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MONTBLANC Presents 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Blue LimitedEdition

The vintage looks of the collection have been one of the reasons for their popularity (another has been the entry price into the collection). The 1858 is named for the founding year of Minerva, now a part of Montblanc, and so it finds itself into the replica watch as well.

Following last year’s launch of its 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in rose gold, which itself was part of a new collection whose new pilots replica watches have been a market success, Montblanc has extended the collection with the addition of a stainless steel case version of the Chronograph with a dark blue dial, in a limited edition of 100 pieces.

 

The historically-inspired cathedral hands, typeface and dial design are now familiar, but being a modern replica watch, the hands and numerals are coated in SuperLumiNova. It comes in a 44mm sized case (height of 13.15mm) and on a blue alligator strap to match the dial colour. The size of the case is basically down to the fact that the movement is a rather significant 38.4mm.

Inside is the manual-wind Montblanc Caliber M16.29, a pocket-watch style monopusher column-wheel chronograph, with both a large screwed balance and swan neck regulator. It is inspired by the Minerva 17.29 movement from 1929 and is hand-finished. As you can tell, if you are into replica watch photography then this will probably provide you with many hours of enjoyment. As @initialjh who photographed it likes saying, the devil is in the details – of the chronograph. The movement has 252 parts and you can see how much work has gone into it.

I liked the pilots’ replica watches when they were released last year and have not seen the rose gold version of this one to compare, but this blue and stainless steel version is a good looking replica watch and a fitting tribute both inside and out, to its 1930s inspiration. This is very much a replica watch for the chronograph fans amongst us.

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Reviewing Montblanc Star Roman Carpe Diem Special Editions

 

The Montblanc Star Roman Collection is defined by its classical design and simple but reliable automatic movements. The refined and understated look is expressed by slim roundish polished stainless steel case with straight horns and distinctive step, which features the same three rings from the iconic Meisterstück fountain pen. The rounded shape of the overall design is also visible in the onion-shaped crowns with a precious resin insert depicting the Montblanc emblem.

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Montblanc Star Roman Quantième Complet Carpe Diem Special Edition

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The first edition is a so-called complete calendar replica watch, the Montblanc Star Roman Quantième Complet Carpe Diem Special Edition. This replica watch shows a practical display of the both the date (via a central hand pointed a track on the periphery of the dial), the day of the week and the month (both in windows at 12). The time is classically displayed on the central axis (hours, minutes and seconds) and this display is balanced by a moon phase indication at 6 – the perfect layout for a full calendar replica watch.

These Carpe Diem Special Editions feature distinctive dials with three-dimensional guilloché grain d’orge patterns in the centre of each model and red gold-plated Roman numerals. Running around the periphery of the dial, a black railway minute track is punctuated by Arabic numerals or five-minute markers. The leaf hands for the hours, minutes (and date or GMT, depending on the edition) are in plated red gold, while the second hand appears in a blue tone with Montblanc emblem at the extremity. The Montblanc Star Roman Carpe Diem Special Editions are all equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement, with 3 options available: a full calendar with moon phase, a second time zone coupled with chronograph, or a simple small seconds.

The Montblanc Star Roman Quantième Complet has a 42mm case in polished steel and is powered by the calibre MB 29.12, a self-winding movement with 42h of power reserve (visible through the caseback). It will be delivered with a black alligator strap with steel triple folding clasp. Price: 4,600 Euros.

Specifications of the Montblanc Star Roman Quantième Complet Carpe Diem Special Edition

  • Case: 42mm diameter – 12.17mm thickness – stainless steel – sapphire crystal on front and back – 30m water resistant
  • Movement: Calibre MB 29.12 – automatic – 42h power reserve – 28,800 vibrations/h – hours, minutes, second, date by hand, day of the week, month, moon phase
  • Strap: black alligator strap with steel triple folding clasp
  • Non-limited – 4,600 Euros – Reference 113691

Montblanc Star Roman Chronograph UTC Automatic Carpe Diem Special Edition

 

