Dinner with Alexander Schmidt - surrounded by novelties
As you may have noticed, Montblanc novelty tour has been going around the world these past weeks. In fact, Alex Schmidt confessed at the dinner that it has been 5 weeks tour and Tokyo was the last stop, and he would fly out to his family right after the d...
Aaah, this boody blue 1858 Chronograph monopusher, my latest strong love affair.
It's been a very long time I didn't fall in love with a modern watch. Duometres apart. Happy to see some other real pictures of it, and to see Alex's face. He's a great guy. Best, and thanks for this post, Ken. Nicolas
Yup, blue is very impressively nice....
... blue dial is kinda in fashion. But really good execution on Montblanc part. I understand your love affair with this one ) Ken
This one has me too
I want to see how a black dialed variant will look Cheers, Anthony
Not so sure... At least in the 1858 Monopusher Chrono Line.
There must be only one steel version, so they cannot use a black dial for it, and I don't see an hypothetic later white gold using the same dial than the rose gold version.
Alex looked tired
But I'm not surprised after the world tour... Thanks Ken, Alex and Hisai-san for the close up view in real life. Was that restaurant in Skytree? Regards, MTF
Great report Ken!
I saw the same watches as you did also with Alex in Singapore After Singapore he left for Hong Kong then Tokyo and I am glad he is finally heading home The steel 1858 chrono remains my favorite due to the blue dial and calibre 16.29. But at 44mm I have co...
Could be big, but...
... I am so used to 45mm cases from the brand I moderate ). Let's hope they make SS 39mm version! That would be something, really for us! Ken
There is a way
With the Retour-A-Zero movement (the smaller one used in the 41mm Villeret case)
Nico I was referring to the smaller
Retour-A-Zero in the 41mm case, not the Grande Retour-A-Zero in the 47mm case. The smaller one can fit in 39 or 40mm case too (same size as calibre 13.21) Cheers Robin
You are a master of many brands already :)
Montblanc I am also learning. It\'s a newer brand relatively (to the Rolex and JLCs) and with lots of new products lately Cheers Robin
Thanks for the report Ken
The perpetual calendar looks nice, I'd like to see it in person. Thanks for the report. Regards, ED-209
Here is a closer pic of the Heritage Spirit Perpetual Calendar Sapphire
It\'s very nice indeed! Cheers Robin ...
The more I see of MB, the more there is to like.
Thanks for sharing - lots of lovely pieces there. Will need to pay the boutique a visit soon, hope they have the chrono. May be a bit large at 44mm but let\'s see