Heritage is “property that is or may be inherited” (Oxford dictionary). The sense of legacy integral to watchmaking, as watches are traditionally passed down from father to son, goes even deeper with Montblanc whose history goes into all of its current collections. The latest model from the Heritage Spirit collection is a perpetual calendar whose useful markers spread over the softly smoky sapphire crystal dial which subtly unveils the self-winding movement that brings it to life. Two gold dauphine-shape hour and minute hands in the centre tick along a slim white minute track and applied hour indices topped by a Roman XII. Months and leap years appear at 12, the day at 9, the date at 3 and the moon phase at 6. The 39mm rose gold case houses the MB 29.15 calibre. Price: 19’900 CHF. Sharmila Bertin
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