Montblanc Star Roman Small Second Carpe Diem Special Edition

Montblanc Star Roman Small Second Carpe Diem Special Edition

The latest version, the Montblanc Star Roman Small Second Carpe Diem Special Edition, is a simple and legible time and date replica watch. It features the hours and minutes on the central axis, a small second indication at 6 and a date, displayed classically in a window at 3 – so to say, the essence of a classical replica watch. The stainless case measures 39mm x 10.8mm – some very reasonable and elegant proportions – and the replica watch is powered by the Calibre MB 24.16, a self-winding movement with 38h of power reserve (visible through the caseback). It will be delivered with a black alligator strap with steel triple folding clasp. Price: 2,915 Euros.

Specifications of the Montblanc Star Roman Small Second Carpe Diem Special Edition

  • Case: 39mm diameter – 10.8mm thickness – stainless steel – sapphire crystal on front and back – 30m water resistant
  • Movement: Calibre MB 24.16 – automatic – 38h power reserve – 28,800 vibrations/h – hours, minutes, small second, date
  • Strap: black alligator strap with steel triple folding clasp
  • Non-limited – 2,915 Euros – Reference 113879

Montblanc Star Roman Chronograph UTC Automatic Carpe Diem Special Edition

The second edition is no less complex. Indeed, the Montblanc Star Roman Chronograph UTC Automatic Carpe Diem Special Edition combines a chronograph to an indication of a second time zone. By the mean of a hand place on the central axis, this replica watch will give you an indication of the time in another part of the globe while traveling (or it can be used as a 24h indication when home). The chronograph is classically displayed in a 6-9-12 display (note the nice guilloche detail in the sub-counter at 9, depicting the MB logo) and the date comes at 3. The steel case measures here 42mm. Behind the sapphire caseback ticks an automatic movement, with 46h power reserve.  It will be delivered with a black alligator strap with steel triple folding clasp. Price: 4,500 Euros.

Specifications of the Montblanc Star Roman Chronograph UTC Automatic Carpe Diem Special Edition

  • Case: 42mm diameter – 14.7mm thickness – stainless steel – sapphire crystal on front and back – 30m water resistant
  • Movement: Calibre MB 25.03 – automatic – 46h power reserve – 28,800 vibrations/h – hours, minutes, second, chronograph, second time zone
  • Strap: black alligator strap with steel triple folding clasp
  • Non-limited – 4,500 Euros – Reference 113880
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Replica MONTBLANC : 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter Blue LimitedEdition

Following last year’s launch of its 1858 Chronograph Tachymeter in rose gold, which itself was part of a new collection whose new pilots replica watches have been a market success, Montblanc has extended the collection with the addition of a stainless steel case version of the Chronograph with a dark blue dial, in a limited edition of 100 pieces.

The vintage looks of the collection have been one of the reasons for their popularity (another has been the entry price into the collection). The 1858 is named for the founding year of Minerva, now a part of Montblanc, and so it finds itself into the replica watch as well.

Inside is the manual-wind replica Montblanc Caliber M16.29, a pocket-watch style monopusher column-wheel chronograph, with both a large screwed balance and swan neck regulator. It is inspired by the Minerva 17.29 movement from 1929 and is hand-finished. As you can tell, if you are into replica watch photography then this will probably provide you with many hours of enjoyment. As @initialjh who photographed it likes saying, the devil is in the details – of the chronograph. The movement has 252 parts and you can see how much work has gone into it.

The historically-inspired cathedral hands, typeface and dial design are now familiar, but being a modern replica watch, the hands and numerals are coated in SuperLumiNova. It comes in a 44mm sized case (height of 13.15mm) and on a blue alligator strap to match the dial colour. The size of the case is basically down to the fact that the movement is a rather significant 38.4mm.

I liked the pilots’ replica watches when they were released last year and have not seen the rose gold version of this one to compare, but this blue and stainless steel version is a good looking replica watch and a fitting tribute both inside and out, to its 1930s inspiration. This is very much a replica watch for the chronograph fans amongst us.

