Montblanc

This watch was produced in a larger case with 47mm and with 41 mm which I have got. The 47mm edition has in total 67 pieces: 58 red gold / silver dial, 8 pieces white gold / silver dial and 1 piece in platinum with mother of pearl dial. The 41mm edition consists also of 67 pieces, but the white gold case came in 4 pieces with silver and 4 with black dial. To me, the 41mm is a perfect size for this watch.

The guilloche decoration of the dial is hand-made so every dial is a little bit different. The Minerva caliber M13.18 is in the end a chronograph with a retour a zero function and a central second hand to set the time (or even to stop something). So it is a chronograph that is running all the time. Due to the hunters case the watch wears very smooth on my wrist - opening the case it reveals the fantastic caliber of this series within the Montblanc Villeret range.

The white gold case has very elegant stepped lugs and the upper part is formed like the upper parts of a knights armor.

Here is the fact sheet:

Model Seconde au Centre Retour à Zéro

Ident No. 104343

Movement:

Calibre: MB M13.18

Movement type: Manually wound retour à Zéro movement

Chronograph: -

Indications: Central hours - minutes and seconds - seconds hand with zero-reset function

Displays (Chronograph): -

Diameter: 29.50 mm

Height: 6.40 mm

Number of components: 196 components

Number of jewels: 21 jewels (hemispherical, cambered, olive-cut)

Power reserve: Approx. 55 hrs

Balance: Screw balance, Ø 11.40 mm; 26 mg.cm•

Frequency: 18,000 vibrations per hour (2.5 Hz)

Balance spring: With Phillips curve

Plate: Rhodium-plated German silver, circular-grained on both sides, hand-chamfered edges

Bridges: Rhodium-plated German silver, “Côtes de Genève”, recesses circular-grained on both sides, hand-chamfered edges

Going train: Wheels: gold-plated, circular-grained, chamfered, diamond hubs on both sides

Pinions: polished faces and toothing, burnished pivots

Case

Material: 18 K white gold

Bezel: -

Sapphire crystal: Cambered sapphire crystal

Case back: Screwed domed sapphire crystal case back, hinged cuvette with patented release mechanism

Crown: With Montblanc emblem in mother-of-pearl

Dial: Solid 18 K gold dial with hand-crafted silver-plated circular-grained decoration

Hands: 18 K gold, central second hand in Pfinodal ®

Horns: With patented cuvette release mechanism

Diameter: 41 mm

Height: 14.80 mm

Water resistant: 3 bar (30 m)

Strap

Material/Colour: Hand-stitched alligator-skin / Black

Clasp/Buckle: Pin buckle in 18 K white gold

Limitation: 8 pieces