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A mighty dress watch…

 

Great review, guys.

 

Although the Nicolas Rieussec has the more formal appearance of a dress watch (given the RG case and the fonts used on the dial), saying that a 43x14.7mm watch is a dress watch and that “the case is a perfect height for a dress watch that easily fits under dress shirt cuffs” may be pushing the boundaries a little.

 

I don’t like the power reserve scale etched into the rear bezel and the long PR hand, but I do like the layout of the bridges (especially the balance) and movement (particularly the column wheel and going train). The windswept Côtes de Genève provide additional animation to the movement.

 

If Montblanc can build on this watch, they have a bright future in horology.

 

Thanks again,

 

Andrew

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Montblanc Star Nicolas Rieussec Review

 
By: AnthonyTsai : October 6th, 2008-15:04
Montblanc Star Nicolas Rieussec Review by Anthony Tsai & VL Kong © October 2008 History of Montblanc Montblanc was founded in 1906 at Hamburg, Germany by 3 people from diverse backgrounds - a stationer, an engineer and a banker - solely to manufacture fou...  

Counterpoints

 
By: MTF : October 6th, 2008-21:41
Anthony and Kong, First - thanks for an in-depth review and on-the-wrist test drive. Next - as you mentioned, the power of digital macro photography is too scary for regualr consumers. We are not surprised to find flaws even on pieces by "acknowledged" ma... 

Great Review Anthony, Thanks

 
By: NJ_Mark : October 7th, 2008-07:33
Do you know if these have been released to the Boutiques yet?

A mighty dress watch…

 
By: AndrewD : October 7th, 2008-17:17
Great review, guys. Although the Nicolas Rieussec has the more formal appearance of a dress watch (given the RG case and the fonts used on the dial), saying that a 43x14.7mm watch is a dress watch and that “the case is a perfect height for a dress watch t... 

I agree BUT

 
By: MTF : October 8th, 2008-01:56
Andrew, I agree that "dress watch" may be a stretch because of the chronograph fucntions irrespective of case size. About size acceptability.......Anthony is a Panerai and AP Offshore fan......so I guess his idea of "dress watch" size may be skewed! Regar... 

I should have put a smiley face in there..

 
By: AndrewD : October 8th, 2008-04:01
Thanks for your comments, Melvyn. You're right about dress watches and 'complications' of course. Actually the case of this Montblanc chronograph is rather elegantly shaped, and I can forgive Anthony describing it as a "dress watch", particularly if it wa... 

Wow, Anthony, that's what I call a Review!

 
By: amanico : October 9th, 2008-13:08
Informative, detailed, with very nice pics and a superb text, that's a great work, here.. Congrats to you and Kong! As for the watch, I still don't know what to think. The finish seems ok, the design is not bad, so what does this watch miss??? Legitimity?... 

If MONTBLANC was NOT on the dial?

 
By: MTF : October 16th, 2008-22:39
What if this watch was presented to you with an established watch brand name on the dial? Would that give it more legitimacy? Interesting "thought experiment"............ Maybe we should review watches without brand names printed on the dial: a bit like b...