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Replica Montblanc Heritage Spirit OrbisTerrarum Hands On

So far this year we have had a look at a couple of dressy worldtimer replica watches such as the Jaeger-LeCoultre Geophysic UT and one from Frederique Constant so we thought we’d add another one into the mix for your consideration at this time when many of you will be travelling for the holiday period.

From Montblanc comes the Orbis Terrarum, launched earlier this year as one of a variety of travel-themed (whether in terms of your travel or those of Vasco Da Gama) pieces that have been released this year. Part of the Meisterstück Heritage Collection (yes as in Meisterstück pens), this world-timer follows some popular design cues on the dial which will make it familiar to many, especially those familiar with Vacheron Constantin to cite one example.

The dial is a planisphere of Earth as viewed from the North Pole. Twenty-four cities are listed on a disc indicating both twenty-four time zones and day/ night (white/ black). For those unfamiliar with world-timers the hour and minute hands are for your local time. When you travel, just adjust the centre hour and minute hands to your new ‘local time’. Your home time remains at 6 o’clock on the twenty-four city disc (the small red arrow). The disc with the twenty-four cities can be rotated independently via the pusher at 8 o’clock in one-hour increments.

The case is 41mm in diametre, 12mm thick, and comes in either 18k red gold or stainless steel. Inside is the Sellita-based Calibre MB29.20 with a forty-two hour power reserve.

With Montblanc going through a renaissance under the stewardship of Jérôme Lambert, the new Orbis Terrarum has been another bold move into positioning Montblanc at very attractive price points across a range of men’s and women’s replica watches, particularly when it comes to complications.

The RRP for the Orbis Terrarum is 4,990 EUR for the stainless steel model on a leather strap, 5,260 EUR for the same on a bracelet, and 13,900 EUR for the red gold model on a leather strap.

For some other worldtimers we’ve looked at this year, click on this link.

[Horologium attended Replica Watches & Wonders 2015 by invitation of Richemont Australia]

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Replica Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel At SIHH 2016

It has to be said: the celerity at which Montblanc has enlarged and developed the Heritage Chronometrie collection is impressive. In less than 2 years, we’ve seen a Dual Time, a Quantième Complet, an Ultra-Slim, a Quantième Annuel and even an affordable (relatively speaking) Tourbillon Chronograph. And what has to be kept in mind is that, even if Montblanc uses third-parties base movements, the complication modules are all done in-house. Now you’ll probably ask yourself when they going to stop? Not this year, as here is the new Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel, to be introduced at the SIHH 2016.

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The Heritage Chronometrie is the core collection of Montblanc, with classically shaped replica watches and a goal to have complicated displays, but for accessible prices. The goal here isn’t to be ultra-high-end – this goes to the Villeret Collection, with replica watches like the cheapest replica Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geospheres – neither to be quite original or vintage – with replica watches like the Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph or the Meisterstück Heritage Pulsograph with Minerva Monopusher. Finally, you won’t find here the top complications like the perpetual calendar or the superlative hand-finish. No, the Heritage Chronometrie is more down to earth, more commercially oriented but not void of interest (at all). This collection has the ability to offer some complications for relatively low prices – and as said in the introduction, many compilations.

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The latest addition to the collection, the Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel, combines two of the major complications on a legible but complicated (horologically speaking) dial. It features an association of a chronograph merged with an annual calendar, a type of display that only needs setting once a year, at the end of February. Technically speaking, this type of calendar is far easier to develop and to assemble, however, on the user-side, the daily-benefit of the perpetual calendar vs. the annual calendar (a Quantieme Annuel in French) is rather minimal. Consider the quantieme annuel as the latest step on the stairs to heaven, where is placed the perpetual calendar.

The quantieme annuel of this Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie displays all the required information in a way quite similar to a perpetual calendar, via 4 sub-dials: date, day of the week, month and moon-phases. What you’ll miss is the indication of the leap year. For the rest, do believe us, a quatieme annuel / annual calendar is extremely practical, as it takes into account the months of 30 or 31 days, meaning that you’ll need to adjust your replica watch only once a year, in February. Of course, all the rest of the indications are linked to this display. Only the date will be adjusted. Convenient right – and cheaper (for instance the normal Montblanc quantieme annuel in steel costs 6,500 Euros and the perpetual calendar also in steel costs 10,000 Euros).

