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26 April 2020 |
Montblanc,
Watches and Wonders,
A few years ago, Montblanc watches embarked on a full renovation process. Talking product philosophy, the pillars of such overhaul are the 1858 collection, and the Minerva-based Chronos in the top end. The first one eventually introduced to attract new customers, the second to strengthen the brand's awareness among connoisseurs. ...
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13 March 2020 |
Montblanc,
Watches and Wonders,
We prefer to think that nothing has changed in the watch industry and that we'll all meet at Watches and Wonders later next month. Yet, we're aware it is not happening, and, as envisioned in a recent post, we can't do anything than rely upon, for the time being, the ...
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17 February 2019 |
Montblanc,
SIHH 2019,
Watch Talk,
At last SIHH we sat down with Vincent Montalescot, Executive Vice-President Marketing of Montblanc to talk strategy, new products and more. Mr. Montalescot has been in Montblanc for more than a year now and brings a long experience made at Adidas. He is an expert of brand and marketing strategy, ...
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22 January 2019 |
Montblanc,
Watch Reviews,
SIHH 2019,
Montblanc presented the most exciting line up of new watches at SIHH. I perceived a widespread feeling of disappointment, at last week's SIHH. Generally speaking (high-end timepieces excluded), the product novelties looked not as striking as in previous editions of SIHH. However, if we had to rank the brands that stood out, ...
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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,
Watch Reviews,
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,
Watch Reviews,
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,
Buying Watches,
Watch Reviews,
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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