Review: Monta Skyquest GMT
I agree with Monta when they claim that, ?[t]he finishing on the case and bracelet is what sets Monta apart.? Few small, independent brands achieve such excellent metalwork. However, having spent time with the new Skyquest GMT, I?d also include finishing of the hands, indices, and rehaut as feathers in Monta?s cap. The Skyquest is one of the few watches I enjoy through a loupe as much as I do with the naked eye, and I hope the close analysis I offer up below will draw you into the fine details that make this watch a standout among 2018?s indie offerings.Though the Skyquest is Monta?s third watch, it is basically a GMT version of their Oceanking diver. Offering a GMT version of a three-hand watch is a kind of rite of passage for a watch brand, and Rolex set that paradigm in place when they simultaneously launched their Submariner and GMT-Master at 1954?s Swiss Watch Show (now Baselworld). It?s hard not to see the similarities between that classic Rolex duo and Monta?s Oceanking/Skyquest. In fact, Monta?s Michael DiMartini was converted into a watch-head upon witnessing his mother give his father a Rolex. Even the names ?Oceanking? and Skyquest? have a Rolexy ring to them.However, as Voltaire said, ?Originality is nothing but judicious imitation??with the emphasis on “judicious’ here because any design is, ultimately, the sum total of thousands of decisions about details. Let?s pan in and see just how those decisions added up to form the Monta Skyquest.
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