Reference Guide
Mike (mkt33) presents a comprehensive 'family album' of the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph collection, inviting the community to compare and choose their favorite variations. This visual guide spans from the SIHH 2008 Generation 1 to the SIHH 2014 Generation 5, including special editions, offering a detailed look at the evolution of this significant Montblanc timepiece.
Looks like a high school yearbook. Which version is the most handsome? My favorites are version #1, 4, and 5. Version 4 pretty much looks like a regulator watch.
Thanks Mike for laying them all here including the special editions! I love the NRs but my small wrist can't carry them well. Although today I wore my Star Worldtime (42mm) and I thought surely 1mm more won't matter that much? Purely in terms of dial design (they all have the same case), the 2014 Homage to Nicolas Rieussec will be my favorite even though with a white dial, it looks bigger on my wrist. The grained dial, closer resemblance to the original time writer and "mystery" hour markers all
that makes wearing the 43mm Rieussec a very different experience compared to your 42mm Star WorldTime. Perhaps the next generation can improve on these two aspects. Thanks for the additional photos... My favorite is Gen 2 and the latest Homage version The skeletonized counters make reading the date and chrono difficult but it looks so cool! Cheers, Mike
Like the skeletonized dial of 2nd and the classical poise of the 5th. Interesting review, Mike!
Until this picture! I usually dont like open dials but this is somehow different. I realize "complicated dark colored dials" on larger watches look "smaller" on my wrist compared to light/white dials that are neater (that's why the Homage looks larger on my wrist). Optical illusions. Will check out the Gen 2 as well when I visit the AD when my friend will buy the Open HomeTime NR. He was "poisoned" by my Montblanc catalog in our office where I have set up a "library of watch books and catalogs".
but the most recent released at SIHH 2014 is great too. Cheers, Anthony
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