Glashütte Original 70s
Analogue Magic: The 70s
Glashütte Original introduces a new line within its Vintage Collection that pairs retro-inspired design with contemporary mechanical watchmaking. The launch begins with three distinct models: Vinyl Record, Tweed Amp and Stereo Panel.
Mechanical Watchmaking as a Physical Experience
As everyday life becomes increasingly digital, analogue objects continue to offer something different: interaction, tactility and the opportunity to slow down. Winding a camera, placing a record on a turntable or operating a mechanical watch all turn function into a physical ritual.
The 70s is Glashütte Original's interpretation of that idea. Its automatic movement responds to the motion of the wrist, while its compact case, textured dials and interchangeable bracelet and strap invite direct interaction with the watch.
A Watch Built Around Interaction
A mechanical wristwatch does more than indicate time. Its rotor moves with the wearer, its crown allows direct interaction with the movement and its mechanism remains active beneath the dial throughout the day.
In The 70s, Glashütte Original combines that physical relationship with the performance of Manufacture Calibre 36 and a design language influenced by the analogue culture of the 1970s.
Three Expressions of Analogue Design
All three launch models use a fine hexagrid dial structure, obelisk-shaped hour and minute hands, a slender seconds hand and a date display at 3 o'clock. Each then interprets a different analogue reference through its color and finishing.
Vinyl Record
The silk-matt black dial recalls the surface of an LP and the ritual surrounding vinyl playback. The hour and minute hands and indexes are made from solid white gold. Vinyl Record is the only limited model in the launch, with production restricted to 500 pieces.
Tweed Amp
Its textured brown dial takes inspiration from the fabric coverings associated with classic blues amplifiers. Solid red-gold hands and indexes provide a warm contrast to the cooler tone of the stainless-steel case.
Stereo Panel
Stereo Panel looks to the metallic controls and precise visual language of 1970s analogue hi-fi equipment. Its solid-gold hands and indexes are black-coated and filled with Super-LumiNova® to maintain the model's monochrome appearance.
Hexagrid Texture and Dimensional Finishing
The fine hexagrid structure creates changing reflections and depth across the dial. The finishing of the obelisk-shaped hour and minute hands and the slim seconds hand emphasizes their sharp, three-dimensional form.
Additional details receive equally careful treatment. The indexes, seconds hand and solid-gold date window are satin-finished, while the chapter ring is positioned on a slim réhaut surrounding the dial.
Sapphire crystal is used at both the front and back of the case, giving a clear view of the dial on one side and the movement on the other.
The Seventies Shape in a Smaller Format
The square stainless-steel case uses softly rounded edges and integrated lugs, creating a smooth transition onto the wrist. Satin-finished and polished surfaces emphasize the case geometry.
Its form establishes a clear relationship with the existing Seventies family, but at significantly smaller dimensions: 39 × 39 mm with a height of only 9.6 mm.
A screwed crown and water resistance to 10 bar, equivalent to 100 metres, add a practical sporting dimension to the compact design.
A New Tool-Free Strap System
The 70s marks the first application of Glashütte Original's patented Groove Lock System. The system combines a newly developed case connector with specially designed bracelet and clasp mechanisms.
Each watch is supplied with a metal bracelet and a rubber strap lined with soft calfskin, giving the wearer a choice of textures and allowing the watch to be reconfigured without conventional strap-changing tools.
The strap connector is pushed from above into the integrated lugs, where it automatically locks into a groove in the case wall.
A lever beneath the connector releases the strap from the case.
The connector can also be transferred between compatible rubber straps by sliding the bar sideways while detached from the watch.
On the metal bracelet, the connector is already integrated and attaches to or releases from the watch with a simple click.
Adjustment Built Into the System
The folding clasp used on the rubber strap can also be removed without tools. A recessed push-button unlocks the mechanism, allowing it to open along two extendable rods.
When closed again, spring force returns the push-button into a groove in one of the rods and secures the mechanism.
The stainless-steel bracelet uses a double-fold clasp with fine adjustment, allowing its effective length to be adjusted by up to 3 mm in either direction.
Compact Dimensions, Long Autonomy
The automatic Manufacture Calibre 36 was engineered to deliver strong performance while fitting inside the relatively compact dimensions of the new 70s case.
Automatic winding continually replenishes the movement's energy as the wrist moves. Fully wound, Calibre 36 provides up to 100 hours of power reserve and operates at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations per hour.
Its silicon balance spring is resistant to magnetic fields and temperature fluctuations, supporting stable performance in everyday use.
Two Finishes of Manufacture Calibre 36
Tweed Amp and Stereo Panel are equipped with the rhodium-plated Calibre 36-11.
Vinyl Record uses the technically identical Calibre 36-10, but with black-rhodium plating that corresponds to the model's matte black dial and monochromatic appearance.
Both versions display traditional Glashütte finishing through the sapphire caseback. The three-quarter plate carries a ribbed finish, the balance cock is engraved by hand and the winding train is decorated.
Component edges are angled and polished, steel parts are polished and the screws are blued. The skeletonised rotor incorporates Glashütte Original's mirrored-G emblem and an oscillating weight made from 21-karat gold.
Explore the Five References
The launch comprises three model concepts across five references. Vinyl Record is one limited-edition reference supplied with both bracelet and rubber strap, while Tweed Amp and Stereo Panel are each offered in bracelet and rubber-strap references.
The 70s Vinyl Record
Reference 1-36-10-04-02-86. Supplied with both a stainless-steel bracelet and black rubber strap with calfskin lining.
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The 70s Tweed Amp
Reference 1-36-11-03-02-71 · Stainless-steel bracelet.
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The 70s Tweed Amp
Reference 1-36-11-03-02-66 · Sand-colored rubber strap.
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The 70s Stereo Panel
Reference 1-36-11-01-02-71 · Stainless-steel bracelet.
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The 70s Stereo Panel
Reference 1-36-11-01-02-66 · Black rubber strap.
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Across Vinyl Record, Tweed Amp and Stereo Panel, The 70s combines tactile analogue inspiration with compact proportions, Manufacture Calibre 36 and the new Groove Lock System.
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