John is live at CES 2015 and… well, I am not. But we are back with a new HourTime show talking about new smartwatches at CES, the HYT Skull, Montblanc Timewalker Urban Speed with smart e-Strap, and IWC’s lovely, pricey, and oddly named Portugieser Annual Calendar.
Listen to the HourTime Show watch podcast episode 169 here.
The direct MP3 download is here.
French watchmaker Nicolas Rieussec is credited with devising the first inking chronograph in 1821, made to precisely measure the running instances of horses. Rieussec’s device actually wrote the time using ink, so that he called it a “chronograph” from the Greek words chronos (time) and graphein (to write). This is a far bigger watch than the Star Legacy Automatic Chronograph at 44.8mm with 15.02mm and the case is motivated by the pocket watch designs of Minerva creator Charles-Ivan Robert, such as the Gold Hunter Calibre 19″ from 1927. This is not the initial Rieussec-inspired chronograph the newest has launched, with earlier versions such as the Montblanc 8421 Watch Replica Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Automatic in 2011 (reviewed here) and the Montblanc Homage To Nicolas Rieussec in 2014 (hands). This latest version features a reworked dialup, which combines some key design elements from its predecessors, whilst trying to enhance both legibility and completing. The Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph is a monopusher such as the previous versions, with the single pusher incorporated to the crown. Also included is a GMT hand for tracking a second time zone, a day-night indicator situated at 9 o’clock on the half-hour and minute display, a date aperture at 6 o’clock, plus a travel purpose allowing for rapid progress of the hour hand and date display.