Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec
Basic Info
Listing code : LFR538
Brand : Montblanc
Model : Nicolas Rieussec
Reference number : mont blanc star legacy nicolas rieussec chronograph
Movement : Automatic
Case material : Steel
Bracelet material : Leather
Year of production : Unknown
Condition : New
Scope of delivery : Original box, original papers
Gender : Men's watch/Unisex
Location : Switzerland, Crans-Montana
Price : 4,500
Availability : Item is in stock
Caliber
Movement : Automatic
Caliber/movement : MB R200
Power reserve : 72 h
Frequency : 28800 A/h
Case
Case material : Steel
Case diameter : 44 mm
Thickness : 15.1 mm
Water resistance : 5 ATM
Bezel material : Steel
Crystal : Sapphire crystal
Dial : Gold
Dial numerals : Roman numerals
Bracelet/strap
Bracelet material : Leather
Bracelet color : Brown
Clasp : Double-fold clasp
Clasp material : Steel
Functions
Chronograph, Date, GMT
Other
Limited Edition
With the possible exception of the date window, the chronograph is the single most common and influential complication in all of watchmaking, offering a pleasing blend of useful functionality and mechanical complexity. Where does the term “chronograph” come from, however? The term dates back to September 1, 1821, and a prestigious horse race in Paris. Nicolas Rieussec, at the time the royal watchmaker to King Louis XVIII of France, created a new device with a pair of rotating dials and a fixed black nib to time the race, allowing the user to mark the precise time of each racing horse’s finish for record-keeping. When Rieussec presented his new invention to the French Academy of Sciences, he christened the complication the chronograph (Greek for time-writer), and the name has carried on for two centuries. Montblanc aims to celebrate the bicentennial of the chronograph with its latest release, reinventing its Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph series with visual cues from the original 1821 design. The new Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Limited Edition 200 combines an ornate classical style and a uniquely 19th-century inspired take on the chronograph complication for a handsomely traditional tribute to the very first chronograph.
At 44.8mm-wide and 15.1mm-thick, the polished stainless steel case of the Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Limited Edition 200 carries an imposing presence in initial images. The actual design itself is clean and traditional, however, with rounded case sides, long stepped lugs, a flat polished bezel, and a prominent signed onion crown at 3 o’clock. In keeping with the classical inspiration, the Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Limited Edition 200 uses a monopusher chronograph design, with all functions handled by a broad rectangular pusher at 8 o’clock. Montblanc equips this design with a sapphire display caseback to showcase the in-house movement within, and rates the case for a middling 50 meters of water resistance. That said, this is a design without any real sporting pretensions, so the lack of significant resistance is comparatively unimportant.