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As said, the dial of the Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel features quite a lot of calendar information but also consider the presence of a chronograph. Having 3 sub-dials normally on a chronograph and 3 sub-dials on an annual calendar, the situation could have been… busy. Let’s have a look at the several zones of this dial:

  • Sub-register at 12: Date on the periphery and running second in the center
  • Sub-register at 9: 30-minute counter of the chronograph on the periphery and month in the center
  • Sub-register at 6: 12-hour counter of the chronograph on the periphery and day of the week in the center
  • Sub-register at 3: Moon-phases indicated by a hand
  • Central axis: hours, minutes and chronograph seconds

As you can see, the hands are two colors, some are gilded and some are blued. This makes easier to distinguish the timing / calendar indications (displayed by the gilded hands) and the chronograph functions (displayed by the blued hands). There’s no confusion possible.

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The rest of the dial is very traditional but highly elegant. We said that the Heritage Chronometrie wasn’t inspired by vintage replica watches, which is in fact not totally true – even if some of the Montblanc replica watches are more vintage-inspired, like this one. Its creative influence can be found in the Pythagore replica watches crafted in 1948 by Minerva, a company that is now owned by the Montblanc Manufacture in Villeret. The refined applied Arabic numerals, the faceted applied indexes, the distinctive sword hands, the slim profile of the cases, the flat bezels and the curved horns are all inspired by the Pythagore replica watches. The combination of a silvery-white dial with sun-ray pattern and these gilded details of the hands and indexes is a traditional code of replica watchmaking, that is here synonym of elegance.

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The Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel features a 42mm x 13.83mm case, quite large and thick for such a dress replica watch – but consider this as the average size for a chronograph, without the calendar complications. The case comes in a choice of stainless steel and 18k red gold. Montblanc opted for large square pushers that actually better fit the concept of the replica watch, compared to more classical round pushers. This timepiece is fitted with an alligator leather strap crafted by the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence.

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Underneath the sapphire caseback sits a modular movement, based on a Selitta SW300 with a complex module on the top, for the chronograph and the calendar functions. This choice is guided by the wish of Montblanc to offer highly complicated replica watches for accessible prices. This self-winding ETA-clone movement ticks at 28,800vph, boasts 42 hours of power reserve and drives the 10 hands of the Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel.

This movement, like all the Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie movements, is tested for 500 hours following the stringent requirements of the Montblanc Laboratory 500 Test. You can read more about it here.

The Montblanc Heritage Chronometrie Chronograph Quantieme Annuel is once again a great demonstration of the creativity of the brand and of their capacity to create complex replica watches with interesting retail prices. It will be priced at 18.900 Euros in 18k red gold and around 9.500 Euros in stainless steel. www.montblanc.com.

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Replica Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères NightSky

At SIHH 2015 Montblanc launched the red gold limited edition Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères. At Replica Watches & Wonders 2015 in Hong Kong, they launched another limited edition version but this time in white gold. A version that to my mind, is even better looking that its predecessor.

One of the reasons for this is the upper part of the dial, with a very elegant dark sparkle of an Aventurine background to the cylindrique tourbillon. It is this effect that is the reason for the ‘Night Sky’ name for this new replica watch.

As you can see, the dial is multi-layered. Against the backdrop of the Aventurine sky sits the one-minute tourbillon with its distinctive infinity-loop bridge; it takes a replica watchmaker seven days to complete this alone.

The lower part of the dial is a dark grey, with two hand-painted fixed globes to illustrate each hemisphere (with day/ night indications and twenty-four time zones) and a home-time indication in the form of a three-dimensional compass rose. The indicator on this compass marks the hours, and is shaped like a fleur-de-lys.

Two synchronised discs with 24 time zones and day/ night indicator make one revolution per day around the two fixed globes; the one for the Northern Hemisphere turns clockwise and the Southern Hemisphere, anti-clockwise, letting the wearer view the current time in any part of the world. Without losing the minutes the local time can be adjusted with a pusher at 8 o’clock.

