Mühle Glashütte is an interesting brand not only for its attractive, sporty, and well-priced timepieces but also due to its compelling history. The independent German company has only been producing wristwatches since 1994, but its history as a watchmaker stretches all the way back to 1869. This year, the brand is celebrating its 150th anniversary of timepiece production as well as 25 years as a producer of wristwatches. To commemorate these dual anniversaries, the German brand has announced four new timepieces during Baselworld 2019, each with a specialty, blue anodized rotor with an anniversary engraving.
The Mühle Glashütte Teutonia Sport I Chronograph
While all four timepieces have different attributes worth discussing, the first model we’d like to highlight from the 2019 collection is the new Teutonia Sport I chronograph that combines a bicompax register layout with a clous de Paris dial pattern to create a striking look. Mühle released the first Teutonia Sport I chronograph in 2017 with an eye-catching black and red colorway, and this new release offers a more textured and interesting option that recalls German Silver Arrow race cars. Speaking of Mühle’s history, starting in the 1920s, R. Mühle & Sohn (the precursor to the contemporary Mühle brand) supplied three out of the four brands in the Saxon Auto Union racing group with Glashütte Mühle speedometers as well as car clocks and rev counters. The blue anodized rotor features an anniversar...