Sportivo Big Date — Black Dial / Black Leather and Rubber

Leather on top, rubber underneath. The strap on this Sportivo Big Date is built for a watch that goes from a desk to weather without a change of mind.

The Sportivo line is the newest in the Mühle-Glashütte catalogue, introduced in 2024 to work equally well outdoors and in a meeting. This model's distinguishing feature sits at 6 o'clock: a large-format date driven by the MU9424-GD, the first Mühle movement to carry an in-house developed big date module. It is a true two-element design, using a units ring and a tens star, which is what allows the numerals to be printed so much larger than a conventional single-disc date.

The dial here is black, framed by a bidirectional rotating bezel with a black ceramic inlay, on a black leather and rubber strap with a steel pin buckle. The stainless steel case measures 42.5 mm across and 12.5 mm tall, 50.2 mm lug to lug, with a 2.2 mm double anti-reflective sapphire crystal, a screw-down crown and an exhibition caseback showing the movement. Hour markers and hands carry Super-LumiNova, the automatic runs 41 hours, and the watch is water resistant to 30 bar.

All black and 101 grams complete. The most understated Big Date of the set, and the easiest under a cuff.

Perfect for: black dial big date watches, leather and rubber hybrid strap buyers, versatile everyday automatic watches.