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1858
Compare this collection1858
2014
Line named for Montblanc's founding year, drawing on vintage Minerva mountaineering chronograph designs.
- Category
- Vintage-inspired sport
- Designers
- In-house design studio (Minerva heritage)
- Case materials
- Stainless steel, bronze
- Sizes
- 40–44mm
- Dial
- Vintage-lume dial with cathedral hands
- Crystal
- Sapphire crystal
- Strap / bracelet
- Leather NATO strap or steel bracelet
- Movements
- Sellita SW300, Minerva Caliber MB M16.29 (chronograph)
- Movement type
- Automatic mechanical
- Power reserve
- 42–50 hours
- Water resistance
- 100–300m
- Complications
- Date · Chronograph (select models) · GMT (select models)
- Key references
- 1858 Automatic, 1858 Geosphere
- Price band
- $2,700–$6,500
The house
Montblanc
Montblanc leverages its acquisition of the historic Minerva manufacture to produce fine chronographs alongside accessible everyday collections rooted in exploration.
- Founded
- 1906
- Founder
- Alfred Nehemias, August Eberstein, Claus-Johannes Voss
- Headquarters
- Hamburg, Germany (watch manufacture in Le Locle and Villeret, Switzerland)
- Signature materials
- Stainless steel, bronze, sapphire crystal
- Signature movements
- In-house Minerva-derived chronograph calibres, Sellita-based movements
- Notable designers
- In-house design studio, Minerva manufacture heritage
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