Montblanc

Montblanc once again allows the Minerva brand name to adorn the watches, and releases a time only watch controlled entirely from the bezel. Introducing the Minerva The Unveiled Crownless. deployant.com ...  

I'm not sure I feel attracted to the Crownless design, but the architecture of the M15.08 caliber is very beautiful. Best, Emmanuel ...  

Mixed feelings for me. credit: Swisswatches Magazine ...  

The movement is quite large too. 33 mm

The movement is gorgeous.

A gold bezel will take some wear as it's also the crown. I like 2-tone on some watches but practically, perhaps the bezel in steel may have been "better". Hmmm🤔

There's just something about the name itself ...yeah I know...Minerva was the Roman goddess of wisdom, medicine, commerce, handicrafts, poetry, the arts in general, and later, war. etc etc But I just can't do it. I won't...I won't. Just to be clear, I can... 

I love Minerva on the deal. Love all that it represents and love that the Frey father and son team made collectors first. Best wishes from Singapore.

Neither of them for me due to the design. But I also really wonder whether the brand switch to Minerva only will really lead to new customer buying who have complained before about the Montblanc brand on the dial. Honestly I don't think so because the pri... 

it's a great start. I think they need to make their eacyhea smaller. And to not confuse the market by having some MB lower end (non Minerva) watches also reference Villeret and such. BTW, from what I recall Gnutti filed for brankcuptacy and was charged in... 

I don’t see this winning many new customers. I know there’s always lots of complaining about the Montblanc branding on mainstream watch media sites, but I also think many of those folks find more joy in complaining than they do in collecting. It seems tha... 

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after 20 years, Montblanc has put the Minerva name where it deserves. I had posted a comment on monochrome today on the disappointing new Montblanc range. Saying that, this new Minerva costs USD 38k and it is a mixture of rose gold and a lot of steel so I... 

And its a bit on the large side.

I like the concept, and the working of the bezel and the lever on the back side that you need to pull out to switch the bezel regime to changing the time from winding - is pleasant from tactile perspective. The movement finishing remains the distinguishin... 

The dial finishing and layers are really great. The placement of the sub second dial is not too high. I’m assuming hand guilloche ? My complaint here is size. Should be 38-40. The no crown- sort of cool!

Now they will have to develop a design identity on their own with a clear differentiation to MB !

Love the design. Not sure about controlling everything through the bezel. Definitely a watch that needs to be handled in order to form a fair opinion.

Don’t know the exact details but wonder if the mechanics are shared.

Am I happy to see Minerva on the dial? In principle yes. But at the same time as long as the separation from Montblanc is not more complete the question is what it will mean. Most Montblanc shops I have visited don’t even have staff that can differentiate...