Glashutte Original PanoInverse 1-66-06-04-22-05 Functions & Care

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Greetings, and welcome to world of Glashutte Original. Today I'll be your guide to the Glashutte Original PanoInverse XL. This is a manually wound timepiece that can be energized by taking the crown in its first position flush to the case and turning in a clockwise direction. Now, 20 to 30 turns will be sufficient to start the beat of the balance and the keeping of time. Continue turning and pay attention to the power reserve scale. When it reaches the end of its calibration, which you can see etched into the dial, feel for a rapid ramp up in the resistance at the crown. When you feel this resistance, stop winding. Attempting to push past fully wound will damage the watch by exceeding the stress limits of the mainspring. Fully wound the watch will have power reserve of approximately 41 hours, plus or minus five percent.

Now there's a subsidiary function known as stop seconds that you can use to set the watch precisely to the second against a known accurate reference time. The best way to do this is to pull the crown out, you'll feel the detent, and stop the seconds hand at the index at 60. Now, advance to the correct hour and the next nearest minute relative to your reference time. When the reference time, such as the online atomic clock, reaching the same time that you've set push the crown back in. Now you can see the seconds hand advances, the balance is beating again, you've synchronized your watch.

There are three principle areas of hazard to keep in mind while handling your watch. Water, magnetism, and shock. Water resistance is a property of the watch, never of a leather strap. Leather is a natural porous material and it should always be kept remote from moisture lest it degrade rapidly. The watch itself has a static test depth of five bar, or 50 meters. You can help avoid accidental drowning by keeping the crown flush to the case when the timepiece is in contact with water, not just while it's submerged, but while it's wet period, as attempting to use any crown function with water on the case can bypass the seals and introduce water to the interior of the watch to catastrophic, cosmetic and mechanical consequences. Water resistance is not a static feature of the watch. Over time, as seals and lubricants age and degrade the watch will be relatively less water resistant. Therefore, it's important to have the watch water tested using a static dry test at an authorized service center minimally every 12 months.

Magnetism is ubiquitous and it's also a silent killer of chronometric performance. The ferrous hairspring at the heart of your watch's beating balance can become magnetized, and magnets are everywhere. They're in the closures of wallets and purses, refrigerator doors, high powered wiring looms, speakers, sub woofers, and MRI equipment. If you suspect, due to erratic time keeping, either running very slow or very fast or even both alternately, take your watch to an authorized service center where specialize equipment is available to quickly and easily demagnetize your timepiece.

Shock and concussion, however, produce more lasting damage. Therefore, a fine mechanical timepiece per Glashutte Original should always be disused while riding ATVs, snowmobiles, or mountain bikes, or while engaged in tennis, batting, golf, or firearms marksmanship.

Finally, even a well cared for and properly used fine mechanical timepiece will require periodic service per Glashutte Original every three to five years. This will involve replacement of worn straps, restoration of specialized case finish, restoration of water resistance, as well as cleaning oiling and adjustment of the movement. It's best to have the watch checked for all of these parameters during the annual water test, and if necessary service exclusively with factory authorized service centers that have access to the trained personnel, specialized equipment and tools, and finally factory replacement parts necessary to preserve the value of your watch as both an instrument and as an investment.

Moreover, only authorized agencies can back all labor and parts invested with a Glashutte Original factory service warranty. Finally, visit our website at https://goo.gl/aEmbgx and call, text, or email our experts who will be happy to walk through every phase of the ownership, care, and service of this or any Glashutte Original fine timepiece.