Montblanc

Dear friends, I stopped by Villeret this week for a special feature we're preparing on Montblanc in a magazine. No need here to come over the full Minerva story, that's not the point, but I thought you might enjoy a couple of backstage pictures we took th...  

The famed Montblanc Villeret manufacture!! I have been dreaming of visiting since I got my MB Villeret watch. Each time I admire my calibre 13.21 behind that elegant hunter case back of my MB Villeret, I could almost feel I am in the manufacture and smell... 

More than happy to contribute sir ! I'm sorry it has awaken in you this so strng desire to come to the manufacture...! Maybe these unfinished parts will ease your pain....? Cheers ! ...  

Yes you definitely have made me want to visit the manufacture soon too! Cheers Robin

The superb photos. These movements are to be examined in a closer way, for sure! Best, Nicolas

A long time ago (in a galaxy far, far away...) my parents bought me a Minerva Pythagore with a copper dial as a coming-of-age present. It was a lovely watch from a family-owned concern that employed a handful of people and whose methods hadn't changed in ... 

I love how the old Minerva is still incorporated into the new Montblanc... So much history Looking forward to reading your print article. Best, Mike

Thank you for sharing these backstage photos of the Minerva factory. It certainly gives me a strong desire to pack my bags and make a visit to the Minerva factory myself!

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What a lovely place, old world charm meets modern haute horlogerie :-) After seeing your pictures, I can almost smell the machinery again!

I was visting for business purpose the brand new TAG Heuer's factory last week : no oil CNC at all ! And consequently : no smell of oil at all... Time changes, my good friend, time changes...