Montblanc has updated its expansive Heritage collection with six new timepieces at SIHH 2019. Borrowing on the history of the erstwhile Minerva marque, which Montblanc has claimed since Richemont purchased the legendary workshop in 2006, the new additions to the Heritage collection are part of the brand’s 2019 lineup, which includes multiple new timepieces in collections such as the Star Legacy (which we covered here) and 1858 (which we’ll cover over the next few days). All the watches in the Heritage collection feature a similar design language that is focused on color and a variety of finishes. Here’s what you have to look forward to in the Heritage collection this year, from the most complicated releases to the least complicated. The Montblanc Heritage Pulsograph Limited Edition

The Heritage Pulsograph is a limited edition of 100 timepieces and features a pulsograph complication that was once used by doctors to measure a patient’s resting heart rate. The stainless-steel introduction is nicely sized at 40 mm and is powered by the Montblanc Manufacture monopusher chronograph caliber MB M13.21 that is visible through the exhibition caseback (see above slideshow). The slightly domed dial features an attractive salmon color and has several design elements that call back to Minerva timepieces from the 1940s and 50s. The dial has two different finishes; anthracite applied Arabic numerals and dots for indexes; dauphine hour and minute hands appli...