Montblanc is taking part in the Geneva Watchmaking Grand Prix (GPHG) with the Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours timepiece.
Montblanc registered two watches to compete in the GPHG: the Star Quantième Complet in the "Petite aiguille" category and the Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours in the "Men complication" category. The latter has been preselected and will compete to win the prize in its category.
Net surfers can take part in the Prix du Public by voting for their favourite watches. To vote for Montblanc, click here.
The Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours' dial is slightly off-centered for the ordinary time of the day. In place of an hour-hand, there is a circular aperture at the “12” in which a disc bearing Arabic numerals for the twelve hours turns below a little triangular index. The hour numerals change colour depending on the time of day or night.
The Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours is fitted with the new calibre MB R220, which integrates a patented mechanism consisting of two rotating discs positioned one atop the other.
The Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours is fitted with the new calibre MB R220, which integrates a patented mechanism consisting of two rotating discs positioned one atop the other.In addition to this double-disc mechanism, four other disc displays rotate in the Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours. The day of the week is shown in a window at the “9” and the date appears in an aperture at the “3”. The chronograph's function likewise relies on the same unmistakable concept, with one disc to count sixty elapsed seconds and another to tally up to thirty elapsed minutes. The timepiece has only one button, which is unconventionally but ergonomically positioned at “8 o'clock”.
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