Luxury maison Montblanc is presenting a new Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum edition in shades of grey and rose gold for a bold contemporary aesthetic
First revealed in 2014, the Montblanc Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum watch has been crafted in three configurations with the first version coming in blue and stainless steel, the second in brown and rose gold, and the third in a green limited edition for the United Arab Emirates.
The Montblanc Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum watch, with its in-house worldtime complication, attests to Montblanc’s expertise in creating practical and easy-to-use complications in a classical and contemporary fine watchmaking style. For 2022, Montblanc has chosen a black and grey dial with rose gold-coated continents and meridians.
Powered by the MB 29.20 automatic calibre with a Manufacture worldtime complication and a power reserve of approximately 42 hours, the timepiece is designed with style and functionality at its core and couldn’t be simpler to use.
Once set, the user only has to press on the pusher located at eight o’clock until the reference city is at the top. The hour and minute hands will automatically synchronise to indicate the time in the city of choice. There is also a day/night indicator that works with a rotating disc that changes from light grey (for daylight hours) to dark grey (for the night) giving an overview of the passage of the sun around the planet in a practical and intuitive way.
The watch takes its inspiration from Minerva’s pocket watches from the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, with their polished pebble-shaped cases, onion-shaped crowns, and useful complications.
An upper sapphire crystal dial shows a rose gold-coated cut-out of the continents as seen from the North Pole. These are encircled by the names of the 24 cities representing the different time zones. The lower dial disc, in varying shades of grey, displays the day/night indication, while also showing the 24 hours of the different time zones. Note the interesting guilloché pattern on this disc under the continents that has been developed in-house. It doesn’t only represent the passage of the sun, but also the world’s seas and oceans.
Other details include an elegant chapter ring around the outside of the dial that is punctuated by luminescent dots every five minutes, Super-LumiNova-enhanced hands for reading at night, water resistance of approximately 50 metres and a dark grey alligator strap.
