During this year’s 12th edition, the Salón Internacional Alta Relojería México, Montblanc unveiled the Montblanc 1858 Split Second Chronograph Limited Edition 8, which combines a 44-mm bronze case with a distinctive smoked-green dial crafted from nephrite jade, a first for the Maison.
Inspired by the Mexican flag, the Nephrite jade green dial is paired with rose-gold-coloured elements and red accents that accentuate the vintage style, while also providing excellent readability of the complications both day and night. An anti-magnetized treatment on the inside of the sapphire crystal allows for greater precision of the two chronograph seconds hands. The chronograph indications are displayed via a rose gold-coated central chronograph second hand, a white-coloured split second hand (to measure a second time interval) and a chronograph minute counter at three o'clock.
The timepiece also features a tachymeter (base 1000) at the centre of the dial in a colimaçon, snail shape, which allows the user to measure a length of time up to three minutes. The tachymeter scale is to show the speed of a moving object, such as a car, over a known distance, measured in miles or kilometres.
The Montblanc 1858 Split Second Chronograph Limited Edition 8 is equipped with the hand-crafted Manufacture monopusher chronograph calibre MB M16.31 that features two column wheels, horizontal coupling and a power reserve of 50 hours.
The timepiece features a matching green alligator strap with beige stitching that has been hand-crafted by the Richemont Pelletteria in Florence.
