Mühle-Glashütte ProMare watches

The Mühle-Glashütte ProMare is the Glashütte company's steel line rated to 300 m, and it comes from a firm with a nautical past. Robert Mühle founded the family business in 1869, and it grew into the maker of measuring instruments for Glashütte's watch companies. In 1994 Hans-Jürgen Mühle re-established it to supply marine chronometers and ship time systems, and wristwatches followed in 1996 after a shipyard asked for robust, water-resistant ones.

A Mühle signature is the woodpecker neck regulation, a more shockproof development of the Glashütte swan-neck fine adjustment that the company introduced in 2003. In 2016 Mühle added a men's ProMare Chronograph and a women's ProMare Lady, both with a guard that protects the crown from knocks. CEO Thilo Mühle described the Chronograph as a watch for people like him, who work at a desk and then go mountain biking or running. Athletes representing the German Sailing Association wore the Lady at the 2016 Olympics.

The ProMare Datum is the 44 mm steel model with a black dial. The ProMare Chronograph shares the 44 mm size and runs on Mühle's MU 9408 automatic with woodpecker neck regulation, with blue luminous applied indices on its dial. The ProMare Lady shrinks the steel case to 39 mm and 10.6 mm thick, frames a mother-of-pearl dial with a white ceramic bezel ring and keeps the 300 m rating. Each comes on a steel bracelet or a strap, and for use at depth Mühle recommends the waterproof leather strap with a rubber lining over the bracelet.