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Montblanc Celebrate Obama’s Inauguration With Washington Pop-Up Shop

If you’re headed to Washington, D.C., for President Obama’s second Inauguration, be sure to stop by Montblanc’s gorgeous Inaugural boutique pop-up shop at the St. Regis hotel. From January 18th to 22nd, the German manufacture will display its Signature for Freedom collection of limited edition writing instruments in the Thornwillow Library of the hotel. The shop will feature Lewis […]

By Adrienne Faurote

Montblanc’s Virtual Exhibition On View at Harrods

Haute horlogerie house Montblanc of Germany have unveiled a stunning virtual reality exhibition on display in the windows at luxury department store Harrods in London. The augmented virtual reality experience set up by Montblanc in the store windows allows shoppers to take a virtual tour of the company’s cutting edge collection of Art chronographs, which […]

Montblanc Launch Ultra-Precise “World Second” Contest

Inspired by the the idea of recording time, luxury watchmakers Montblanc have announced the “World Second” contest. The project aims to capture the same second, around the world. To carry out this photo-by-photo journey around the world, Montblanc has developed an app with an integrated self-timer, which will allow amateur photographers to snap a photo […]

Time Travel

Millions of tourists visit Switzerland every year for its famous Alpine ski resorts and five-star spas on pristine lakes, but watch lovers know another Switzerland that combines the thrill of horological discovery with breathtaking scenery. Instead of the resorts and casinos of Lugano or the glamour and excitement of St. Moritz and Gstaad, they are […]

Montblanc Limited Edition Timepiece Raises $90,000 For Charity

The special limited edition time piece Montblanc created exclusively for use by Emirates for charity has sold for $90,000. The proceeds from the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec TimeWriter Collection piece was donated to two charities – The Emirates Airline Foundation and The Smile Train. The winner of the two-tone, 18 carat red gold beauty has chosen […]

Racing Heart: The Montblanc Timewriter II Fréquence Chronographe 1,000

If you're a regular Haute Time reader you probably know that some of the biggest innovations in recent years are in the development of chronographs capable of measuring ever-smaller fractions of a second.

Google Being Sued By Montblanc For Misleading Adverts

Montblanc, a German manufacturer of watches, writing instruments and other accessories is going to meet Google in court over the identity of counterfeiters that have been using the AdWords program. Court documents offering some insight on the lawsuit show that search terms like ’Montblanc pens’ produce misleading adverts that appear on Google.co.uk. The UK arm […]

Montblanc Watches To Out Sell Pens

While Montblanc may be best know for their ink instruments, it’s their watches which are seeing the most growth within the luxury goods company. Sales of the signature fountain pens from this century old company now account for less than half of the sales at Montblanc. The brand now includes expensive luggage carriers, diamond […]

NAKED TIME: THE VISIBLE MAGIC OF THE MONTBLANC TOURBILLON BI-CYLINDRIQUE

Montblanc, the company known since 1909 for its iconic pens, is a relatively new presence in fine watchmaking but clearly means to be as well known for its timepieces as for its writing instruments. In an amazingly short time Montblanc has not only delivered watches that fulfill the high expectations one justifiably has of the […]

Montblanc Villeret Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique Watch

A Study In Consistency Isochronism. A strange word that means a lot in the mechanical watch industry. The idea really being that something moving in the watch does so at a consistent rate–this is the basis of accuracy in a watch. Some high-end watches experiment with a trick to improve isochronism by using two parts […]

Villeret Blue: Montblanc Villeret Grand Chronographe Enamel Dial Watch

Montblanc timepieces come in a few different personalities. Some are pretty and fashionable, some are classy and compliment their heritage as a pen maker, and some others have an even higher-end demeanor. A few years ago Montblanc purchased the famous watch maker Minerva, and since then watch lovers started to see some truly impressive feats of […]