jrwong23 (aka watchthebin)
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I want to visit Minerva too!!
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 smelling the oil and steel!
Will try to make this trip work someday! Struggle I have is 3 young kids... will see how I work this out!
Thanks for sharing these wonderful pics Olivier. Appreciated!
Cheers
Robin
Visiting Minerva - the backstage pictures
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...
I want to visit Minerva too!!
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...
Most welcome my friend !
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 ! ...
Nice! thanks for the additional photos Olivier!
Yes you definitely have made me want to visit the manufacture soon too! Cheers Robin
I really have to pay a visit here. Thanks for the virtual tour and for
The superb photos. These movements are to be examined in a closer way, for sure! Best, Nicolas
WOW!
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 ...
Thanks for the photo report Oliver
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
Always a pleasure to see.
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!
Thanks for this remembrance
What a lovely place, old world charm meets modern haute horlogerie :-) After seeing your pictures, I can almost smell the machinery again!
Tell me about it...
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...