Montblanc

Despite being released about six months ago, the stainless steel Rieussec Skeleton Date chronograph is still a rare beast. There is one sitting on display at the MB boutique on Madison Ave but there is a bit of a wait time everywhere else. Any PuristS pla...  

to see if they have a Skeleton Day Date in stock. I still haven't seen one in person since SIHH couple years ago. Cheers, Anthony

But surely by Q1 next year, all the ADs will have them. I actually ordered the non-skeleton version from the MB boutique, but on day of collection, there was a problem. I was setting the time, and when I realized that the rotor is not very free spinning, ... 

The Madison boutique did not have a steel "open date" model available, but they did have a manual wind red gold version there! I should have taken a pic....

I have enuf budget fr a steel version only, so I will wait till it reaches the AD.

rotor either. I didn't think anything of it because the rotor did move with arm swings and wound efficiently. Sorry to hear about the wait. You know what they say Absence make the heart grow fonder ! Cheers, Mike

but, sorry, did not take any photos.... It is a very interesting model..... Cheers

i am still happy about the one i bought a few months ago here in hamburg - i stille love to weare it - still a great feeling and an eye catcher ( at least for me ) - like to watch the old chrono mechanisme from riussec - had a great evening with mr. GISBE... 

My Montblanc sales rep emailed me and told me that the Ala Moana (Honolulu) MB botique has a red gold in. I had been contacting him about a steel model. I'm looking forward to it to see the readability of the subdials. From the pictures it looks a little ... 

Here are some wrist shots for your reference. I think the skeletonization makes it a little more difficult to read compared to the solid rotating disks but it really depends on the lighting and your eyesight Greetings from Maine, Mike...  

Thanks for the welcome! Well, I went to the MB Boutique today and wouldn't you know my phone was dead! :-(. But I did get to see the red gold Rieussec Open Date. My salesguy told me that the watch was being shipped to Palm Springs (Florida, I think), but ...  

Congrats and thanks for sharing the pic, as they say wear it in good health! Mahalo! -MW