The novelty retains the inverted movement construction that characterizes the model.
"Blühe, deutsches Florenz, mit Deinen Schätzen der Kunstwelt!" (Gr. trans. "Bloom, German Florence, with your treasures of the art world!") were the words uttered by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1802. His description of Dresden has since become so definitive that the Saxon capital is typically referred to as the "Florence on the Elbe" in travel guides.
Herder was really talking about Dresden's collection of galleries filled with artwork by Raphael, Titian, and Botticelli, but fans of Dresden find similarities with Florence in the city's impressive architecture. Glashütte Original offers us another opportunity to appreciate the city. The legendary watchmaker Ferdinand Adolph Lange was born in Dresden on February 18, 1815.
He was the one who transformed his humble birthplace into Germany's watchmaking hub.So it makes sense that the Glashütte-based watchmaking company has revisited the theme of Dresden on more than one occasion.
Now the Homage to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts from 2021 with its guilloché inspired by the Academy's famous dome has been joined by a new PanoMaticInverse Dresden Limited Edition with availability limited to 25 pieces.
The same approach has been taken to decorating the dial. Beside the exposed duplex "swan's neck" regulating organ (this system and the balance bridge are both covered in exquisite engravings with baroque ornaments) is an engraving that depicts the same dome atop the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (often simply referred to as HfBK) beside Frauenkirche.
The skeletonized rotor of Caliber 91-03 mirrors the silhouette of the so-called "lantern" on top of the Frauenkirche dome. The rotor swings to reveal a view of the Elbe river promenade in Dresden's historic center.
The decorated movement is concealed in a platinum case that measures 42 mm in diameter and 12.3 mm in height. The caliber has a 45-hour power reserve.