Montblanc Star Legacy Chronograph Day & Date 43mm

Ref. 126102

Minerva's ghost lives in this line. Montblanc acquired the Minerva manufacture at Villeret and has drawn on its archive of 19th and early 20th century pocket watch design ever since — the Star Legacy being the most direct expression of that inheritance. The guilloché star at the dial's centre is lifted almost verbatim from those original cases, and the ivory field with rose gold-coated Roman numerals and leaf hands reads like a movement from a carriage clock that has been made to wear on a wrist. At 43mm the case is a comfortable fit for the complication count: hours, minutes, small seconds, a full column-wheel chronograph with a 30-minute and a 12-hour counter, and a day-date pair sitting together at three. The blued chronograph hands read clearly against the ivory without competing with the gilt timekeeping hands — a small visual decision that repays the notice. The bracelet earns its place, alternating polished and satin sections in a way that keeps something this dressy from reading as too formal for daily wear. The exhibition caseback makes the argument for the movement directly. The MB 25.07 is built in-house at Villeret, and through the sapphire pane the finishing reflects that origin — a reminder that the case contains something with a longer history than the model name suggests.

Reference

126102

Brand

Montblanc

Case size

43mm

Case thickness

14.76mm

Case material

Stainless steel

Case shape

Round

Dial

Ivory

Crystal

Sapphire

Movement

Automatic

Calibre

MB 25.07

Functions

Chronograph, Date, Small seconds

Water resistance

50m

Bracelet / strap

Stainless steel bracelet

Strap colour

Silver

Clasp

Folding clasp

Lume

Luminous

Retailer

Goldsmiths