So how do you actually use these time zone functions? Well pulling the crown out lets you set all three – local time, home time and the world-time for the two hemispheres. At 4:30 on the side of the case you will find the small corrector for the home time compass rose at 6 o’clock. Once all these have been set, a new local time in a different time zone can be set simply by pressing the pusher at 8 o’clock, which advances the hour hand in hourly increments without affecting the minutes, nor does it alter the home time at 6 o’clock or the two displays along the globes.

The continually running and independently adjustable display for the home time at 6 o’clock is inspired by a marble compass rose at the base of the remarkable Padrão dos Descobrimentos monument in Belém, Portugal that commemorates renowned Portuguese explorers. I visited this monument a couple of years ago, and in a spot of happy coincidence for this post, took a photo of this very compass rose (see below), along with photos of the Padrão dos Descobrimentos.

Vasco da Gama, perhaps the most famous Portuguese explorer of them all, set sail from Lisbon’s Restelo harbour on 8 July 1497 with a fleet of four ships, with the goal of reaching the coast of India and in so doing, become the first to go by a southern sea route to India. This successful expedition, and those subsequent to this, have formed the basis for the Vasco da Gama commemorative pieces released by Montblanc this year.

With this expedition Vasco da Gama became the first European to establish a sustainable and safe way to travel from Europe to India (hence the two globes representing the bridging of hemispheres) and of the influence of Portuguese explorers to the southern hemisphere is perhaps most markedly noticeable in a modern sense in the city of Macau.

Inside the Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Night Sky is the manual-wind calibre MB M68.40 which has two hundred and eighty one parts, including ninety-one for the tourbillon alone. Power reserve is 48 hours and it beats at 18,000VPH.

The names of twenty-four cities in the Northern Hemisphere and two dozen in the Southern Hemisphere whose time can be told are engraved along with the matching time zones on the back of the case for reference – you add/ subtract the relevant number of UTC hours (-12:00 to +12:00), as is the limitation number.

To be honest in a practical sense the use of this replica watch as a world-timer is probably a little unwieldy, especially for those of us with diminishing eyesight (thank you, smartphones), but I don’t think that this detracts overly from the replica watch itself; treat it as the beautiful replica watch that it is, admire the hand-painted globes, the tourbillon and the Aventurine dial. Just enjoy it.

[Horologium attended Replica Watches & Wondes 2015 by invitation of Richemont Australia]

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NEW : Replica Montblanc 1858 Collection Pilots’Watch

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[NOTE – You may find that this post sounds familiar. Unfortunately I did not know at the time of its original posting that there was a worldwide embargo on the new collection of which these form a part until its launch at SIAR in Mexico on October 20, 2015 so when I found out, I took it down. Said embargo has now been lifted.

For those in Sydney, the models in this post are available at the Montblanc King St boutique. Prices for Australia are $4,500 for the model on the brown leather strap and $4,970 for the Milanese model.]

A quick interstitial type of post of an unexpected thing that happened on my final day (the day after Replica Watches & Wonders 2015) in Hong Kong.

Although purportedly slated for a Mexico release and not on display in Montblanc’s booth at the fair, the new Montblanc 1858 Collection pilots’ replica watches (aka the 1858 Collection Small Seconds, of which there are limited and production models) which had already been seen by some turned out to be already available, in Hong Kong and Paris boutiques. Perhaps others in other countries as well?

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It was with some surprise that I saw them in the Pacific Place boutique’s window when I happened to be passing by (followed up by a second trip to their Time Square boutique, which also had them on display in the front window), so I popped in and snapped a few quick phone photos (apols for their quality) to share with you.

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With the old-style logo on the dial to reflect the vintage pilot look of the design, which features the classic hands (now white lumed in these pieces) and large clear numerals associated with such luxury replica watches, inside is what is marked as the ‘MB2320’ movement aka Unitas 6498. It’s more about utility rather than decoration for this replica watch, so a closed case back could have been an option perhaps.

