MONTBLANC – TimeWalker Automatic Edition

MONTBLANC – TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph & Date Automatic Steel Limited Edition – 2018

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Montblanc – Official Timing Partner of the Goodwood Festival of Speed
Goodwood, one of the grandest motor racing occasions

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From July 12th to 15th, the impressive sporting estate of Goodwood will be transformed into the Festival of Speed, one of the greatest festivals of car culture in the world today and an important fixture on the British social calendar.  Enthusiasts will be entertained by some of the world’s most accomplished racing drivers behind the wheels of some of today’s rarest and most spectacular machinery.

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Founded 25 years ago in June 1993, The Goodwood Festival of Speed celebrates its Silver Jubilee this year with a presentation of its founder’s — the Duke of Richmond (formerly Lord March) — 25 most memorable moments through an exhibition of cars and the drivers who created them.

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As Official Timing Partner for the second year running, Montblanc will lend its timekeeping expertise to the numerous races that take place over the four-day event. As is customary each year, the festival will culminate in a spectacular 1.16-mile timed Hillclimb Shootout, which will determine the champion of the 2018 Festival of Speed and the winner of a Montblanc timepiece — The Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph “Cappuccino” edition.

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During the event, Montblanc will host a special Pavilion where guests can come and relax and discover the Montblanc collections. The Duke of Richmond will also be joining Montblanc and its guests for a special preview of the collection and a sneak peek at the winner’s timepiece.

Montblanc & Goodwood

“There are only a few motor racing celebrations as thrilling and exciting as Goodwood Festival of Speed. With the participation of magnificent cars that range from the vintage to the most avant-garde, this event is the perfect partnership for Montblanc, a Maison that celebrates its spirit of innovation and its long watchmaking heritage,” shares Montblanc CEO Nicolas Baretzki.

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Davide Cerrato, Montblanc’s Managing Director Watch Division adds: “Montblanc timepieces celebrate the unrelenting passion for speed that has been at the heart of motor racing for the past century. For the past 25 years, the spirit of racing has found its home at Goodwood, an event that brings together those who share this passion for speed from all corners of the world. I can’t think of a better venue.”

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Paying tribute to the Minerva legacy, Montblanc continues 160 years of fine watchmaking heritage with its collections. The Minerva Manufacture was known as an exclusive workshop producing high-quality instruments for measuring brief intervals of time with remarkable precision — for example, the 1/100th of second counter that was presented in 1916.

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A perfect example of this heritage is the “Rally Timer”, a stopwatch that was created to time motor racing with utmost precision and which has been the source of inspiration for the TimeWalker collection.

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During the Goodwood event, and in a few selected boutiques, Montblanc will present two new limited edition models that have been inspired by the colour of the tropical dial effect – a Manufacture Chronograph and an Automatic Date.

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The dials are beige with brown counters and brown flanges and have been fondly nicknamed the “Cappuccinos” thanks to their warm and harmonious colour scheme.

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The timepiece is powered by the Montblanc Manufacture chronograph calibre MB 25.10 featuring traditional finishing such as “Côtes de Genève”, circular graining, blue screws and a new monobloc oscillating weight made of black rhodium-plated tungsten and designed in the shape of a steering wheel. The 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.

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The Montblanc TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph indicates the hours, minutes, small seconds and date, as well as the chronograph’s indications with a central hand and counters at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock, reminiscent of traditional 3-6-9 counter chronograph positions.

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Perfectly matching the “panda” dial, with “Cappuccino” beige background and brown counters, rhodium-plated Arabic figures and indexes coated. The timepiece features either new vintage brown Sfumato aged calf leather strap . The brown Sfumato strap has been hand-crafted at the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence and comes fitted with the Maison's triple folding clasp, providing excellent flexibility and maximum comfort.

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The TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph & Date Automatic is water resistant to 100 metres, and has been rigorously tested by the Montblanc Laboratory Test 500.

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This evaluation simulates real-life wear for over 500 hours and tests the finished and assembled watch, providing reliability and performance.

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TECHINCAL SPECIFICATIONS
 

Collection: Montblanc TimeWalker 

Model: TimeWalker Manufacture Chronograph Limited Edition – 1.500 pieces

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Reference: Ident. 118491

Movement
Calibre MB 25.10
Type of movement: Mechanical movement with automatic winding, chronograph & date
Chronograph: Bi-pushers with column-wheel and horizontal coupling
No. of components: 232
Number of Jewels: 33
Power Reserve: Approx. 46 hours
Balance: Flat hoop
Frequency: 28.800 A/h (4 Hz)
Hairspring: Flat
Displays:
Hours and minutes from the centre, small seconds at 6 o’clock,
Tachymeter scale on the bezel, Chronograph’s elapsed-second hand from the dial’s centre,
30-elapsed minute and 12-elapsed hour counters at 3 and 9 o’clock

Habillage
Case
Stainless steel, satin-finished case, high-tech black ceramic bezel with silvery-white engraved 12-hour scale and knurled finishing on the flank
Crystal: Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire and antireflective coating crystal
Back: Stainless steel with inset pane of smoked sapphire crystal
Dimensions: Diameter = 43 mm; Height = 15.20mm 
Crown: Black DLC with knurled finishing and Montblanc emblem in relief
Water-resistance: 10 bar (100 m)
Dial
“Cappuccino” beige dial,
rhodium-plated Arabic figures and indexes coated with Super-LumiNova®,
rhodium-plated luminescent dauphine hour-hand and minute-hand,
red baton chronograph second hand with Minerva arrow at the extremity
Brown flange with white markers framed in grey or red and coated with Super-LumiNova® indicating the five-minute marks
Wristband
Perforated vintage brown Sfumato, aged, calf leather strap coming from the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence, Italy with stainless steel pin buckle

Certification
Certified by the Montblanc Performance Test 500
(* SuperLuminova® is not a trademark owned by Montblanc)

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Model: TimeWalker Date Automatic Limited Edition – 1.500 pieces

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Reference: Ident. 118494

Movement
Calibre MB 24.17
Type of movement: Mechanical movement with automatic winding, date
Number of Jewels: 26
Power Reserve: Approx. 38 hours
Balance: Flat hoop
Frequency: 28.800 A/h (4 Hz)
Hairspring: Flat
Displays:
Hours, minutes and seconds from the centre,
12-hour scale on the unidirectional rotating bezel,
Date window at 3 o’clock

Habillage
Case
Stainless steel, satin-finished case, high-tech black ceramic bezel with silvery-white engraved 12-hour scale and knurled finishing on the flank
Crystal: Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire and antireflective coating crystal
Back: Stainless steel with inset pane of smoked sapphire crystal
Dimensions: Diameter = 41 mm; Height = 11.38 mm 
Crown: Black DLC with knurled finishing and Montblanc emblem in relief
Water-resistance: 10 bar (100 m)
Dial
“Cappuccino” beige dial,
rhodium-plated Arabic figures and indexes coated with Super-LumiNova®,
rhodium-plated luminescent dauphine hour-hand and minute-hand,
red baton chronograph second hand with Minerva arrow at the extremity
Brown flange with white markers framed in grey or red and coated with Super-LumiNova® indicating the five-minute marks
Wristband
Perforated vintage brown Sfumato, aged, calf leather strap coming from the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence, Italy with stainless steel pin buckle


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