Ornatus-Mundi
[Zenith]
7136
Montblanc Star Collection
The Twin Moonphase is the latest member of this classic MB collection and has a diameter of 42mm:
One moon – two hemispheres
The timepiece is driven by the automatic Montblanc calibre MB 29.13 and houses a new type of complication that is used exclusively by Montblanc and gives the watch its name: a moon-phase display that shows the moon’s phases in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres and the age of the moon in days:
On the first view it seems to be counter-intuitive to have separate displays for the two hemispheres: The lunar phases follow one another in the same sequence regardless of an observer’s location: full moon is full moon and waxing moon is waxing moon. However, the geometries of the waxing and waning moon as seen from the Southern Hemisphere are mirror images of their counterparts as viewed from the North. For example, the waxing moon’s crescent always appears to curve toward the right when seen by an observer in the Northern Hemisphere, but curves toward the left when viewed from the South.
Most timepieces with moon-phase displays depict the lunar phases as they appear to observers in the North because clocks, watches and the moon-phase display were invented in the Northern Hemisphere and because the majority of people live north of the Equator. MB's new timepiece acknowledges the global location of its admirers and offers also the perspective of people who dwell in the Southern Hemisphere in a single elegant display.
The dial is adorned with a fine guilloche décor. It concentrically develops the contours of the Montblanc emblem on the moon-phase subdial of the Twin Moonphase. The pattens embues the watch with a magic sheen that is only interrupted by the moon phase and an aperture between “one o’clock” and “two o’clock” for the asymmetrically arranged pointer date:
The Star case is a classical case for this collection, finely detailed and with a wearable a diameter of 42 mm and an overall height of 12.7 mm. A nice wrist-presence is the result for this delicate small complication:
Pro:
• Unique small complication
• correct astronomic display regardless of location
• Price
Con:
• For some: too much 'Montblanc' (hands, dial, crown…)
• 42mm might be too large for small wrists
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