Montblanc

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 ...  

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.

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

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... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

....at 47mm, does the pusher in the crown interfere with your wrist? Can you inadvertantly set off the counters?