Power is nothing without precision, robustness and excellent readability. With its bold black-and-red design combined with the impressive new MU9424-GR modular movement with a power reserve display, the new Sportivo Power Chronograph offers a powerful presence on the wrist. As a first-edition watch, it is limited to just 200 timepieces.
When it comes to precision, it’s all about the movement, and at the core of the Sportivo Power ChronographFirst Edition, Mühle-Glashütte’s second modular movement is as precise as it gets. The name MU9424-GR includes the calibre designation “GR” relating to the newly developed Mühle module as an enhanced version of the existing MU9413 chronograph movement.
GR is short for the German term “Gangreserve”, a power reserve provided by a newmodule mounted in a module plate on the dial side of the movement. The enhancement of the module is accompanied by further modifications to the movement, enabling Mühle-Glashütte to perfectly set the stage for the 62-hour power reserve. This includes adding a new spring barrel that is directly connected to the power reserve module and also using in-house CNC machining centres to add the necessary drill holes and notches to the base plate.
After many other processing steps, the final product is the pinnacle of precision: a 29-jewel Mühle movement with a particularly shockproof woodpecker neck regulation, a Glashütte three-quarter plate with a removable escape wheel bridge and Glashütte click and, last but not least, the efficient Mühle rotor.
The new Sportivo Power Chronograph First Edition is secured to the wrist with a watertight leather strap featuring an alligator texture and contrasting red stitching and coated in a layer of rubber for extra robustness. Be it in the office, on the pitch oramong the waves, this new Mühle chronograph offers its wearers the best of both worlds: a sophisticated appearance and the strength to master the toughest of sporting challenges.
The chronograph function complements the watch’s sporty character by allowing time measurements of up to 30 minutes with a minute counter located opposite the power reserve display at the 12 o’clock position. For a balanced appearance, the counter hand hasthe same red shade as the chrono centre hand and the background of the minute and second scale on the outer edge of the dial. Here, three fine indices divide each second interval into four small units, allowing wearers to precisely read stop times down tothe nearest eighth of a second. If the chrono centre hand stops directly on one of the units, it gives a clear reading of two, four or six eighths of a second. If it comes to a halt between them, it indicates, for example, three eighths of a second.
