One has a map of the Northern Hemisphere and an immobile city ring inscribed with Northern-Hemisphere cities, and the other version bears a Southern- Hemisphere map and city ring. The rotating 24-hour disks in the centers of the watches’ dials turn in opposite directions so that the correct hour will always be next to the correct city name: the disk on the Northern-Hemisphere watch turns clockwise and the disk on the Southern- Hemisphere one turns counterclockwise.
Both watches have on their casebacks a circle of city names from the opposite hemisphere indicating by how many hours the times in these cities vary from Greenwich Mean Time. The cases are 42 mm in diameter and made of stainless steel. The model for the Northern Hemisphere ($4,900) has a light gray dial and black leather strap; the Southern-Hemisphere version has an anthracite dial and stainless-steel bracelet ($5,600).
Another new model in the TimeWalker collection is the Voyager UTC ($3,965), a non-chronograph version of the ChronoVoyager UTC, launched last year. The second time zone is shown by means of a red-tipped hour hand. The case is steel and is available with a brushed titanium or a steel bezel.
Montblanc introduced a third new TimeWalker model, the Twinfly Chronograph, which has a subdial at 12 o’clock to show the time in a second time zone. The subdial is decorated with sun rays and a celestial dome to indicate day and night, respectively. The watch contains the brand’s in-house Caliber MB LL 100, which has a column wheel and flyback function.
In an unusual twist, elapsed seconds and elapsed minutes are both shown by center-mounted hands so as to leave more room on the dial for the second- time-zone subdial. Running seconds are at 6 o’clock. The watch is 42 mm in diameter and comes with an alligator strap ($7,900) or bracelet ($8,200).
No comments:
Post a Comment