Montblanc unveiled a revamped Timewalker collection, heavily influenced by motor racing, at SIHH 2017. This week in Las Vegas, at the Couture Time exhibition, the brand added to the series with a new version of its TimeWalker Chronograph Automatic in an 18k rose gold case, a black ceramic bezel, and a black-and-rose-gold-plated dial.
 

 
Like its predecessors in stainless steel, the rose-gold Montblanc TimeWalker Chronograph Automatic bears the aesthetic influence of a vintage stopwatch, the Minerva Rally Timer, which was used to time early motor races. (Minerva is now owned by Montblanc.)
The sunburst black background of the dial contrasts starkly with the minute track, the dauphine hour and minute hands, and the applied indices, all rose-gold-plated, while the vertically aligned 30-minute and 12-hour chronograph subdials call to mind the dashboards of classic racing cars. A central red hand records the chronograph seconds and features a tip that has been sculpted in the form of the Minerva arrow, a nod to the historical Minerva brand?s legacy. The hands, indices, and 5-minute markers have been coated with Super-LumiNova for maximum nighttime legibility.
The 18k rose gold case, which measures 43 mm in diameter, has been satin-finished, both to achieve an “automotive” look and to better resist scratches. The unidirectional black rotating bezel ? which can be used to indicate a second time zone ? is knurled on the flank and made of shiny high-tech bla...