TIMEWERKE

Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite. Introduced in 2015, it features the brand’s in-house Manufacture Calibre 89-02 automatic movement which is made up of around 430 components. Photo: © Glashütte Original

Yes, the Senator Cosmopolite from Glashütte Original has two time displays; firstly, with its central hour and minute poire (pear-shaped) hands and secondly, with the sub-dial at 12 o’clock.

But there is more to this watch featuring the German brand’s in-house Manufacture Calibre 89-02 automatic movement with an off-centred rotor.

The Senator Cosmopolite has a time zone wheel that is able to display the time at any of 37 different world time zones, with each indicated by its official IATA (International Air Transport Association) location code designating a key international airport in the zone.

There is even a colour code for the time zones as seen through the dial apertures at 8 o’clock for DST (Daylight Saving Time) or STD (Standard Time): black IATA codes are shown for the 24 time zones aligned at full-hour offsets with Greenwich Mean Time (GMT); blue IATA codes for the 10 time zones aligned with GMT at half-hour offsets and red IATA codes for the three time zones with quarter- or three-quarter hour offsets from GMT.

Local time is shown with the central hour and minute hands while home time is typically set with the sub-dial with Arabic numerals at the 12 o’clock position.

Glashütte Original’s Senator Cosmopolite is offered in both 18K red gold and 18K white gold. Photo: © Glashütte Original

In addition to the 37 time zones, the Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite also features day and night indications for the two time zone displays, the brand’s characteristic panorama date display and a power reserve display.

The Calibre 89-02 has an oscillation system regulated by four gold screws on the balance rim. It does not have a regulator on the spring and this allows the movement to operate over a much longer period of time resulting in increased precision, the brand highlights.

Glashütte Original Senator Cosmopolite
Introduced in 2015
Technical Specifications:
• In-house Manufacture Calibre 89-02 automatic movement
• Approx. 430 components
• Movement diameter: 39.2mm
• Movement height: 8mm
• 63 jewels
• 28,800 vibrations per hour (4Hz)
• 72 hours power reserve
• Panorama date display
• Two time zone displays
• Day and night displays
• Power reserve display
• Time zone wheel with 37 time zones
• Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on both sides
• 38.8mm diameter lacquered dial, varnish silver grainé with engraved black Roman/Arabic numerals and railroad chapter, blued stainless steel hands
• 44mm diameter case in 18K red gold, 14mm thick
• Water-resistant to 5 bar
• Strap: 21/18mm
• Black Louisiana alligator leather strap
• Standard red gold fold fastener
• Presented in a fine black wooden box with a high-gloss finish

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Fortis “Swift & Deadly” 6th Division 40th Anniversary watch. Introduced in 2016 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the 6th Singapore Division (1976 to 2016). Equipped with the ETA 2836-2 automatic movement and with the dial printed with the “Swift & Deadly” Cobra logo of the 6th Division in black and white at 6 o’clock. The stainless steel case is 42mm in diameter and the owner’s name is engraved at the side of case. This “military watch” is water-resistant to 200m (20 bars). Inscribed on the transparent sapphire case back: “6th Division, 40th Anniversary 1976 to 2016”. This Fortis “Swift & Deadly” watch comes with a three year warranty. This Fortis “Swift & Deadly” Cosmonautis Day/Date is a private label model offered only to personnel of the 6th Singapore Division via Forte Luxury (Singapore) and is limited to 100 pieces. Photo: © TANG Portfolio. Elfa / Timmy. 2016.

The Fortis “Swift & Deadly” 6th Division 40th Anniversary watch based on the Day/Date model from the Cosmonautis collection is what we would describe as a timepiece that was a perfect match between Singapore Army’s 6 DIV and Fortis that was literally made in the heavens.

Why? The 6th Singapore Division, which comprises both active and National Service (reservist units) of the Singapore Army, was formed on 1 October 1976.

Interestingly, it was exactly 18 years later in 1994 that Fortis watches went up in space. It was the Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph watch that laid its claim as the first automatic chronograph watch worn in space.

The Fortis Official Cosmonauts Chronograph watches were official equipment issued by General Yuri Glazkov to Aleksandr Viktorenko, commander of the Euromir 94 mission, and Dr Ulf Merbold, both of whom were members of the space crew.

Commander Viktorenko and German physicist and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Dr Merbold both wore their watches during the European / Russian Euromir space mission from 3 October to 4 November 1994.

The Fortis “Swift & Deadly” 6th Division 40th Anniversary watch boldly bears the cobra logo of the military unit on its dial. Limited to 100 pieces, this private label model was only offered to personnel of the 6th Division through Forte Luxury (Singapore), the exclusive Fortis distributor for Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia and Thailand.

The offering of this Fortis “Swift & Deadly” anniversary watch was attractively-priced and it came with an extra leather strap plus the option of a Boxy watch winder with an additional cash top-up. All in, this is a nice package deal for the men in green who keep Singapore’s shores safe from hostile enemy threats.

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