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Good job Montblanc Minerva
Irrespective of my personal preference for a 41mm diameter case, both monopushers show evidence of much handiwork and watchmaking prowess.
There will be nay-sayers who will criticise about:
Company name or ownership (Philippe or Patek? Royce or Rolls? - which is more important?)
Machinery - traditional vs modern.
Heritage - watchmaker or pen maker or leather maker or ?
At the final analysis, as Mr Franco Cologni said in a recent interview (paraphrase): "Let's not talk about 'brands' of haute horlogerie but individual products of haute horlogerie. "
I think these examples from Montblanc Minerva or even if NO NAME or Anonymous on the dial are still fine watches.
Regards,
MTF
PS: Oops, thanks Kong and Tsai for the reviews.
This message has been edited by MTF on 2008-11-04 09:00:26
Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 Grand Chronographe Authentique "On-The-Wrist" Review
Montblanc Collection Villeret 1858 Grand Chronographe Authentique Monopusher Chronograph with 30-minute CounterStar Review by VL Kong & Anthony Tsai © November 2008 In 2007, Montblanc and Minerva (founded in 1858) combined to create the "Institut Minerva ...
Looks really good.
Not being familar with movements still, the movement here is made by...??? Minerva? Or all in-house. I think I have a thing for Roman Numerals. Looks really good.
It is really good in steel...
wmclarenf1.... have a look, and compare with your Dato Montblanc acquired Minerva, and yep,it is an inhouse-movement. Besides the Roman numerals, you may need to like classic. Kong
Good job Montblanc Minerva
Irrespective of my personal preference for a 41mm diameter case, both monopushers show evidence of much handiwork and watchmaking prowess. There will be nay-sayers who will criticise about: Company name or ownership (Philippe or Patek? Royce or Rolls? - w...
About the nay sayers...
Mr Cologni raise an interesting point about seperating the "brand" from the products. Not many brands try to disassociate the two. Of course, it serves some self-interest such that Montblanc is trying very hard to enact a brand extension into an already c...
Haute Horlogerie
Gaz, You wrote: "if ETA or Lemania started churning out highly finished movements in a mass produced way, would that be considered "haute"?" The answer is YES. Some products and brands from SWATCH Group are already recognised as haute horlogerie by FHH an...
Good points...
You make some good points and it got me thinking about my use of bespoke tailoring as an analogy. I did have some reservations about the use of the word "bespoke" since it could be interpreted, as you rightly did, that I was apply it to bespoke watch maki...
As it is a large watch...
....at 47mm, does the pusher in the crown interfere with your wrist? Can you inadvertantly set off the counters?
