November 12, 2026
Two Design Eras, One Collection
Art Nouveau and Art Deco followed very different creative paths, yet both left a lasting mark on early 20th-century art. Glashütte Original draws on each movement for a new pair of watches built around the glittering appeal of aventurine glass. The Senator Aventurine Art Nouveau Green pairs a sparkling green dial with a red gold case, while the Senator Aventurine Art Deco Blue combines a deep blue dial with platinum. Art Nouveau flourished from 1890 to 1910 and celebrated nature through flowing lines and organic forms. Art Deco arrived in the 1920s and 1930s and favored geometry, symmetry and urban modernity. By 1926, Glashütte had also laid the groundwork for wristwatches to gradually replace pocket watches.
The Allure of Aventurine
Color carries the concept. Green evokes the natural world, while cool blue recalls the technological progress of the era. Both dials use aventurine glass, a decorative material first made by Murano glassmakers in 17th-century Venice. Metal oxides added to molten glass create tiny shimmering particles scattered at random. The name comes from the Italian ‘a ventura,’ meaning ‘by chance,’ a reference to the unpredictable patterns that make every dial unique. Glashütte Original also applies black lacquer to the back of each thin disc to deepen its look.
Restrained Dials and Refined Cases
To keep attention on the glass, the dials have no hour markers or seconds hand. They carry only gently curved hour and minute hands in solid red or white gold, depending on the model. A white logo sits at 12 o’clock, with a small ‘Glashütte in Sachsen’ inscription at 6 o’clock. The 40mm cases are 10.2mm thick and 47.09mm lug to lug. They feature domed sapphire crystals with anti-reflective coating on both sides and offer 50 meters of water resistance. The green model comes on a brown alligator nubuck strap and the blue model on a blue alligator strap, each with a case-matching pin buckle.
Movement, Craftsmanship and Pricing
The sapphire caseback reveals the in-house automatic Caliber 36-16. It runs at 28,800 vph (4 Hz) and provides a 100-hour power reserve. A silicon balance spring resists magnetism and temperature changes. Finishing includes a striped three-quarter plate, a hand-engraved balance cock, sunburst-decorated winding wheels and a skeletonized rotor bearing the mirrored ‘G’ emblem with a solid gold oscillating weight. As Atelier commissions, each watch is assembled entirely by a single watchmaker. The Art Nouveau Green (ref. 1-36-16-41-05-01) costs $38,200 USD, and the Art Deco Blue (ref. 1-36-16-40-03-01) costs $40,400 USD.
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