FIRST LOOK: The Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Dual Time

Felix Scholz

This year’s SIHH collection for Montblanc is a pretty packed line-up, with a lot of watches that have immediately caught our attention. The one we were immeadiately drawn to however wasn’t the big world timer or one of the many calendar pieces, but rather a clean and elegant looking dual time piece – with a silver starburst dial and pleasant blue detailing. The use of blued central second hour hand is particularly elegant (and easy to advance in hour jumps, without messing with the home time). The dial is also beautifully balanced with the small seconds and 24 hour indicator (and day night indicator) at 12. Oh, and it’s very nicely priced at 3,990 Euro. 

More pictures and details to come. 

SPECIFICATIONS:

Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Dual Time

Ident. 112540 Movement

Calibre MB 29.19 with Manufacture complication

Type of movement Mechanical movement with automatic winding, second time zone and day/night display

Number of rubies 34

Power reserve Approx. 42 hours

Balance Flat hoop Frequency 28,800 A/h (4 Hz) Hairspring Flat

Displays Local time: central hours and minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock, second time zone in the centre and at 12 o’clock with 24-hour display and a day/night indication Date window at 3 o’clock

Special features In-house-developed complication with rapid adjustment of the local time in hourly steps, date linked to local time with date change either forward or backward, home time, minutes and seconds continue to run during local-time adjustment

Case Polished stainless steel case, polished and satin-finished bezel Crystal Scratch-resistant, domed and antireflective sapphire crystal Back Stainless steel with inset pane of sapphire crystal

Dimensions Diameter = 41 mm; height = 9.97 mm

Watertightness 3 bar

Crown Stainless steel with Montblanc emblem in raised relief

Dial Silvery white dial with sunburst pattern, facetted indexes, Arabic numeral “12” as rhodium-plated appliqués, rhodium-plated sword-shaped hour-hand and minute-hand, blued steel hour-hand for the second time zone, the 24-hour and the day-night indicators, rhodium-plated small seconds, date shown in a window

Wristband Black alligator-skin strap crafted at the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence with stainless steel triple folding clasp

Certified by the Montblanc Laboratory Test 500

Price 3’990 euros