Below this sapphire disk with seas and continents, is a second disk – half silver, half dark blue – that rotates in 24 hours. Because the continents are transparent, the dark blue of the lower disk is visible and shows the part of the Earth where it’s night, and where it’s day. The seas are printed in blue, on the underside of a sapphire dial, and the continents are transparent with light blue surroundings. This multilayer dial shows the Earth from the North Pole, and all continents on the Northern Hemisphere are visible. It’s the size, the quality and finish, and especially the lovely dial that catches the attention. The reason for saying this, is that the Orbis Terrarum got a lot of very positive remarks. Most people that we encounter on a daily basis are used to seeing something new on our wrists, and I have to say that some watches just catch more attention than others. We’re in the lucky position to wear quite a few different watches, going from entry level luxury (take for instance the Tudor Heritage Chrono Blue) to ultra-high-end timepieces like the Lange & Söhne Double Split, URWERK UR-210. And it doesn’t always have to be related to a phone call, it can also be because a fast response is required and knowing the local times helps to know whether that fast response is realistic or not. One of the things that we have to realize, although this might sound rather obvious, is what time it is before calling someone on the other side of the Earth. Whether it’s business, family, friends or maybe hobby related, chances are that you’re in contact with people from all over the world as well. Here at Monochrome we’re working with people from all around the globe, and I don’t think we’re unique in that. In this review we will focus on wearing the watch on a daily basis in the office, and during a trip from Amsterdam to New York (and back.) That was the perfect opportunity to test the worldtimer properties in real life and for the exact purpose that it has been designed for. Besides the modest diameter, the case is only 11.99mm thick, making this a very comfortable watch to wear. The Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum comes in a 41mm case, in either stainless steel or 18k red gold. A worldtimer is after all one of the most convenient complications in this day and age, and with such a price, Montblanc makes this complication available for a larger audience. The watches are now becoming available in stores and we thought it would be a good idea to review it. In the past years a few more contenders entered the market of world timers, however with the launch of the Montblanc Heritage Spirit Orbis Terrarum, earlier this year, we have a new player in luxury entry level. Until a decade ago, the worldtimer wrist watch, originally developed by Louis Cottier, was a complication that was dominated by brands like Patek Philippe and Girard-Perregaux (with their WW.TC). Montblanc 4810 Orbis Terrarum, on alligator, $9,160.The world of high-end watches has seen several new releases of worldtimers in the last years. Montblanc 4810 Orbis Terrarum Australian pricing Please don’t take my inability to read the time as an indictment of the watch in any way. Because of this I have a few issues telling the difference between AM and PM. For me though, the 4810 Orbis Terrarum is an absolute winner of a watch and my favourite Montblanc of 2016.ĭISCLOSURE STATEMENT: We shot this video on the first day of SIHH 2016, shortly after a 24-hour commute and we were more than a little jet-lagged. When it comes to looks it’s a hard call as to whether this version or the blue-on-blue Heritage Spirit model is more attractive, and will depend largely on personal preference. But the map isn’t the only thing that’s different about this Orbis Terrarum, it’s now part of the 4810 family, meaning it has a bigger, curvier case than the original. Aside from adding a dash of colour to the Orbis Terrarum, the multi-coloured world disc represents warmer and cooler parts of the globe. And this is what the new, brightly coloured dial of the 4810 Orbis Terrarum instantly reminded me of. One of the things I liked most about this atlas were the different types of map on offer: Political, altitude, rainfall, temperature – Heinemann had them all. Don’t ask me why I remember this – it’s just one of the scores of useless trivia facts that are stuck in my head, while much more important information (such as reference numbers and calibre names) seem to constantly elude me. When I was in high school we had to buy an atlas/geography textbook from a publisher called Heinemann. I/trending 22875 GONE IN 60 SECONDS: See the world in colour with Montblanc’s 4810 Orbis Terrarum Felix Scholz
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