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- Glashütte Original has unveiled two Senator Aventurine watches, pairing deep-blue glass with platinum and shimmering green with red gold.
- Each dial gets its sparkle from metal oxides in aventurine glass, while every watch is assembled by a single watchmaker.
- Available from 29 October, the Art Déco Blue costs AUD $55,200 and the Art Nouveau Green is AUD $52,200.
Mmmm, sparkly. Glashütte Original has two new Senator Aventurine watches that shimmer in the light. One a starry night; the other a flicker of deep green. Both will set you back more than $50,000. So looks like I’ll only be able to wear these in my dreams.
But strip away the twinkle, and you’ll notice very little else happening across the dial on these two rather stunning dress watches: two gold hands, no hour markers; not even a date window inside the 40 mm case. The Art Déco Blue echoes the geometric style of the 1920s and ’30s, while the Art Nouveau Green glances back to an earlier movement inspired by nature. You won’t find elaborate patterns on the dial; instead, the speckled flourishes are complemented by colour and the precious metal cases.
As for all that sparkle and twilight? It comes from centuries-old glassmaking, with every Senator Aventurine carrying an extensively decorated automatic movement, all assembled by a single Glashütte Original watchmaker.
1/3Aventurine, Made by Chance
Despite its name, the aventurine used here isn’t a natural gemstone. It’s glass. First produced by glassmakers on the Venetian island of Murano in the 1600s. Glassmakers add metal oxides to the molten material, creating tiny reflective particles that give the dial its distinctive twinkle.
But those twinkling lights, much like the ones in our night sky, aren’t the same between the dials and days. Because of how the glass is made, those particles don’t settle into identical patterns. Their random distribution gives each dial its own scattering of flecks. Even the name joins in on the shifting lights, derived from the Italian a ventura, meaning ‘by chance’. Blue resembles a miniature star field, while the green dial catches the natural light in scattered flashes. Stunning.
The Glashütte Original dial treatment adds to the spectacle: black lacquer on the back of each thin aventurine disc lends the dial what the brand calls “a subtly shimmering finish”. Only the finest examples pass its quality checks.
1/4The Watchmaking Behind the Sparkle
Framed in platinum, the Art Déco Blue features curved white-gold hands, a dark-blue Louisiana alligator strap, and a matching platinum pin buckle. For something warmer on the wrist, the Art Nouveau Green pairs red gold and matching gold hands with a brown alligator nubuck strap. Both share the same 40 mm case, yet each original combination brings a surprisingly different look.
As part of Glashütte Original’s Atelier commissions, the two new Senator Aventurine models are all assembled and regulated by a single watchmaker at Glashütte Original’s manufactory. Yup, just one guy putting each of these decadent watches together. I guess that’s what over 180 years of watchmaking art gets you.
Flip either watch over, and the minimalist dial gives way to a busy exhibition caseback to rival its sparkle and splendour. The automatic Calibre 36-16 features a Glashütte-striped three-quarter plate, hand-engraved balance cock, sunburst-finished winding wheels and a skeletonised double-G rotor with a 21-carat gold oscillating weight. It runs for up to 100 hours on a full wind, with a silicon balance spring designed to resist magnetic interference and temperature changes.
1/5Glashütte Original Senator Aventurine – Key Specs
- Models: Art Déco Blue (platinum); Art Nouveau Green (red gold)
- Case Size: 40 mm
- Thickness: 10.2 mm
- Lug-to-lug: 47.09 mm
- Dial: Blue or green aventurine glass
- Movement: Automatic Calibre 36-16, 4Hz, silicon balance spring
- Power reserve: 100 hours
- Crystal: Domed sapphire, anti-reflective coating on both sides
- Water resistance: 50 metres (5 bar)
- Straps: Blue alligator leather; brown alligator nubuck
- Edition: Atelier commissions, no stated production limit
- Availability: From 29 October 2026
- Price: AUD $55,200 (Blue); AUD $52,200 (Green)
No grand complications explain these price tags. Instead, Glashütte Original asks for appreciation: precious metals, individually patterned glass and craftsmanship behind two deceptively simple watches. Whether that’s worth more than $50,000 depends on you and your disposable income. But I can certainly understand wanting to stare at the dial. So sparkly. So expensive. So divine. Sadly, it will never be mine.
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