Montblanc Timewriter 4 Chronograph concept watch-- An idea
When I was cleaning up an old hard drive from a computer which had "died", I found this old Minerva Catalog. I found page 2 really interesting While there was no date printed on the catalog (this catalog was number 264), I suspect that it was printed duri...
Very interesting post Mike!
I agree with you. Why not revisit this technique? I will ask the folks at Montblanc Villeret. I think this is a great potential for the next TimeWriter program (isnt it TimeWriter 3?). I wanna read up more on the vintage Minervas. Actually the Montblanc V...
Upon seeing this post, I ran to the watch cabinet
and got out my trusty Minerva stopwatch Alas, no (visible) coil springs! Cazalea ...
Wow! i would love to have a vintage Minerva stopwatch
like yours! I saw a Heur one for sale before but I would pick Minerva over it as I love the brand. They are very difficult to source though. Thanks for sharing your lovely stopwatch cazalea. These are the ancestors of my Montblanc Villeret chronograph. ch...
That is really a nice example
of the utilitarian/tool type of instrument Minerva was famous for. You can see what a transformation has occurred now. Honestly, I haven't seen a vintage Minerva chrono with the coiled springs...do you think it is under the plates in your version? Best, M...
How cool is that! Love these old things so much!
I would love to see something re introduced in the current catalog, too! Best, Nicolas