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Muhle-Glashutte Yacht-Timer Bronze Watch
German watch manufacturer?Muhle-Glashutte tends to fly under the radar in the West, or is often confused with its other?local competitor, Glashutte Original. But the brand has produced some solid timepieces as well as boating instruments that tend to appeal to the rugged adventure sailor or classy yacht enthusiast?¨C or, you know, an accountant that has an interest in the sea, and an expendable income. New for 2018,?the brand unveils its latest addition to the “Functional Wristwatch” collection, the?Muhle-Glashutte Yacht-Timer Bronze.The bronze case measures in at 44mm in diameter and 12.2mm thick, with the crown being placed at 4 o’clock. While I suppose I understand where this could give the watch an original look, I feel like it gives it a lopsided and overall unbalanced design which, to me anyway, is counter-culture to the yachting community. I also tend to think that because of where the crown is located, the watch may look and feel a bit smaller on the wrist. The
1916 New York Times Article Admits Wristwatches Here To Stay
Harrods early wrist watch comprising a pocket watch and additional leather strap. Source: vintage-watches-collection.comApparently, in the early 20th century, around 1910, the term “silly ass fad” was used – according to the New York Times – by comedians and pundits to refer to the then-so-called “strap watch,” which was all but a joke at the time in the view of some style experts. Many of them saw wrist watches as not being masculine or particularly serious items in comparison to pocket watches. By 1916, however, the tide had turned when it appeared that wrist watches were officially a thing that was not going to go away. As a relic of the time, this interesting and rare article published almost 100 years ago on January 16, 1916, by the New York Times remarks on the then apparently “changed status of the wrist watch” as it began to enter the mainstream. How did this happen? Well, it was really a combination of watch manufactures getting