In a sea of novelties, some vintage pedigree
Before Montblanc, Minerva. From a house that was pride of it chronographic history. Ename dial. 42mm. Purpose made Minerva case. Best...
Without surprise, my kind of stuff.
Another one I am hunting, in a 42 or 46 mm case.... Not totally the same calibre, but I wouldn't mind owning both of them. Sublime. Bravo, Z. Nicolas
Beautiful vintage Minerva dial
Thanks for sharing. I love this dial! :) I believe the Montblanc Villeret vintage Pulsograph (with the lovely white enamel dial) drew inspirations from these vintage Minerva dials. Cheers Robin ...
Beautiful! Out of curiosity, do you know what those two marking are
at the base of the 30 min counter? I also find it interesting that modern chronos, when it is reset, the small hand would be pointing up. In this vintage chrono when you zero it, the position would have the counter hand pointing down at the 30 min positio...
Nicolas, Robin and Mike, Thanks for your appreciation
Mike, I cannot see any other purpose for those touches of colour on the subdial at 3 other than that you mentions yourself. The red mark probably Mark that unconventional start of the minute chrono at the bottom of the sundial and the blue highlights the ...