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That was a cool one I discovered in 2014. The mystery dial... The hour markers are visible only in the darkness. Best, Nicolas

Lots of of details have been discussed on PuristSPro’s Montblanc forum, concerning the new Montblanc 1858 collection — especially the 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter, with the beautifully-designed and finished calibre 16.29. I would like to share a three-part

And the Nicolas Rieussecs are of different leagues to be honest :) I also like this grained dial and the Roman numerals on this version 2 of the Homage to Nicolas Rieussec even though I prefer version 1 a bit more due to the rotating discs But of course,

In part one of this two-part series on the Montblanc Homage to Nicolas Rieussec II, I covered the various iterations of Rieussec’s inking time writers, the forefathers of the chronograph as we know today. For part two, I will share the concept of this new

We have discussed this a few times on PuristSPro. Amongst the various Montblanc watch collections, from the Star collection to the Timewalkers and the new Heritage Spirit or Heritage Chrononometrie collections and all the way to the Villeret collection, t

This is the last part of my write-up on the new Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie collection. In this post, I will continue from Part 3, which focuses on Montblanc’s in-house complications and movements developed for this new collection. Part 4 provides the

A visit to the Montblanc Boutique today gave me some great relief from work I was pleasantly surprised to see some of the 2015 novelties on sale already (but I still have to wait for my Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum until Sep or Oct!!) The new Heritage C

Last year I bought a pretty special watch. A grail even: My first Jaeger-LeCoultre, a Reverso Duo. I love that watch and enjoy wearing it whenever the day is right. It had a serious malfunction shortly after purchase (new) but Jaeger-LeCoultre took care o

First, let's offer a few words to remember the watchmaker himself... This is Nicolas Mathieu Rieussec He was already a successful young watchmaker in Paris when he was appointed as the royal watchmaker for Louis XVIII in 1817. Just four years later, he de

The Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec is perhaps the most iconic watch from Montblanc's watch collection to date. Yes, Montblanc has its very high end and exclusive Villeret collection, started its watch offering in 1997 with the Star collection, won many new fa