jrwong23 (aka watchthebin)[Purist]
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The first ever Montblanc watch - the first Montblanc Star watch
May 30, 2016,02:02 AM
We have been discussing the 1858 collection a lot lately. And of course, the Villeret collection and Nicolas Rieussec and some of the newer TimeWalkers.
It is good to review the roots of Montblanc watch making, even before they had any in-house manufacture movements.
Do you know the first collection from Montblanc watches was the Montblanc Star collection?
The Star collection is especially significant to Montblanc's watches as it was the very first collection developed and launched by Montblanc in 1997, the year Montblanc started its watch category business. So the Star Collection pioneered Montblanc's watch category. It is the collection that started it all !
Granted, Montblanc started on a low base back in 1997 but since then, has grown from strength to strength from developing its first in-house chronograph movement and launched the now iconic Nicolas Rieussec series, to developing the Timewalker series (with the 2nd in-house chronograph movement for the Timewalker Twinfly) to the pinnacle of haute horology, with its merger with Minerva to form the highly exclusive Montblanc Collection Villeret.
But let's go back to Montblanc's watch history archives, the very first Montblanc watch.... which I find very interesting despite Montblanc having only a short history in watch making.
This Montblanc Star was the first Montblanc watch, launched in 1997. Any Purist has this watch? Soon, it will be considered a vintage watch and especially special as the very first watch from Montblanc.
The first Star watch design was inspired by the famous Montblanc Meisterstuck Fountain Pen 149. The Meisterstuck pen hence influenced the design DNA of the Star collection henceforth.
Anyone owns or has seen such early Montblanc Star watches before? Please share pictures if so. I have not seen these personally (I was still studying in high school in 1997!).
Cheers
robin
This message has been edited by jrwong23 on 2016-05-30 02:22:04