Montblanc

Something more About Monique Wyssmüller A Saturday afternoon, 15 November 2008, the first time I met Madame Monique Wyssmüller during the exhibition of the 150th anniversary of Montblanc Minerva at the Sincere Haute Horlogerie (Singapore). Not distracted ...  

which I still have at home! Cheers, Magnus...  

How do you derive the number (N) of the terminal curve? Kong

which contains graphs of the different curves, and we sat together and tried to figure out which one it was... Great fun! Best, Magnus

. . . and my respects to Mme Wyssmüller. Movement assembly has progressed immensely over the decades, but the facility to manually perform the adjustment of a hairspring imbues Minerva's movements with an aura of tradition that few others can aspire to, l... 

I'm particularly interested in this spiral /hairspring comptage-overcoil craft, as it has functional attributes and not purely aesthetic. Kong

Thanks Kong and Monique for the stories. I am fascinated that there are other enthusiasts (tractors) even more crazy than watch collectors. I guess they are PuristS as well.......driving from Paris to Villeret at 20km/h requires some form of mental illnes... 

and looking forward to any update. I am equally curious what the tractor-enthusiasts did throughout the journey Kong

I'd like to see Monique in action someday to see if I'm visualizing everything in my head correctly after reading all the recent reports here on comptage. Oh yeah, love the picture you took of the comptage device. The sparkling glare on the device is bril...  

A, thanks for the kind words. Hope Monique would be going to USA. If you know French, it will be a big advantage, otherwise it will be sign-language Hmm...on her wrist, should be a Star Lady Automatic with moonphase. Think with MoP dial too. A pic for you...  

...a very interesting insight to a less known aspect of watchmaking. Thanks! Carlos Torres

Thanks, Kong, for a fantastic post. Madame Wyssmüller is a living treasure. I wonder if women might be better suited to being spring fitters, as Madame posits in her interview, because of their smaller hands/fingers? Her tractor restoration hobby mak... 

and Kong for reporting it to us. I look forward to owning a watch whose "heart" is personally crafted by Monique one day. Best, Mike

I must say she is a very capable lady with talented skills. Montblanc....hmmm.... Regards

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I really enjoyed the reading. She got some skills. Amazing job. Thanks for sharing. Vte