To Greater Heights

Montblanc commemorates the very first ascent of the Mont Blanc mountain in 1786 by Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard with an eight-piece limitededition Star Legacy Exo Tourbillon Skeleton. Each 44.8 mm creation features a hand-engraved depiction of the mountain in the subdial at 12 o’clock. A white gold engraving of Balmat climbing to the summit can be found on the left, while a representation of a mythological wyvern creature – believed to have lived on the Mont Blanc’s Mer de Glace glacier – is on the right. On the historic climb, Balmat and Paccard also brought a cyanometer, a new piece of equipment that measured the intensity of the sky’s colour. To celebrate the invention, the watch features a cyanometer gauge that runs around the periphery of the tourbillon cage, indicating the various shades of blue sky. First introduced in 2010, the patented Exo Tourbillon complication is a key pillar of the Montblanc watch collection. The new model features 188 components, including five supporting pillars all aligned to let light filter in, magnifying the tourbillon as it rotates. The suspended Montblanc Manufacture Calibre MB M18.69 allows the owner to see it in motion.