The calibre inside started out as the conventional MB 16.29, before being modified to flip the movement and invert the time display. Importantly, it should be noted that the Unveiled Secret is an integrated chronograph, so it is a bona fide inverted movement. Meanwhile what is usually the “dial side” of the movement is now hidden under a closed case back. It relies on a simple trick: the hands are mounted on what is ordinarily the back of the movement, while the entire movement is flipped so that the hands are now on the front. Though the inversion trick has been done before by other hands, the Unveiled Secret is still a little more creative and a little more interesting. Minerva came along with its stable of historical chronograph movements, all traditionally constructed in an elegant, delicate manner, albeit in a slightly anachronistic manner since the calibres mostly dated to the early-20th century. As a result, Montblanc can count several impressive chronographs in its collection, but the Unveiled Secret does it differently. Hand-wind chronographs have been a specialty of Montblanc, at least for its high-end models, since it acquired Minerva several years ago. That required some mechanical rearrangement to accomplish, but manages to realise the desire often expressed by collectors who want to wear a watch with the finely finished movement showcased on the dial. The case remains extra-large because of the pocket watch movement within and it still has a fluted bezel along with cathedral hands.īut the Unveiled Secret is totally different from its predecessors, as its movement has been inverted in order to bring the most interesting bits to the front. In many ways it looks and feels like the Minerva chronographs that came before it. The latest offering in Montblanc’s high-end chronograph lineup is the 1858 The Unveiled Secret Minerva Monopusher Chronograph. Share Facebook Linkedin Twitter Weibo Instagram
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