Thursday, July 1, 2010

Mont Blanc NicolasRieussec 1821 chronographs




The first mechanical movement manufactured in Montblanc's own workshops in Le Locle took its inspiration from Nicolas Rieussec's 1821 invention of the world’s first chronograph. The hand-wound Montblanc calibre MB R100 is the driving force in the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Monopusher Chronograph, featuring a classic column-wheel mechanism and a vertical disc clutch, which ensures virtually friction-free power transmission to the wheels of the chronograph.

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