Watchmaking in Germany

150 years of resilience at Mühle-Glashütte

GERMAN WATCH INDUSTRY

By Serge Maillard

July 2019

For five generations, the Mühle family has been producing high accuracy instruments in Glashütte: first measurements tools, then marine chronometers, and finally wristwatches. To mark this important milestone, the brand is launching a new complication: a moon phase, in the most luxury timepiece ever produced by the company. We met CEO Thilo Mühle for a 150-year recap!

150 years of resilience at Mühle-Glashütte

GERMAN WATCH INDUSTRY

By Serge Maillard

July 2019

150 years of resilience at Mühle-Glashütte

For five generations, the Mühle family has been producing high accuracy instruments in Glashütte: first measurements tools, then marine chronometers, and finally wristwatches. To mark this important milestone, the brand is launching a new complication: a moon phase, in the most luxury timepiece ever produced by the company. We met CEO Thilo Mühle for a 150-year recap!

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autische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte is a brand with a story as bumpy as the hills that surround the German town where it has been based since 1869 (the Ore Mountains, if you’re interested).

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