
Star Legacy Suspended Exo Tourbillon (left) and Star Legacy Automatic Date Stellar classics re-envisioned: Montblanc Star Legacy Exclusive models have been unveiled as a reinterpretation of Montblanc’s iconic Star product line, which comprises various expressions such as the 39mm and 42mm automatic watches, 42mm moonphase and full-calendar timepieces and 42mm automatic chronographs. Dials of the new Star timepieces are highlighted by prominent, slightly redesigned Arabic numerals, as well as the addition of the iconic exploding star guilloché pattern. Continuing to push the boundaries of fine watchmaking is the Montblanc Star Legacy Suspended Exo Tourbillon Limited Edition 58, featuring a new patented complication developed entirely inhouse by the master watchmakers at the Montblanc Manufacture in Villeret over the course of three years. A massive balance wheel is raised 3.2mm higher than the dial in a “floating” position, thanks to a new tourbillon bridge with only one stainless steel arm that is curved and mirrors the domed hour circle at 12 o’clock. In all, the mechanical architecture of the Exo Tourbillon saves more energy than a conventional tourbillon because of its smaller, lighter cage, which is free of the weight of the balance wheel. The purest timepiece of the entire collection is the Star Legacy Automatic Date, which features all of the iconic design elements of the classic Star line: leaf-shaped hour and minute hands, a filet sauté guilloché, a unique railway minute track and a second hand with the Montblanc emblem at its tip, among others. According to Montblanc, such an inclusion of all Star DNA details in a single watch is a difficult feat, considering how the timepiece must always be pure and elegant.

TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph. Bringing ‘panda’ back: Montblanc TimeWalker Among the two timepieces introduced to Montblanc’s TimeWalker collection this year is the TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph, which combines the historic tri-counter “panda” dial with a brand-new Montblanc Manufacture chronograph calibre MB25.10. The new model is equipped with a new fixed black bezel engraved with a tachymeter scale, made with high-tech black ceramic for optimum durability and performance. Its movement is equipped with a traditional column wheel, a horizontal coupling as well as a stop-second mechanism, allowing the precise setting of the time. In the spirit of racing, the watch’s caseback has been fitted with a smoked glass opening, much like the glass window covers of V12 engines.