Montblanc

Dear forumners,

I was wandering around a Montblanc dealership last week and saw a couple of watches that I had never seen before.

The shop lights were too bright and my mobile phone has a bad camera utility....some of the worse photos that I have even taken ensued. 

Still, the photo illustrates another potential success story for Montblanc after the run away success of their Rieussec chronographs that are firm PuristS favourites.

24-hour timezones displayed on either black or silver dials in stainless steel cases. Nice deployant clasps with either steel link bracelet or leather strap. 

Unusual for me, I prefer the silver dial version for clarity in reading but my heart always defaults to black dials if reading was not an issue.

The price is ridiculously affordable. What other mechanical 24h world timer can you get for much less than even the cheap steel simple Rolex Oyster?

These elegant Montblancs should be flying out of the stores (literally for flying travellers)!

If only we could get better photos.........Anybody?

Regards,

MTF

like Cartier and Chopard before they were even popular? 

The Star World-Timer is an impressive and practical timepiece from Montblanc with several patents...its not just a cased ETA caliber with a module superimposed.  Per the press release

"Based on a special toothing system, this entirely new setting mechanism, by which both, the flange and the watch movement can be activated, has been subsequently submitted for patent protection. Not only can this device separately control all indicators via one and the same winding-stem, it also disconnects the movement from the wheels of the time-zone and world-time indicators whenever a time-zone correction is made. The movement continues to run accurately while the time zone is being reset"

This watch won the Prix de La Petite Aiguille at the GPHG 2011.

Here is a little post/review about the watch

  montblanc.watchprosite.com

And yes the black dial has silver applied numerals

The white dial version has black applied numerals.  Wrist shot by Monochrome/FrankG

From MB press release

"Ease of operation and outstanding user-friendliness are salient features of the new Montblanc Star World-Time GMT Automatic. All functions can be operated via the readily grasped - and for improved security – screwed crown in 3 positions. When the crown is in its neutral (unscrewed) position, turning it clockwise manually winds the automatic movement and turning it counter-clockwise resets the outer ring which indicates the worlds 24 time zones.  When the crown has been withdrawn to its first extracted position, turning it clockwise resets the date and turning it counter-clockwise triggers the GMT hand (with the red tip) to advance in hourly increments. Finally, when the crown has been further withdrawn to its second extracted position, turning it clockwise adjusts the 12-hour and the minute-hand in the usual manner.

The 12-hour hand is permanently coupled to the movement and shows the time in the wearer’s present location. The smaller GMT hand culminating in a red tip is accompanied by a contrastingly coloured 24 hour-scale indicating whether people are momentarily at work or asleep in the distant time zone. The outer ring simultaneously indicates the corresponding time on all the global time zones when correctly adjusted with the current time and location of the GMT hand. "

But yes, you are correct. there is no obvious indication on the reference city.   So in the picture above, I guess the owner is travelling in Sydney Australia and it is 10:10.  The GMT hand would refer to the owners home city which has a local time of 1310. 

Best, Mike

[edit sp. Australia: MTF]

Hi, I'm new to this forum. So glad to find the biggest Montblanc loving crowd on any watch forum. Below is my newly acquired Montblanc Star World-time. I've posted the photos somewhere else, but would definitely love to share with you guys. Accuracy so far is +1 sec. per day. Couldn't be more pleased with that!

I'm not good at taking photos, so the pictures might not do the watch justice. The best way to appreciate this beauty is to see it, touch it and try it in person.

42mm case on my wrist (6.5 inches)

Slightly domed sapphire crystal.

The bracelet.

The other side.

I see you have the GMT set also for your "home" time so it works as a 24 hour indicator.

Thanks for the new photos.

Best, Mike