WatchTime - August 2012

Tough Time
This two-time-zone watch from Mühle-
Glashütte is rugged enough for any
off-road journey. How did it stand up
to WT’s rough-and-tumble test?
T
he Mühle-Glashütte Marinus
GMT is a rugged travel companion
that will tell you the
local time as well as the time
back home. Marinus means “belonging
to the sea,” and Mühle-Glashütte is
known for its ships’ clocks, yacht
chronometers and marine time systems
as well as its nautical wristwatches. But
for the GMT version of the Marinus,
Mühle has replaced the dive-time ring
found on its basic Marinus model with
a 24-hour bezel.
In order to clearly separate the second-time-zone
display and the hometime
display, Mühle added a red scale
around the dial and a slender black
GMT hand with a red tip. You can
move the 24-hour hand forward in onehour
increments by turning the crown,
setting it to the time in a second time
zone. Or you can show the time in the
second zone simply by turning the bidirectional
rotating bezel to the desired
BY ALEXANDER KRUPP
position relative to the red-tipped hand.
Although the Marinus GMT isn’t
primarily a divers’ watch, it is water resistant
to 300 meters, making it ideal
for use in and around the water. Its 44mm,
solid stainless-steel case with
screw back and 2.5-mm-thick domed
sapphire crystal protects it from shocks,
temperature changes and water. Crown
protectors guard the threaded winding
crown against sideways blows. The only
criticism of the case we have is that
the rotating bezel does not click into
place as neatly as we would wish.
Adventurers will like both the rubber
strap and the optional stainlesssteel
bracelet. Both end in a folding
clasp with hefty sides from which you
can fold out a 2-cm-long extension
piece. If you’re exploring a canyon and
decide to put on your wetsuit, you can
quickly adjust your watch strap or
bracelet to fit around your wetsuit
sleeve.
SCORES
MÜHLE-GLASHÜTTE MARINUS GMT
Strap and clasp (max. 10 points): 7
Operation (5): 4
Case (10): 8
Design (15): 12
Legibility (5): 4
Wearing comfort (10): 8
Movement (20): 12
Rate results (10): 9
Overall value (15): 12
TOTAL: 76 POINTS
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