Was this crystal-ball gazing?

Sep 29, 2012,12:10 PM
 

REAL Montblanc Star Classique

 



 

 



MOCK-UP FANTASY Montblanc watch in a previous posting; click following URL:

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Montblanc Star Classique "On the Wrist Review"

 
 By: mkt33 : September 27th, 2012-19:51
Montblanc Star Classique Review by Michael Ting ©September 2012 The Star Collection was Montblanc’s original timepiece line. For years, these watches languished on the shelves due to outdated designs and a non existent marketing strategy. Sadly these mode...  

Actually...

 
 By: KIH : September 27th, 2012-20:09
... very chic on the wrist. Somewhat new direction of MB. Could be used for dressy as well as casual. Nice review, Mike. Thanks! Ken

Yes, the rose gold with the slate gray dial is very attractive

 
 By: mkt33 : September 28th, 2012-19:43
in the metal...but no way anyone could dress down with that particular model Thanks Ken for you compliment. Best, Mike

Nice simple elegant watch

 
 By: AnthonyTsai : September 27th, 2012-20:37
Thanks for the review Mike! I love the blued hands and the clean dial. A great entry level watch by Montblanc. Cheers, Anthony

It was my pleasure actually

 
 By: mkt33 : September 28th, 2012-20:01
With these two crawling around I've forgotten what a dress watch feels like on the wrist! PS- hope you will come up to Maine one of these days... ...  

The thinness...

 
 By: jporos : September 28th, 2012-07:32
and very simple dial make this a very attractive watch. Great review!

Here is a pic to consider

 
 By: mkt33 : September 28th, 2012-20:08
My Altiplano which is thinner than the Star Classique. Yet despite knowing that the Piaget ultrathin movement is "durable", I would never wear it daily...if something were to fail, I suspect the cost of servicing the Piaget would easily be more than a com...  

They couldn't be bothered to remove the date wheel?

 
 By: mkvc : September 29th, 2012-09:33
Even though that would have made the "ultrathin" watch thinner? That affects the way I think about Mont Blanc as a company.

The cost of removal exceeds that of the

 
 By: MTF : September 29th, 2012-11:55
The cost of date disk removal exceeds that of the new movement, factoring expensive Swiss manual labour costs. The main spring torque has been optimised for running the watch with balance wheel and date wheel loads. Messing with that could affect precisio... 

Well removing the date wheel probably wouldn't have made much difference to the height

 
 By: mkt33 : September 29th, 2012-17:24
The ETA with the date wheel is 4.35mm high. So the Star is about 4.5 mm thicker than the movement itself to account for the case, dial, hands, and crystal. The factors that MTF already stated is much more important. Best, Mike

Was this crystal-ball gazing?

 
 By: MTF : September 29th, 2012-12:10
REAL Montblanc Star Classique MOCK-UP FANTASY Montblanc watch in a previous posting; click following URL: Truth is stranger than Fiction :-) MTF ...  

A solid watch...

 
 By: patrick_y : September 30th, 2012-14:22
There are some watches that are just great solid watches. And fortunately for humbled individuals such as myself, it's nice to see solid watches like these still available that don't cost an arm and a leg. In a world of over-massive inflation in the luxur...