Glashütte Original Sixties Storage strapped watches onto the wrists

strapped watches onto the wrists of the first pilots to fly over Mount Everest

This dial on this particular 5513 is a great example of a matte “Maxi Mk 2" version from about 1979

Considered a "transitional" model

a Reference 5034J from circa 2000

An interesting touch is the bezel

Glashütte Original Sixties Storage strapped watches onto the wristsWere the first to admit that were true vintage nerds here at Analog: Shift. That said, every so often we come across a new timepiece that truly blows our minds be it because of aesthetics, an innovative manufacture movement, the history of the brand, some indescribable x factor that just does it for us, or some combination thereof. Well, that's exactly what happened when we stumbled across this incredible Sixties Blue by Glashtte Originaljust look at