Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Minya Konka Limited Edition: Red Tea
Montblanc introduces the 1858 Iced Sea Minya Konka Limited Edition, now with a red dial and a new engraving on the caseback
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Swiss watchmaker Montblanc summits a new mountain with its 1858 Iced Sea Minya Konka Limited Edition, a variation on the immensely popular Iced Sea range of dive watches launched by the brand last year. When we met Montblanc?s Managing Director for Watchmaking Laurent Lecamp in Geneva in 2022, he told us that people had started calling the collection the ?Iced Tea,? and the Minya Konka model finally has the right dial colour, a deep and bright red. You might wonder what is going on here, and for that we have to go back a bit to the 2018 debut of the 1858 collection, and Montblanc?s quest for the right sort of dive watch to fit its mountaineering ethos.
The 1858 collection was meant to celebrate the literal Mont Blanc, and the brand?s attendant love of all things high altitude. If you know your mountains, this explains the name of this latest limited edition, with Minya Konka being the highest peak in China?s Sichuan province. In any case, it was unusual in early 2022 when Montblanc announced that its first proper dive watch, with bracelet and everything ISO 6425-certified, would be part of the 1858 collection. The watchmakers and executives at the brand struggled to figure out how to connect the winning mountaineering spirit they celebrated with the dep...
The post Montblanc 1858 Iced Sea Minya Konka Limited Edition: Red Tea appeared first on LUXUO.
Swiss watchmaker Montblanc summits a new mountain with its 1858 Iced Sea Minya Konka Limited Edition, a variation on the immensely popular Iced Sea range of dive watches launched by the brand last year. When we met Montblanc?s Managing Director for Watchmaking Laurent Lecamp in Geneva in 2022, he told us that people had started calling the collection the ?Iced Tea,? and the Minya Konka model finally has the right dial colour, a deep and bright red. You might wonder what is going on here, and for that we have to go back a bit to the 2018 debut of the 1858 collection, and Montblanc?s quest for the right sort of dive watch to fit its mountaineering ethos.
The 1858 collection was meant to celebrate the literal Mont Blanc, and the brand?s attendant love of all things high altitude. If you know your mountains, this explains the name of this latest limited edition, with Minya Konka being the highest peak in China?s Sichuan province. In any case, it was unusual in early 2022 when Montblanc announced that its first proper dive watch, with bracelet and everything ISO 6425-certified, would be part of the 1858 collection. The watchmakers and executives at the brand struggled to figure out how to connect the winning mountaineering spirit they celebrated with the dep...
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