Ah, Glashutte Original. When I had my first exposure to the brand, I reviewed a fairly simple model, the three-hander (with Panorama date display) Seventies. With that watch, I particularly enjoyed the styling, as well as the understated elegance that came from the layout. So that left me curiouswould the same appreciation hold over when the number of complications increased?Thats a question I got to answer for myself after spending some time with the Senator Perpetual Calendar The story this watch tells is quite a different one, however. While I wont go so far as to call it a dress watch, it is definitely not a sport piece. With the Senator, its all about marking the passage of timein a multitude of time types. Most familiar (and expected), of course, are the hours, minutes, and seconds, marked out courtesy of the white gold hands. These hands take a mild leaf shape, except for the seconds hand. This is stick-straight, extending out to the edge of the dial, and is topped by the Glashutte Original logo. The hands work in concert with the white Roman numerals to present a sharp (and readable) contrast to the matte black dial.Expanding our view of time brings us next to the dayfor which we have two readouts to help us along. The larger of the two would be the panoramic big date display over at 4 oclock. This works as smoothly as any Ive experienced, and the look is great. For the Senator, this is where we also see beveled matte and frame (think in terms of a picture hanging on the wall) look. While this is all done in the dial color, the additional texture (and levels) are both a nice break in the smooth surface, and make for a clean drop down to the display.The other day-related complication would be the day of the week, which shows up between the 9 and 10 oclock marks on the dial. Pulling on this thread, its easy to see that as long as were collecting this much data about time, we might as well know the month were inand that readout shows up on the opposite side of the dial, between 2 and 3. If we stopped there, wed have a fairly complete (and accurate) record of the time were moving throughbut Glashutte Original didnt stop there. For this to truly be a perpetual calendar, you need to have some sort of accounting for (or indication of) leap years. For this widening view of time (every four years), weve got the simplest indicator. Theres a small circle just below the logo at 12 oclock that turns red when youre in a leap year. Simple, subtle, and an elegant solution.So now weve got a record of all the elements of time that were commonly using day to day. Had they just used these elements, coming up with a balanced display would be rather tricky. To accomplish that feat, a final complication was addeda moonphase display. The polished moon and stars revolve around in a cutout that mirrors the placement (and approximate area used) of the panoramic display. Its with the addition of this moonphase that the watch becomes balanced and complete.For me, that was the major pleasant surprise with the watchhow clean, balanced, and well-executed it was for all of the various time elements (five, not including hours/minutes/seconds) that were incorporated. In the hand or on the wrist, the Senator felt nowhere near being a busy, or hard to decipher, piece. Every element is logically laid out and separated, just waiting for you to read it off at a glance. [...]