Introducing the Montblanc Tourbillon Cylindrique Geospheres Geosphères Vasco Da Gama. Yea, it’s a mouthful, but this piece from the Montblanc Villeret collection, it’s most prestigious is an incredible watch. Montblanc has just killed it here in form and function. It is a timepiece that unites for the first time ever a cylindrical tourbillon and unique, functional worldtime indication. This is the very limited Tourbillon Cylindrique Geosphères Vasco da Gama from the Villeret collection. This watch is very impressive. The 47mm red gold encloses a glittering panoply of complication and finishing, that showcases what Villeret can do. The watch is dominated by three large spheres at the top is the giant tourbillon, with three dimensional bridge and cylindrical mainspring which aside from looking great is a nod to the marine chronometry that fits in with the Vasco da Gama narrative of exploration.
Given the high-end spec and matching price, this is not a watch for everyone. That’s what the rest of the Montblanc collection is for. This piece is intended to demonstrate Montblanc’s high end capacity and legitimacy in the high horology space. Given that Montblanc are only producing 18 of these watches, pricing is from 250.000 euros which means it might not arrive in malaysia on retail.
Specifications
- Reference: 111675
- Movement: Montblanc Manufacture Calibre MB M68.40
- Type of movement: Hand-wound mechanical movement with one-minute tourbillon and cylindrical hairspring; triple time zone with local-time, home time and worldtime indication
- Dimensions: 16¾ lines (38.40 mm); height = 10.50 mm
- of components: 281, including 91 for the tourbillon cage
- of rubies: 18
- Power reserve: 48 hours
- Balance: Screw balance, diameter = 14.5 mm, moment of inertia = 59 mgcm²
- Frequency: 18,000 semi-oscillations per hour (2.5 Hz)
- Hairspring: Cylindrical hairspring with double Phillips terminal curves
- Tourbillon: One-minute tourbillon with cylindrical hairspring
- Main plate: Rhodium-plated nickel silver with circular graining on both sides
- Bridges: Rhodium-plated nickel silver with côtes de Genève
- Watch displays: Local time: central hours and minutes in the centre, Home time: hour hand at “6 o’clock”, Worldtime: 24-hour time zones with day/night for the Southern and Northern Hemisphere
- Case: 18-karat red gold (5N)
- Crystal: Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire crystal with antireflective treatment on both surfaces
- Back: 18-karat red gold (5N) back with 24 cities of both hemispheres engraved and with inset pane of sapphire crystal
- Dimensions: Diameter = 47 mm, height = 15.38 mm
- Watertightness: 3 bar
- Dial: 18-karat gold hands, hand-guilloché wave decoration around the tourbillon cage and “grainé” pattern on the lower part, tourbillon with cylindrical hairspring and double-infinity bridge. Worldtime indication on two discs with 24-hour time zones with day and night indication revolving around two fixed globes with traditional hand-painted peinture miniature for the oceans and engraving for the continents and the meridians showing the Northern Hemisphere on the left and the Southern Hemisphere on the right. Home-time indication at “6 o’clock” above a three-dimensional handcrafted rose des vents subdial; 18-karat red gold hour- and minute-hand in the centre, blued “Fleur-de-Lys” home-time hand at “6 o’clock”
- Crown: 18-karat red gold (5N) crown with Montblanc’s emblem in mother -of-pearl
- Pusher: Local-time pusher at “8 o’clock” and home-time corrector at “4 o’clock”
- Strap: Hand-sewn black alligator-skin strap with alligator lining and with a folding clasp made of 18-karat red gold (5N)
- Limitation: 18 pieces