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In a stainless steel case of 44mm (although it feels more like 42mm) with a onion-style crown typical of the replica watches it is recognising, it is available in both a strap and (nicely solid) Milanese version. They have apparently been selling like the proverbial hotcakes in Hong Kong since they became available almost two months ago, particularly the strap version, which costs HKD23,500.

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Simple, attractive and solidly built versions of this eternally popular replica watch style, they are boutique-only, so if you’re interested, you know where to go.

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Hands-on with the replica Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Complet Watch

This year Montblanc introduced the entirely new Heritage Chronométrie collection, which immediately sparked interest from collectors. The collection features classic looks coupled with classic complications, and even classically sized replica watches. The Beautiful replica Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Complet is also part of this new collection, featuring a quantième complet – or complete calendar in English – in a beautiful 40 mm timepiece that is only 9.7 mm thick. Classic looks, Classic dimensions and a classic complication and all that for a very competitive price. 

The various calendar replica watches

There are several types of calendar replica watches, from the simplest calendar that displays the date, to day/date indications, to the so-called complete calendars, annual calendars and even perpetual calendars. All calendars need adjusting, however the first three (simple, day/date and complete) have to be adjusted most often: five times per year, in every month with less than 31 days. The annual calendar has to be adjusted in February of every year, except in leap years, and perpetual calendars might need their first adjusting in a hundred years from today. This makes the complete calendar actually a ‘simple calendar’ (because of the five adjustments per annum). It has however been a popular complication since the 1950’s and could be found on many wristwatches from high-end brands, and often with the same layout of calendar displays.

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Often the day of the week and month are displayed in small rectangle apertures on the upper half of the dial, and the date is indicated with a sleek and long pointer-hand. While it officially is no part of the quantième complet, this calendar type is often extended with a moon phase indication. This was already done on the Montblanc Star Quantième Complet that was introduced two years ago, and the Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Complet features a similar layout with additional moon phase indication.

The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie collection

This year Montblanc has introduced several calendar replica watches, including a variety of annual calendars, in the Heritage Chronométrie collection. All replica watches from this collection share the same classic design cues and dimensions, and that’s why they are so popular. After a decade of the ‘big-bigger-biggest fashion’ we finally seem to move towards more classic sizes. That should not be taken too literally, because before the early 2000’s every wrist replica watch of 40 mm was considered quite hefty. Now-a-days 40 mm is often seen as a small, classic size.

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With a case height of less than 10 mm (the Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Complet measures 9.70 mm in height) and a diameter of 40 mm, this replica watch perfectly fits under the cuffs of your shirt, also when wearing cuff links that can make the cuff kind of tight. The round three-part case is polished, with a satin finished bezel, and comes on an alligator leather strap that is made in Montblanc’s own Pelletteria in Florence. These ‘in-house’ made straps are exclusive for all replica watches of Montblanc’s Heritage Chronométrie collection, as is a relief engraving of the Montblanc emblem placed atop the crown.

Another signature characteristic is that every Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie timepiece has to meet high precision and quality standards, and will be subjected to the ‘Laboratory Test 500’. During this test lasting 500 hours, a simulation of the replica watch being worn on the wrist under normal conditions right through to extreme situations is carried out. It guarantees that all timepieces that leave the Montblanc Manufacture in Le Locle, where the Laboratory Test 500 are of executed, are of impeccable quality. Montblanc’s director of replica watches, Alexander Schmiedt, explained the Laboratory Test 500 to us in this interview.

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The Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Complet

The dial features a sunburst pattern in a silvery-white colour. On the dial’s perimeter are the date numerals printed, all in black, except the “31” which is printed in red. The applied hour indices – Arabic numerals for the 3, 9 and 12, and stick markers for all other hours, except the 6 – are rhodium-plated and the stick markers are facetted. The sword-shaped and rhodium-plated hour and minute hands are also facetted, and the date-hand bears a little red crescent at its tip to enhance the legibility of the date.

Time can be set via the crown, and all calendar functions can easily be adjusted through individual correctors in the case side. This has to be done with a dedicated pin that is delivered with the replica watch. The Heritage Chronométrie Quantième Complet comes with its individual Laboratory Test 500 certificate for a price of € 4,700 Euro (including 21% VAT).

