Hands on review of the Montblanc 1858 Manual Small Second limited edition
It is always surprising to discover watches from very well known brands just when they become available at the boutiques. When I say "discover", I use the original meaning of the verb that is to say - learn of their existence. That's what just happened to...
Lovely looking watch but...
... I still feel it is an opportunity missed. First I thought that MB was bringing back Minerva as a brand - they had a similar looking Pythagore Aviation, also with cathedral hands and lume. That one came with a Minerva Cal. 48 movement, which was probab...
Actually with a Minerva 48 movement, you would not have the same price!
Market has changed and such movement would be found in a much more expensive watch, not to mention that due to its availability, the LE would be very limited. So I agree with your final comments... maybe one day we will have a more limited edition in the ...
Would the movement be so much more expensive to manufacture?
Not claiming to understand watch making economics in any detail but that movement must have had all the development expenses covered long ago, the machinery written off equally long ago and not so massively more manual labour involved? Or is it the scarci...
Thank for the great review, as always Fx.
The watch looks quite nice from the front side, reminding older vintage watches (and the chrono looks great with its movement) but the Backside of this one.... erf. I think they created a very nice image for the "Villeret 1858" tag with the previous editi...
Can you tell us more about the new historic logo?
Robin, I can't seem to find any historic reference to this mountain logo. MB registered the name in 1910 and AFAIK the star was their first symbol in 1913. When was the mountain symbol used and on what product? On a side note, I would be thrilled to know ...
Water resistance of the 1858 manual small seconds
Is 30 meters only so not suitable for sports activities such as swimming. Dean, I think you need another watch which is like 100m water resistance. I am hoping Montblanc upgrades the water resistance of their Timewalker line which can be worn for sports I...
A classic Minerva design
Inspired by the comments in this thread I did look for, and find, the vintage Minerva watches that inspired this design, although as already mentioned it was a common military spec. Nevertheless, its a big step for Montblanc to substitute their name on a ...
Montblanc HQ has not gotten back to me on the logo yet Dean
I will follow up As for the Minerva name, to be honest, I am very proud to see the Minerva brand and logo on my Villeret movement. The name is there to stay A proud heritage and if Montblanc ever removes the Minerva brand from the Villeret movements... I ...
Any word yet, Robin
Seems like a long pause for a simple query! Still very interested in knowing the history the MB logo which appears on this watch.
No response from MB HQ yet on my email
Will follow up again Sorry been busy at work lately Dean so forgot to follow up with them Cheers Robin
The Montblanc logo on the 1858 collection
Was the old logo of Montblanc since 1912 Here is a pic from MB HQ where this logo is used on their writing instruments Hope this helps Dean Cheers Robin ...
Perfect, that is awesome!
Wonderful documentation of this symbol now used to connect the brand with watches and featuring my favorite theme; mountains. Thanks for checking, Robin
Oh yes you love trekking I recall :)
Glad you like the logo. It\'s quite romantic to see logos of the past used on current watches or other lifestyle products Cheers Robin