This week on ?Vintage Eye,? we turn our focus to Montblanc and its popular Heritage collection, specifically the recently launched Montblanc Heritage GMT. This model was first released in January 2019 as part of the Heritage collection?s unveiling at SIHH (now Watches & Wonders), and has since become one of the collection?s few permanent residents as Montblanc experiments with various limited editions within the series since its initial debut.

The Heritage collection, which largely draws its influence from various vintage Minerva watches from the 1940s and early ?50s, today is comprised of time-only models, day-dates, and monopusher chronographs (as below), as well as today?s GMT, which has caught the eye of many as a classical- looking travel watch with a serious vintage-inspired charm. The collection is one of the most interesting interpretations of vintage Minerva design influence to date. (The historic Minerva watch manufacture, after its acquisition by Montblanc parent company Richemont in 2006, has steadily been steadily incorporated into Montblanc?s watchmaking, more explicitly at first and now as a somewhat subtler influence.)
Focused In — Specs

Taking a look at its details, the Heritage GMT uses a 40-mm polished steel case with an alternative logo-signed push/pull crown to its side, and a thin, angled bezel surrounding the face. Underneath the expansive sapphire crystal (made to seem larger by the shape of the bezel) is a vintage-inspired...