Montblanc updates its Star Legacy Full Calendar watch with a new movement that simplifies calendar setup by using two pushers instead of the previous four. A bigger moon phase aperture, greater visibility of the day and month apertures, and improved 50-hour power reserve and 50-meter water resistance are also included.
Montblanc’s full calendar is among the Maison’s best-selling watch complications, reflecting a need to track the time, days, and months that dates back to the earliest civilizations, and continues today in an elegant and timeless way.
Making sense of time
The calendar is humankind’s way of making sense of the passage of time with one of the oldest lunar calendars yet found known to man being a Mesolithic monument located in Scotland that dates back to around 8,000 BC.
This monument not only tracked the phases of the moon, but also aligned on the midwinter sunrise, providing an annual astronomic correction to adjust the seasonal drift of the lunar year. The pre-historic hunter-gatherer communities living at this time are believed to have relied on it for seasonal activities, including the management of food resources that were available at different times of the year.
The next known formal calendars appear in Mesopotamia around 5,000 years later, starting with the Sumerian calendar, which was followed by the Egyptian, Assyrian and Elamite calendars.
Different versions of these lunisolar calendars were found in several civilizations across the planet during Antiquity.
The next major development occurred with the Julian calendar, a version of the Roman Calendar that was improved by Julius Caesar in 45 BC. Caesar’s calendar introduced leap days every four years for great precision. The Julian calendar was further refined into the Gregorian calendar in 1582 and is the “de facto” calendar used today.
The calendar complication today
Our need for a calendar today has never been greater as our lives are governed by time more than ever before. The invention of the measurement of time is one of humankind’s most important achievements and to have all this information available at a glance on the wrist makes the Montblanc Star Legacy Full Calendar watch a timeless and elegant tool for life.
The spirit of classical fine watchmaking
The Montblanc Star Legacy Full Calendar watch doesn’t only find its inspiration in the human invention of the measurement of time, but also in the design elements from historical Minerva pocket watches from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Maison’s archives show the existence of numerous international orders from the railway companies of the time whose employees needed both precision and legibility in their timekeepers to ensure the safe operation of their trains.
What else is new?
The Montblanc Star Legacy Full Calendar watch first catches the eye with its aesthetic design codes that indicate the hours, minutes, and seconds that are combined with the day, date, month and moon phase in a simple and elegant way.
These three new models come in elegantly polished and rounded 42mm stainless steel cases with straight horns and steps on the side. They now also feature two correctors for setting the calendar – instead of the previous four – making the timepieces much simpler to set and adjust.
Two of the models come with Roman numerals and blue leaf-shaped hands, while the third reference is adorned with new rose gold-coated Arabic numerals and matching leaf-shaped rose gold-coloured hands that are more modern and contemporary.
The design codes of this practical timepiece are directly rooted in the spirit of fine watchmaking and draw upon the 165 years of Minerva heritage. All the codes of the Montblanc Star Legacy collection are present, including a railway track with dots, a filet sauté that runs around the periphery of the dial, a date hand with a red half-moon tip, an elegant Montblanc emblem on the counterweight of the second hand, and the iconic Montblanc exploding star guilloché pattern.
The Montblanc Star Legacy Full Calendar models come in a stainless-steel bracelet for the Roman numeral version, or a choice of a stainless steel bracelet or a blue Sfumato alligator leather strap with a semi-matt finish for the other models.
Montblanc Star Legacy Full Calendar 42mm
Movement Calibre MB 24.30
Type of movement Mechanical movement with automatic winding, full calendar
Number of rubies 25
Power Reserve Approx. 50 hours
Balance Flat hoop
Frequency 28,800 A/h (4 Hz)
Hairspring Flat
Displays Hours, minutes, seconds from the centre
Full calendar with date by hand from the centre, day and month
windows at 12 o’clock, moon phase at 6 o’clock
Habillage
Case Stainless steel, polished case
Crystal Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Back Stainless steel with inset pane of sapphire crystal
Dimensions Diameter = 42 mm; height = 11.38mm
Water-resistance Approx. 5 bar (50m)
Crown Stainless steel with Montblanc emblem
Dial Silver-white colored dial with rose gold-coated Arabic numerals, filet sauté guilloché, rose gold-coated hour, minute and seconds hands, rhodium-coated date hand
Wristband Blue Sfumato alligator leather strap, semi-matt finish with stainless steel triple-folding clasp
Montblanc Star Legacy Full Calendar 42mm
Ident. 128676
Movement Calibre MB 24.30
Type of movement Mechanical movement with automatic winding, full calendar
Number of rubies 25
Power Reserve Approx. 50 hours
Balance Flat hoop
Frequency 28,800 A/h (4 Hz)
Hairspring Flat
Displays Hours, minutes, seconds from the centre
Full calendar with date by hand from the centre, day and month
windows at 12 o’clock, moon phase at 6 o’clock
Habillage
Case Stainless steel, polished case
Crystal Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Back Stainless steel with inset pane of sapphire crystal
Dimensions Diameter = 42 mm; height = 11.38mm
Water-resistance Approx. 5 bar (50m)
Crown Stainless steel with Montblanc emblem
Dial Silver-white colored dial with black Roman numerals, filet sauté
guilloché, blued steel hour, minute and seconds hands, rhodium-coated date hand
Wristband Blue Sfumato alligator leather strap, semi-matt finish with stainless steel triple-folding clasp
Also available with polished stainless steel bracelet (Ident : 128677)
Certified by the Montblanc Laboratory Test 500H
About Montblanc
Synonymous with excellence in craftsmanship and design, Montblanc has been pushing the boundaries of innovation ever since the Maison first revolutionized the culture of writing in 1906. Ingenuity and imagination continue to be driving forces for the Maison today as it advances its expression of fine craftsmanship across product categories: writing instruments, watches, leather goods, new technologies and accessories. Reflecting upon its ongoing mission to create fine lifetime companions born from bold ideas and expertly crafted through the skills of the Maison’s artisans, the iconic Montblanc Emblem has become the ultimate seal of performance, quality, and an expression of sophisticated style. As part of its on-going commitment to elevating and support those who strive to leave their mark, Montblanc continues to assert its encouragement of education programs around the world and initiatives that inspire people to express their full potential.
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