Tradition (Quoted from Muhle Glashutte)

The great-grandfather of the current owner Hans-Jürgen Mühle planted the seed of the company more than 135 years ago, and in doing so contributed considerably to Glashütte’s modern reputation as the centre of the German clock-making industry: he built and sold measuring instruments for the local clock manufacturers.

Hans Mühle, his grandson, found his way back into measurement engineering after 1945, but was dispossessed as part of East German collectivisation. It was not until after the fall of the Wall, in 1994, that the company returned into the ownership of the family, who envisaged a promising market in the manufacture and marketing of ship’s clocks and ship’s clock systems – hence the name ‘Nautische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte’.

The production of high-precision wrist-watches was added later. This decision proved extremely successful – in fact, so much so that this branch of business has turned into Mühle-Glashütte’s core business. Today Nautische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte has been in business for over ten years.

Precision

At Nautische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte one thing comes before all else: accuracy. We know how to make an excellent movement even better. We use Swiss movements as the basis, since they have proven to be reliable and robust thousands of times over. The first stage of our company philosophy reveals itself in our choice of suppliers and stringent quality controls: there is no movement which cannot be significantly improved.

People who value Mühle watches have a particular relationship to mechanics, precision and accuracy. They know how important the interplay is between drive, escapement and regulator. And they like to see it too: the bases of our automatic watches usually have viewing windows made of glass. In addition to accuracy of fit, with minimum tolerances that give the workings ease of movement, it is adjustment after assembly that is crucially important. This is done in five different positions in which we put all of our watches before they are shipped.

We then set the timepieces so that the sum of the deviations is as small as possible – but rather a touch too fast than too slow. It is our company’s philosophy that the owners of Mühle watches should never arrive late – rather a little early. It is more polite that way.

Watch Warranty

All watches come with 2 years Mühle Glashütte International warranty.