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What goes around comes around – especially when we’re talking style. So here we are, three decades after the first steel-and-gold rush, having another two-tone…
Editor’s note: Most of the attention on Montblanc’s 1858 collection is dedicated to their fancy Geosphere model and the chronograph, which is understandable. But just…
One thing you can be sure of with smart/connected watches is the regular (if not annual) upgrade. It’s true for all the big players in…
A little over a week ago I found myself paying more attention than usual to the pre-flight safety spiel. Perhaps due to the fact that…
While the automatic, chronograph and Minerva versions of the 1858 collection bear a strong resemblance to the existing 1858 watches, the Geosphere is something else…
When smartwatches burst onto wrists in a big way with the Apple Watch and its Android powered competitors, the response from the Swiss hegemony lacked…
Today we catch up with the enigmatic Swiss penguin (hey, it’s what her profile says) with a love for complicated watches and a top notch…
Way back in January, one of the watches we were most excited to see at the SIHH was Montblanc’s high-end, Minerva-powered 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in…
When they’re done right, limited edition watches are great. They offer some exclusivity, membership to a special club, and that feeling of being part of…
Over the years we’ve noticed that a love of finely wrought watches often results in a halo effect on the ecosystem of small objects and…
There are two reasons it is worth your while to watch this short video about Montblanc’s support of UNICEF. The first is purely selfish and…
There are few things more frustrating than seeing pictures of an incredible watch, reading the news and reviews of just how great it is, only…
Meet the latest surprise entrant in the luxury Swiss smart watch sector – the Montblanc Summit. Yes, you read that right, Montblanc. Outgoing CEO Jérôme…
BASEL BUILDUP: The Bronze Age that typified many Baselworld 2016 releases – including this Tudor Heritage Black Bay Bronze – continued apace at the first…
This, friends, is the big one. Sure, we’ve kept half an eye on the Golden Globes, the SAG Awards, the BAFTAs and the rest. But…
Over the past few years we’ve come to depend on Montblanc for their faultless heritage-inspired reissues and ‘real world’ pricing structure, so imagine the surprise…
The Montblanc 4810 Orbis Terrarum is a classic worldtime complication, with an outer dial dominated by an inner ring of key global cities and an outer…
Today we peel back the hypothetical door on our digital advent calendar (though we’re giving away some real stuff too FYI) to reveal the deep blue…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/157997150″] When I was in high school we had to buy an atlas/geography textbook from a publisher called Heinemann. Don’t ask me why I…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/182655477″] When we left off the Blindside Challenge, where we ask a key brand leader to i.d their watches by touch alone, Montblanc CEO…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/182642631″] There are persistent rumours in the watch industry that Montblanc CEO (we almost wrote ‘new’ Montblanc CEO there, but it’s been three years…
I’d like to start this week’s Wind Down by asking you all to stop what you’re doing and give a big round of applause to…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/152212213″] Thanks to his healing factor and unbreakable skeleton, Wolverine is one of the most notoriously unkillable superheroes in comics. In this way, he’s…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/152204876″] It’s appropriate that what seemed to be traditional Swiss drummers (with axes as well, weird) appeared on day one of SIHH to make…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/148249598″] When I was growing up there was a phrase to describe a powerful man. It was ‘man mountain’. My dad would say, “you…
[su_vimeo url=”https://vimeo.com/147705268″ width=”800″] [/su_vimeo] The latest addition to Montblanc’s Vasco da Gama range – a broad collection of limited editions that celebrates the spirit of…
The latest addition to Montblanc’s smart and sophisticated line-up is the heritage-inspired 1958 collection. Taking design cues from pilot’s watches of yesteryear, the brand are…
Some months ago, Time+Tide’s Sydney readers were given the opportunity to inspect and learn about Montblanc’s high-end horology, complete with first-hand insights from Monsieur Julien…
No, you’re not reading that wrong. Today we’re taking a (very short) break from our usual programming to talk about another of life’s little luxuries,…
Looking at Montblanc’s recent list of hits – from the Meisterstück Heritage Perpetual Calendar to the Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Vasco da Gama- it’s easy to…
A few weeks ago we co-hosted an exclusive evening in Sydney with Montblanc. For our guests it was an opportunity to see their latest and…
The burning question when ex-JLC wunderkind/CEO Jerome Lambert moved over to Montblanc was ‘how long until he starts ringing in the changes?’ The answer –…
We’re very excited to announce that Time+Tide, in partnership with Montblanc, will be hosting an exclusive Black & White event on the evening of Wednesday…
The dust has settled on SIHH 2015, and we’re braving the 24 hour commute back to Australia. The journey gives us some time to reflect…
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…
