SIHH 2013: Montblanc Celebrates Contemporary Art
At the Salon International Haute Horlogerie SIHH 2013, the company Montblanc distinguishes with the original show booth. It presents the novelty Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours along with the masterpieces of modern art. In the design of the stand are used 14 pictures of young and talented artists from all over the world: Pablo Alonso (Spain), Steven Craig (Ireland), Ian Christensen (Denmark), Atsushi Kaga, Shikhar Shiota and Hiroyuki Matsuyama (Japan), Minchuna Sona (South Korea), EVA & ADELE (Germany), Louis Renner (Austria), Nick Hess (Switzerland), FriendsWithYou (USA). The company started collecting modern art pieces in 2002. Only part of the collection is presented at the exhibition.

Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours watch
Well, let’s go to the masterpiece of Montblanc - Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours. The novelty is named after the brilliant French watchmaker Nicolas Rieussec that registered in 1822 a patent for the world's first chronograph.
The Nicolas Rieussec Rising Hours watch is fitted with a 72-hour power reserve, colomn wheel and vertical clutch, complicated indicator of the second time zone, direction and number of the day of the week, as well as the original indication of the day and night: from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. six the numbers are displayed in black, and with 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. - in dark blue.
The novelty is presented in a case of pink gold or steel. There is also a platinum version, released in a limited edition of 28 items. The watch comes on a leather strap with a buckle in 18-carat pink gold, stainless steel or platinum, depending on the case material.
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