Montblanc’s 100 years of brand excellence speaks volumes about the brand’s legacy. However, despite Montblanc’s long-standing reputation as a provider of prime luxury goods, the brand remains a rookie in watchmaking. Montblanc watches officially launched in 1997, particularly with the celebrated Meisterstück model. From there, the brand began providing its market not only high-quality pens … Read more
Montblanc arrived at SIHH this year with a new collection that takes its design inspiration from Minerva, the esteemed Swiss watchmaker with a specialty in chronographs and stopwatches that Richemont purchased way back in 2006. When Richemont bought Minerva, the group took the unexpected step of folding it into Montblanc. At the time, Montblanc was … Read more
With the Heritage Pythagore Small Second Limited Edition 148, Montblanc presents two new timepieces that draw on the rich past of the Minerva watch manufacture. With them, the new Montblanc manufacture calibre MB M14.08, inspired by a historic Minerva calibre, makes its debut. It was constructed according to the proportions of the golden ratio and … Read more
This watch review is going to be a bit different than how I usually do them. Why? Because shortly before the review I was actually able to visit the manufacture making the movements of this watch. That experience offered me some special insight that allowed me to understand this timepiece more. I know there is … Read more
Watch internet truism #5789: It’s incredibly easy to be dismissive of a tourbillon. I think every watch enthusiast, at one point or another, discovers a biography on A-L Breguet somewhere on the World Wide Web, decides they are now a veritable scholar, and has remarked to a friend: “Don’t you know a tourbillon is only … Read more
The Montblanc Bohème Perpetual Calendar Jewelry model with a limited run of only 88 watches and reference number 116495 is made of white gold and fitted with 60 diamonds on the bezel. Based in Hamburg Germany, Montblanc Watches is an international company that manufactures a wide range of luxury goods like jewelry and watches, travel … Read more