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Vintage Minerva Chronograph: The ancestor of the Montblanc 1858 Tachymeter?
From time to time, we'll revisit some nice vintage Minerva Chronographs, to share the DNA of the current Montblanc Villeret Chronographs.
Here, a chronograph from the 40's.
Luminous hour markers, hands, and even the case have been borrowed for the 1858 Tachymeter, obviously.
As well as the coaxial mono pusher.
The snail dial is one of the differences, as well as the size of the case, which is, here, 42 mm ( versus 44 mm ), and the shape of the crown.
The telemeter let its place for a tachymeter, too.
Best,
Nicolas
This message has been edited by amanico on 2016-05-05 04:24:13 This message has been edited by amanico on 2016-05-05 23:03:44
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Vintage Minerva Chronograph: The ancestor of the Montblanc 1858 Tachymeter?
From time to time, we'll revisit some nice vintage Minerva Chronographs, to share the DNA of the current Montblanc Villeret Chronographs. Here, a chronograph from the 40's. Luminous hour markers, hands, and even the case have been borrowed for the 1858 Ta...
Its all in the DNA...
What a magnificent piece and it is amazing how much the DNA has carried across against my Villeret... especially that snail dial and the shape of the crown/monopusher. I wonder how the original movements were finished? I have never seen inside the solid c...
Indeed, an amazing heritage line.. Lots of DNA re-born in the new one.. Remember the captivating appeal of yours recently..
.. This ancestor is a real forerunner, very attractive; but given the choice between Vintage & the new one, I\'d go with the latter.. Thx for sharing, hs
42mm??
Really yummy... Would have trouble deciding between the vintage and the new one; although there is one way through
It was a clear inspiration of the Villeret Vintage Chronograph...
...which combines too the two scales. I publish a picture very quickly, I took one today. Fx
I like the white dial...
and remember looking at it when it was offered those years back... it was actually the 'P10' that put me off on the dial, hence ending up with the black dial version. Cheers Andrew
You are not the only one to have been disturbed by the P in front of the 10. I heard that several times.
A pity, because the watch is just to die for. Best, Nicolas
The colour combo with the blue, red and white is stunning and imagine it on a blue strap!
I think even if the 10 had been in red (without the P) it would have been AMAZING and I would own one right now. Cheers Andrew
It's good to see the ancestor of these modern Villeret
Both the 1858 Tachymeter chronograph and Andrew\'s Villeret vintage Tachymeter (which is like a direct descendant of this vintage one) Thanks for the post Nico. Very Vladdy as usual :p Cheers Robin