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HANDS-ON : Replica Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie QuantièmeAnnuel

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A little while ago we looked at two new models from Montblanc, the Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph and the limited edition Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco da Gama, about which you can read at this link. Today the focus is on another ‘pair’ from Montblanc’s Heritage Chronométrie 2015 collection which also consists of a regular production model and a limited edition version but this time, the complication is an annual calendar.

First up is the regular model. It resembles 2014’s annual calendar, but sans leap year indicator. This new annual calendar is a comfortable 40 mm and 9.5 mm thick, and will be available in both stainless steel and 18 carat red gold. For the red gold version, the applied markers and hands are also red gold. The annual calendar needs to be adjusted manually once a year, at the end of February, via the crown.

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Through the caseback can be seen the automatic MB Calibre 29.18 which is Montblanc’s reworking of a Sellita SW200 into an annual calendar. Power reserve is forty-two hours.

As seen at the top of this post, the limited edition model  has the same basics as the previous model and like the limited edition version of the Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph, the differences are inspired by Vasco da Gama. Rather than the half-moon shaped moonphase indicator of the regular model, as you can see this one has a deep blue circle around the moon phase indication, with the Southern Hemisphere night (one always feels the need to do a shout-out when our hemisphere is noted by replica watch brands) via the Southern Cross. This limited edition is also available in stainless steel and rose gold versions, with a depiction of his ship on the sapphire caseback.

The stainless steel edition is in a limitation of 316 (the number of days it took de Gama to travel from Lisbon to India), and the red gold, 238 (the height, in metres, of Cape Point, South Africa) pieces.

So, which new annual calendar do you prefer?

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SIHH 2015 : Replica Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph

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It would be something even more than an understatment to say that Jerome Lambert’s tenure so far at stylish replica Montblanc has been an eye opener, but the subject of Horologium’s first SIHH 2015 Montblanc posts is not about something ‘new’ so much as a very attractive (arguably an improvement, aesthetically, but that’s a purely personal view) new Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph. First introduced in 2010 and also appearing in 2013 in a rattrapante form, it features the in-house developed ExoTourbillon.

For those who are familiar with the Nicolas Rieussec models you will see a design continuity with this new model that perhaps wasn’t present with the previous ExoTourbillon. This is, in fact, an ExoTourbillon integrated into the monopusher column wheel chronograph movement of the Nicolas Rieussec, with a patented hacking tourbillon.

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In a tourbillon the escapement rotates in the tourbillon cage. The larger the balance, the larger the tourbillon cage has to be. This automatic movement Calibre MB R230 (50 hour power reserve) with its patented one-minute ExoTourbillon with stop-second mechanism (that directly halts the screw balance by means of a tiny spring, thus stopping the balance) has a tourbillon with a large balance that is outside (exo) the tourbillon cage. Montblanc states that this means that there is approximately one-third energy saving to the tourbillon’s functionality.

The date is indicated by a small centre hand on the same axis as the hour and minute hands. The semi-circle chronograph sectors are for 60 elapsed seconds (left) and 30 elapsed minutes (right). The chronograph’s monopusher is at 8 o’clock and the hour-hand can be independently set.

In addition to the regular production piece in a 44mm 18K red gold case there is also the Montblanc Heritage Chronométrie ExoTourbillon Minute Chronograph Vasco da Gama in 18K white gold edition, limited to sixty pieces. This version features a very elegant aventurine dial that depicts the nightly sky with a Montblanc diamond at 12 o’clock and a satin-finished lower section of the dial. The non-limited edition is in 18K red gold that comes with an ivory grainé upper dial and vertical satin-finished silver dial lower dial, faceted indices, red gold plated number, hour, minute and date hands (the latter with a red crescent tip).

Both of these very good looking models come on leather straps made at the Montblanc Pelletteria, the Maison’s leather manufacture in Florence. The caseback of the limited edition model has an additional design of the Sao Gabriel that Vasco da Gama captained during his voyage to India.