A lot of the Cal13-20 pieces have the pushers close to the lugs as the case size and movement size are much more closely aligned than is common nowadays 😊 Here mine as a comparison 👍🏻

With some special lugs. Even the location of the pushers, close to the lugs, is original. Enjoy, Nicolas

Minerva recently released a "crownless" watch. All winding and setting is done via the bezel. $38,000

The bet that there are enough people conversant with Minerva history might no longer be a good one - especially not those that would be willing to pay the current price level for it. Let’s not forget that the high grade finishing Minerva only started with

To my eyes, which makes the proportions not optimal and I am not a fan of the bimetal aesthetics personally. While I do applaud the doing something new approach I am also far from convinced that a fluted bezel works well for the Minerva brand - at least i

Minerva has recently become a stand-alone brand again . One of the models of this new era is The Unveiled Crownless , ref. MB137544 . credit: Swisswatches Magazine As its name suggests, it is a crownless model inspired by a bezel-activated military watch

Looking into four countries from this vantage point 🇸🇮🇭🇷🇭🇺🇦🇹

It was running slow after a service, so back she went. Thankfully running properly now 3 days of testing. Here is my Minerva Aviation 45. From 1997. Made in 50 examples. Known as reference A71-A6B. 42mm which was considered oversized in 1997. The movement

Me and my wife went to grezi. Now Sabres. Lange for me too. I do admit, I always desire a 1815 chrono however I am happy with my montblanc Minerva. For now 🙃

A rare bird. Rare and quite eye catching. Valjoux 71 beating inside. Best, Nicolas