Orbis Terrarum comes from Latin, meaning “globe”, “earth”, and “world”, and provides the inspiration for the Montblanc Star Legacy Orbis Terrarum. The timepiece is powered by an automatic movement equipped with a Manufacture complication. The idea is to propose a worldtime function, simple to set and read and easy to use in an intuitive way, combined with elegant aesthetics. Once set, it indicates all 24 time zones at a glance and shows whether it is day or night in the accompanying cities. While travelling, the timepiece is easy to set thanks to a single pusher. The dial is composed of an upper sapphire crystal rotating disc with applied 3-dimensional rhodium-coated Northern Hemisphere map and meridians surrounded by a ring depicting the 24 cities of the 24 time zones. Below this sapphire disc appears the day/night disc rotating in 24 hours and alternating from light blue for the day to dark blue for the night. A red arrow is located at 12 o’clock to point towards the related city and the owner’s local time zone. The timepiece comes in a 43 mm polished stainless steel case combined with satin-finishing on the sides.
Specifications
Case
Shape
Round
Glass
Sapphire domed
Case Back
Stainless steel with inset pane of sapphire crystal
Case Material
Steel
Diameter
43 mm
Thickness
13.84 mm
Dial
Colour
Upper sapphire crystal rotating disc with applied threedimensional rhodium-coated Northern Hemisphere continents and meridians surrounded by the 24 cities of the 24 time zones, day & night rotating disc that turns under the sapphire crystal disc with two-tones of blue, “waves” decoration (called flinqué-froissé guilloché) in its center surrounded by the 24-hour indication, blue flange with rhodium-coated luminescent applied dot minuterie
Hands
Rhodium-coated luminescent leaf hour and minute hands
Power Reserve
Approx. 42 hours
Movement and Functions
Movement
Automatique
Caliber
MB M29.20 with Montblanc Manufacture world time complication
Movement Description
Mechanical movement with automatic winding
Functions
World time - day & night indication
Special Functions
World time indication with 24 time zones and day & night display
