2020 Muhle Glashutte Watch 29ER Casual Blue M1-25-70
Ref: M1-25-70

Points of Mention

This watch is sold with its original Muhle Glashutte box and paperwork. The watch comes paired with a Muhle 22mm leather strap with a signed buckle. The watch is from August 2020 and is sold in used condition, however as you can see from the photos the watch is in very good condition. The watch comes with our 12-Month Warranty.

The Watch

Here we have a 2020 Muhle Glashutte Watch 29ER Casual Blue M1-25-70 named after a sailing dinghy, the brushed 42.5mm stainless steel case has acute angles that give the watch an industrial appearance. Slightly splayed lugs have a lug-to-lug length of 48.5mm and a case thickness of 9.5mm giving the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side, a screw-down signed crown protected by crown guards. A polished smooth bezel holds a slightly raised flat sapphire crystal above a navy blue textured dial, an outer ring sits raised above the dial similar to a sector dial with an outer minute track precisely executed, applied steel baton indexes mark the hours, playing with the light as you rotate your wrist, small numerals are printed underneath, at 3 o’clock a date window, steel sword hands complemented by a tapered sweeping second hand. At 12 o’clock we have the Muhle Glashutte motif and at 6 o’clock "Automatik" completes this dynamic nautical-inspired timepiece. On the reverse, a screwed-down exhibition case back with the model specification engraved into it, inside an automatic SW300-1, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour, this movement has hand winding and hacking for your convenience. The watch comes fitted on a Muhle 22mm leather strap with a signed buckle and the watch comes with its Muhle Glashutte presentation box and paperwork.

Personal Note

The Brand

Robert Mühle born in June 1841 founded Muhle Glashutte Watch in April 1869. Completing his apprenticeship as a precision toolmaker with Moritz Großmann, a watch manufacturer, they became the sole manufacturer of measuring instruments for watchmaking companies based in Glashütte and for the German School of Watchmaking. Hans Mühle born in 1903 is Robert Mühle's grandson and he renamed the company to “R. ``Mühle & Sohn” in July 1905. From 1918 onwards, they produced speedometers, rev counters and car clocks. In 1920 the company merged with several other Glashütte companies to form "Vereinigte Werke Glashütte/Sa." and continued to make precise measurement instruments. During the great depression, many companies had to close down but R. Mühle & Sohn survived by diversifying with car clocks for lorries and motorcycles. During the second world war years, the company was state-owned and repurposed for the war effort. In 1945 Hans Muhle (third generation) renamed the company "Ing. Hans Mühle" and they quickly became the only manufacturer of pressure and temperature instruments in East Germany. In 1970 Hans Muhle passed away leaving the business to his son Hans-Jürgen Mühle, a qualified Engineer. Under Soviet control, the company for a second time was expropriated or state-owned and was known as Glashütte Precision Engineering. In 1980 they became part of the Glashütte Watchmaking Plants or GUB for short. Finally in 1990 with the reunification of Germany Hans was able four years later in 1994 to re-established the family company under the name of "Mühle-Glashütte GmbH." Mühle-Glashütte's wristwatch production was started in 1996 after one of Germany’s shipyards asked them to produce a rugged, water-resistant wristwatch. Thilo Mühle (fifth generation) joined the company in 2000 taking over the business in 2007 soon after they produced their first in-house Cal. MU 9408 movement. In 2014 they celebrated their 145th Anniversary. Today they are the only manufacturer in Glashütte that is still family-run.