Glashütte Original democratizes its travel complication.

“What we had in mind initially was to generate a new innovation that would express how people perceive traveling through [multiple time zones],” says Glashütte Original CEO Yann Gamard, summarizing how his company planted its flag in the most contemporary mechanical complication area of travel watches. “We found the challenge so large, we decided to make an ultimate watch out of it.” 

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