iW Magazine Summer 2019 | Page 82

MÜHLE GLASHÜTTE CELEBRATES 150 YEARS BY MICHAEL THOMPSON We sat down with Mühle Glashütte Managing Director Thilo Mühle during a recent U.S. tour of several retailers in the United States that sell his company’s watches. Just prior to showing customers his watches at the Orlando Watch Company as part of the tour, Mühle told iW about Mühle Glashütte’s 150th anniversary celebrations and its 25th year as a maker of wristwatches. In addition, he discussed his plans to launch an online collection. Managing Director Thilo Mühle is the fifth generation of the Mühle family to lead Nautische Instrumente Mühle-Glashütte 82 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2019 Mühle-Glashütte in 2019 has sixty employees, and more than half are involved in production.