INTRODUCING THE TEUTONIA IV BIG DATE EDITION 1994
The Teutonia is more than just an elegant business watch; it is also the timeless classic at the heart of the Mühle collection. It therefore comes as no surprise that it plays a role in Mühle’s anniversary year 2024, fitted with the complication that marked the birth of the successful watch family: the big date display. The Edition 2024 model also features a Mühle module which was designed in-house and celebrates its premiere in the MU9424-GD movement.
For Nautische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte, 2024 is a year of celebration, marking 30 years since Hans-Jürgen Mühle re-established the family company. After starting out by successfully manufacturing high-precision marine chronometers, it wasn’t long before Mühle also added innovative ship’s timepieces and functional nautical wristwatches to the product range.
The Glashütte-based manufacturer traditionally uses such occasions as an opportunity to treat its fellow watch aficionados to a technical delicacy or two, and the anniversary year 2024 is no exception. This year, a newly designed modular movement is the cherry on top of the cake. As the “GD” in its name suggests – GD stands for “Großdatum”, German for “big date” – the MU9424-GD movement offers a special something in the form of a flexibly positionable big date module on its dial side. With this, the Teutonia IV Big Date Edition 1994 is not only a successful reinterpretation of the first Teutonia launched back in 2002 but also the ultimate work of watchmaking art in the Edition 1994 collection.
When it was first launched back in 2002, this model was simply known as the “Teutonia”, an elegant time-measuring instrument characterised by its silver dial with a guilloche finish, which is still its defining feature in the present day, and featuring a large date display. Since then, however, the Teutonia has moved onwards and upwards, not only becoming an impressive watch family but also the true flagship of the Glashütte- based watch manufacturer. In honour of the anniversary year 2024, the legend returns to the wrist: a special Edition 1994 featuring the design of the Teutonia IV, limited to two edition models of 155 timepieces each.
The two models of the Teutonia IV Big Date Edition 1994 boast a stainless steel case with a 41-millimetre diameter. The middle of the case is not only adorned with the Teutonia’s characteristic vertical finish, which is carefully applied by hand, but also has the typical volute-shaped lugs, the top surfaces of which are finely polished, just like the bezel. In this impressive design, the varied surface finishes of the case show just how much love, care and attention to detail go into Mühle-Glashütte’s Teutonia, from the development phase right through to the final production.
The anniversary celebrations also continue on the back of the Teutonia IV Big Date Edition 1994, where the new Mühle MU9424-GD movement can be admired through a large cut-out transparent panel made of sapphire crystal. A look through this panel reveals yet another anniversary highlight, the Mühle special-edition rotor featuring a gold-coloured 30-year-anniversary logo. Even the movement retainer of the new movement is an aesthetic delight, with its finely grained finish allowing the gold-coloured engravings of the calibre and module name to truly shine.
