones currently in use, each of them displayed using an official IATA location code representing an international airport in the relevant time zone. The dial ensures optimal legibility for the wearer, anywhere in the world and under all lighting conditions. Until today the Senator Cosmopolite stands for unparalleled watchmaking, is by far the most sophisticated traveling watch available for money …

The new Senator Cosmopolite sets the focus on legibility, functionality and daily usage and now meets the design language of the Senator line…
* Particularly high-contrast dial
* Indication of all 35 world time zones
* Adaption to summer-/standard time
* Day/night indication for home and destination time
* Panorama Date changes forwards or backwards while setting the second time zone
* Automatic movement with a running time of 72 hours

Case: Ø 44 mm
Height: 14 mm
Material: stainless steel
Strap: 21/18 mm
Waterproof up to: 5 bar
Glass: sapphire crystal,
anti-reflective both sides
Bottom: sapphire crystal
Dial: Ø display 38.8 mm,
galvanic blue with sun-ray finish, appliqués with Super-LumiNova
Hands: rhodium-plated with Super-LumiNova

CALIBRE 89-02
Dimensions: Ø 39.2 mm, height 8 mm
Balance: screw balance with 4 regulation screws
Oscillating frequency: 28,800 A/h, equivalent to 4 Hz
Power reserve: 72 hours
Balance spring: Anachron
Shock protection: Incabloc
Jewels: 63 jewel bearings
Movement parts: 430

Additional details of the CALIBRE 89-02:
Automatic winding, home time with hour and minute (off-centre), second time zone with hour and minute (central), 35 time zones incl. 1⁄2 h and 3⁄4 h differences, daylight saving time/standard time, small second (off-centre), second stop, Panorama Date, day/night indicator (home time), day/night display (second time zone), power reserve display, exquisitely finished movement, bevelled/polished edges, polished steel parts, polished/ blued screws, skeletonized rotor with 21-carat gold oscillation weight, Glashütte three-quarter plate with stripe finish.

What is an IATA Code?
An IATA airport code, also known as IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association ().