Pre-Owned Muhle Glashutte Terrasport I Chronograph 001-103-02280

WHY WE LOVE IT 

There is perhaps no more versatile complication than the chronograph. 

From race cars to rocket ships, boats to battlefields, you are likely to find a chronograph being employed to measure a plethora of tasks and times. From the Greek khrónos (‘time’) and gráphō (‘to write’), a chronograph is a watch that has the ability to record time, generally via the addition of small sub-counters that register minutes and hours. 

Though many storied brands produced notable chronographs during the complication’s heyday from the 1930s through the 1970s, numerous other firms fell by the wayside during the Quartz Crisis, folding completely and disappearing or being rolled up into conglomerates that pillaged their stores of parts. Others, however, such as Mühle Glashütte, have been in (more or less) continuous business for generations. 

This particular chronograph from Mühle, a Reference M-37-70, is designed in the classic pilot’s watch mode, albeit with a twist in the form of a white dial that gives it a slight nautical bent. Housed in a 44mm stainless steel case with a sapphire crystal, screw-down pushers, a signed crown, and a sapphire crystal, it features a luminous, glossy cream dial with printed Arabic indices and red accents, a matching ‘kite’ handset, and a date window at 3:00. Powered by a decorated version of the automatic Sellita SW-500 movement — which is visible via a display caseback — it comes paired to a signed, brown leather strap with a stainless steel pin buckle.

Accompanied by its factory goodies, this outstanding, affordable chronograph from a firm with excellent provenance and history couldn’t be cooler, to our minds.

But don’t take our word for it.

OVERALL CONDITION

The case is in outstanding condition overall showing only faint signs of wear from gentle use. Luminous cream dial with printed black 'Arabic' numbers and red accents is in fantastic condition with matching 'kite' handset. Signed crown.