Montblanc

We have been discussing the 1858 collection a lot lately. And of course, the Villeret collection and Nicolas Rieussec and some of the newer TimeWalkers. It is good to review the roots of Montblanc watch making, even before they had any in-house manufactur...  

That the first one is so appealing! Lots about it to love, and they started with a unique piece. Not just a retreaded version of another established watch.

And now with Jerome leading they are growing stronger each year Thanks Michael for your feedback and insights

I'm thinking / hoping that Montblanc is on the brink of greatness in the high end watch world. MB has a lot of pieces to work with, especially the Minerva acquisition. M4

I believe they have a lot of potential And being an owner of their watches (I have 3 Montblanc watches), of course I hope the same as you

Late thirties now and approaching 40 soon :p

been with me for many years, not a lot of wrist time, but still wind it once a week. Rgds Raymond ...  

Have to say I prefer it in steel in this case...

It's a little small by "today's" standards. Rgds Raymond

Very cool Raymond. Keep this piece! You never know one day there may be a Montblanc watch museum and they will bid highly for this piece lol! Cheers Robin

Does that make me a 'vintage' guy? I even remember where I was in the UK. Those were the days when the current Mrs MTF and I collected pens but not watches. We did not start on watches until 1999. Thanks for the memories. Regards, MTF

You are not that old la :p Cheers Robin

My second "nice" watch purchase happened to be a Montblanc XL Star Chrono which was bought around 2004 or 2005 at the boutique here in NYC. Its funny because the watch is an XL model but it's only 38 or 39 mm's. I really liked it but needed the funds to b...  

Is your wife\'s Montblanc star lady the one with a Mother of pearl dial? It looks very nice on your pic It\'s always special to give a present to our loved ones to mark special occasions. Bravo! Cheers Robin

The dial pattern just makes it appear that way in the photo. Tony

Thanks Tony Seems like a playful dial that likes to play with light then

at my office get this Montblanc Star Reveil which may have been the coolest watch they produced within the star collection.......... Tony ...  

So you did the Vlad to your colleague lol! So there seems to be many Star models I may not even have seen or heard of. Time to learn more on the brand for me Cheers Robin

But I know it was the same movement that was used in GP's and Panerai's alarm watches. It not the greatest sounding alarm. JLC, Breguet/Blancpain's are much better. The watch is still really cool looking though. Tony

Didn\'t know it uses a same movement as GP and Pam