Panova Green — Anthracite Velour Suede

Forty millimeters across, 10.4 mm tall, 48.2 mm from lug to lug. The Panova Green is sized so that almost nobody has to think about whether it fits.

Mühle-Glashütte built the family as its way in, both to the brand and to Glashütte watchmaking, with a name drawn from panorama and the Latin via, path. It is color-led rather than complication-led, and the ray-cut dials are the point.

Anthracite velour suede is the most textural of the Panova strap options and the one that makes green look expensive. The dial is finely cut from the center outward, moving through its range as light shifts, with Super-LumiNova on hands and hour markers and no date. Stainless steel case, 10 bar, on the SW 200-1 Version Mühle automatic with 41 hours of reserve, Mühle's patented woodpecker neck fine regulation and stop-seconds. 20 mm strap, steel pin buckle.

Soft, matte and low-shine against a dial that is neither. A good autumn watch.

Perfect for: suede strap enthusiasts, green dial watches, compact 40 mm automatics.