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11 August 2018 |
A.Lange & Söhne,
IWC,
Jaeger-LeCoultre,
Montblanc,
Roger Dubuis,
The tourbillon might not be considered at the same level as a minute repeater, which represents the pinnacle of haute-horlogerie, but it is indisputable that it represents a fascinating and even more intriguing complication. A minute repeater requires a trained ear and acoustics competence to be fully appreciated, while the tourbillon ...
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03 February 2018 |
Montblanc,
5 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2018,
The story goes that in 2007, when the Richemont Group acquired Minerva, they gave the chance to each one of its watch-making brands to explain the reason why they should work with this historical company. It seems that Montblanc presented the most impressive project of them all and the two brands embarked ...
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04 December 2017 |
Montblanc,
SIHH 2018,
The 2018 SIHH is coming up and MONTBLANC keeps up with its re-interpretation of the world of classic car racing as it did last January with the production of two in-house built chronographs that are part of the TimeWalker collection; the MONTBLANC TimeWalker Rally Timer Chronograph Limited Edition 100 and ...
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19 January 2017 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2017,
After crafting timepieces with cases made of carbon, ceramic, titanium, and tantalum, at this year's SIHH in Geneva, Montblanc presented its Montblanc 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Bronze Limited Edition single-button chrono made of bronze. This very ancient alloy was used in different manners in the past given that It is quite an easy ...
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08 December 2016 |
Montblanc,
SIHH 2017,
Montblanc is already projected into the year 2017 with the release of its three new stainless-steel and bronze or bronze timepieces. We are talking about the Montblanc 1858 Chronometer Tachymeter Limited 100 (we dealt with the stainless steel version on this occasion already), the Montblanc 1858 Automatic Dual Time and the ...
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05 November 2016 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Buying Watches,
SIHH 2016,
When it comes to tips for "Buying Watches", a column that comes back in fashion less than two months before Christmas, the thought goes quickly to the name of a few brands, whereas mine heads swiftly towards those manufacturers that offer products with the best value/features ratio. On more than one ...
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31 August 2016 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
Collecting Watches,
SIHH 2016,
In 2016 we have witnessed the rebirth of a manual single push-button two-counter chronograph that was originally crafted when the activity of the manufacturing company Minerva was at its peak, the manufacturing company was subsequently acquired in a strategic and smart move by Richemont in 2006 that then transformed it into ...
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13 February 2016 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2016,
Montblanc are particularly keen on pointing out that their new Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Collection Twincounter Date takes inspiration from the Minerva Pythagore. There are actually at least two versions of the Pythagore I have seen and they are quite different from each other, but it is very likely that when they ...
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01 February 2016 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2016,
The official excuse for this watch's launch is “the celebration of Montblanc's 110th anniversary” but truth is that Montblanc's watch manufacturing sector can't be contained, not even when it comes to improving one the best timepieces ever crafted in the year 2015. The Montblanc 4810 Orbis Terrarum replaces the Montblanc ...
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08 January 2016 |
Montblanc,
30 minutes on the wrist,
SIHH 2016,
It is crystal clear that Montblanc is no longer considered the Cinderella of the watchmaking industry; in everybody's mind, Montblanc is automatically associated to their famous tag-line “the art of writing” but today, the company, is overwhelmingly entering both the worlds of haute-horlogerie and very high-end watchmaking. A few of you are ...
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