Moritz Grossmann puts black enamel on the Hamatic, 8 watches, €63,500

Moritz Grossmann has launched a second anniversary edition of its Hamatic, now with a jet black enamel dial, as the Glashütte watchmaker continues to mark 200 years since the birth of its founder, Carl Moritz Grossmann. It comes in 41mm cases of rose gold or white gold.

Both versions of the Hamatic Enamel retail for €63,500 excluding tax, and the edition is limited to eight watches. Each comes on a hand-stitched alligator leather strap with a gold prong buckle. Moritz Grossmann directs buyers to grossmann-uhren.com for more information.

The brand has already released seven anniversary models this year, so this is a follow-up rather than an opening move. The Hamatic itself dates to 2018, and the new references are its second celebratory edition, built around the watch's pendulum-style hammer weight.

What the black enamel dial changes

The dial is made by firing ground glass mixed with metal oxides in a kiln at extreme temperatures, a process repeated several times. Moritz Grossmann says that is how it achieves the dial's luster, depth and durability, and it is the visible face of the brand's Schönstes deutsches Handwerk motto.

That phrase means the most beautiful German craftsmanship, and the brand flies it as a flag alongside its in-house movements. Before the 2026 anniversary editions, the Hamatic was offered with Roman numerals. The anniversary versions switch to elegant applied Arabic numerals in white or rose gold.

Other dial details carry over from earlier Hamatics: a peripheral railway-style minutes track and a slightly recessed small seconds counter at 6 o'clock. The hour and minute hands are the signature handmade ones, polished and made in rose gold or steel, depending on the version.

As a tribute to the founder, the letters of the M. Grossmann signature emulate the typeface of 1875. A small seconds counter at six is also the layout of the three Heritage Small Seconds dress watches we reported from Lebois & Co, priced at €2,650 each.

The polished gold cases measure 41mm across and 11.35mm in height, and carry the brand's conical crown. Moritz Grossmann has not said how the eight watches are divided between rose gold and white gold, nor when deliveries begin, so those details are still open.

The pendulum hammer on the reverse

The Hamatic is powered by the in-house caliber 106.0, which winds through a hammer with a solid gold mass on its end. Rather than turning through 360 degrees like a conventional rotor, the hammer swings in a short arc like a pendulum, loading the mainspring for a 72-hour power reserve.

The idea comes from the earliest perpetual winding systems in pocket watches, the hammer or bumper mechanisms produced by Breguet and others in the late 18th century. Although the dial is the new part, the source calls the reverse the protagonist of this delightfully anachronistic watch.

Because the hammer is openworked, the rest of the movement shows through the caseback. Visible are the Saxon German silver 2/3 plate, the broad Glashütte ribbing, the raised gold chatons and the violet-annealed screws, a finishing vocabulary that independent watchmakers such as Atelier Mephalie also lean on at lower prices.

The cantilevered balance cock is engraved by hand, and it includes the year 1826 in honor of the founder. The movement beats at 21,600vph, and its in-house Grossmann balance has four inertia screws and two poising screws to regulate the rate.

The founder behind the anniversary

Carl Moritz Grossmann was born in Dresden in 1826 and died in 1885. He is described as a key figure in Glashütte's rise as a powerhouse of German watchmaking, and he was a co-founder of the German School of Watchmaking in the town.

His friend Ferdinand Adolph Lange persuaded him to establish a mechanical workshop in Glashütte. There he gained fame for specialized and highly efficient watchmaking tools, pocket watches, marine chronometers and precision pendulum clocks, which is the lineage the anniversary editions are drawn from.

We follow launches like this across our coverage of style and watches, and the €63,500 price puts the Hamatic Enamel well above the €2,650 Lebois & Co dress watches and the $25,000 Atelier Mephalie minute repeaters we reported on recently.