In your review you twice mention other chronograph movements with vertical clutches and column-wheels, but you failed to mention the f. piguet 1185 family, which has those features and is available in this price range. The question of it's "in-house" pedi...
Wow guys, that is agreat review. I wish all reviews were that thorough and interesting. I really appreciate all the time you put into. The MB chrono looks beautiful and is impressive. I had one question about something you wrote towards the end of the rev...
See the comment below. The vertical coupling used in the Montblanc Rieussec employs a vertical disk clutch which is different than the usual vertical clutch mechanism. Eventhough the overall concept is the same, the implementation is different. I have nev...
based upon the Valjoux 7750, with a modification on the coulisse developed by Paul Gerber (the company Hanhart offers a mono-pusher version of the 7750 as well). Please note the additional notches on the mono-pusher version (arrows): I do not want to be p...
poorly. I wanted to capture the historical fact that most early chronographs were of the monopusher type employing a column wheel mechanism where the the acutator itself advanced the column wheel in one direction. I had forgotten that Herr Gerber had deve...
clutch arms which lift or lower the center wheel like the F.Piguet. Rather these clutch arms are replaced by a disk hence the reference to "vertical disk clutch". If we were talking about traditional automatic vertically coupled chronographs I couldn't ha...
at the sticker price. Maybe because over the past few years I've been just accepting the outrageous MSRP I've seen but it is a different environment. I'm glad they didn't just stick to precious metals, producing the Rieussec in stainless brings it into th...
An original dial, a nice movement, and a correct finish. It now needs a story to build. But Montblanc does all for that, obviously. Great work, Mike. Best, Nicolas
which had been in development at Montblanc for quite a bit of time. That's why we are here: To tell the story which Montblanc is trying to build Cheers, Mike
One thing I like about this watch is that it has a dial with big personality. I give Montblanc credit for giving this watch a unique face to present to the world. I definitely like the movement and feel that the finishing is quite attractive. The only asp...
your thoughts are along the same as mine. Keep the date singularly displayed and " add a little sizzle " (my son's favorite phrase currently) to the night/day wheel. I think it would be more attractive that way. Cheers, Mike
Dear Mike very interesting and eye-opening second view at the MB NR chronograph. It is encouraging to see that MB took some of the criticisms voiced in the initial review seriously and addressed them swiftly. But even that aside, the proposed price point ...
overcoming. On the wear comfort, I think this is easily solved. I choose to switch it out to a tang buckle and perhaps this is how the Rieussic should be packaged. Deployant clasps are nice but they all vary in their wear comfort so perhaps we should leav...
is that there is some with either (i) no vision, (ii) no willingness to invest in developing a vision and implementing it or (iii) the guts to take a shortcut on marketing, in that he/she 'outsources' the marketing to the established brands. Imitation may...
. . . regarding the suitability of Breguet numerals for the hour chapter. Breguet and Rieussec were contemporaries, so in my view, the choice Montblanc made is consonant aesthetically and historically . . . cordially, Art
My simple opinion is that this is a really 'interesting' watch, but one that is 'so novel' that it will not see many owners... and at the same time... Montblanc is demonstrating that it wants to be extraordinary manufacture. I get the feeling from this wa...
I was turned off by the initial images I saw of the limited edition last year. You can actually read my comments which I can never retract since they've been printed on the internet. I hesitated to even review this watch because of my first impressions ba...
This is certainly a very bold watch for Montblanc in so many ways and I applaud their making it available in stainless steel making it more affordable and available to a larger audience. So many manufacturers have eliminated stainless as an option which i...
to create an emotion amongst us. Love it or hate it as long as long as this passion is stirred within the consumer then the designers have achieved one critical aspect of their mission. Before I never like the Timewalker series but I've actually grown fon...
First time I saw it in pics I thought it looked awful but in the metal it is different, especially the open-dial version launched at SIHH this year. - SJX
Nice job with the detail and the pics. I have not seen the steel version, but I have seen the red gold version at the boutique in New York. At first I was not a fan, but after a few minutes of studying the details I began to appreciate this timepiece. It ...
That's the nickname for this model in collectors' circles because the subdials and 'dial bridge' make it look like a bull's face with nose-ring. Very cool in this new metal and I like the 2-tone better for more "bully beef" contrast! MTF
... you brought Montblanc nearer to me. this review is great stuff, as is the watch. I am very glad to see the tradition of fine and timeless looking watches is continued, while so many other brands limit themselves to pseudo-modernistic designs. Best reg...