Montblanc 1858 monopusher chronograph

The case and the dial of the timepiece have been redesigned for utmost fine watchmaking refinement, while keeping its distinctive face with the chronograph’s turning discs and off-centred dial.

The Montblanc Star Legacy Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph pays tribute to the French watchmaker Nicolas Rieussec who invented the first inking chronograph in

As watchmaker to the French royal court, Nicolas Rieussec developed this construction to more precisely measure the running times of individual horses at a horserace.

Nicolas Rieussec’s device was literally a “time writer,” so he accordingly named it a “chronograph” from the Greek words “chronos” (time) and “graphein” (to write). In , the Académie des Sciences in Paris granted a patent to Nicolas Rieussec for his device and he became the inventor of the world’s first patented chronograph, marking the history of fine watchmaking!

The silvery-white dial has been entirely reworked in this v