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Rieussec, a name that writes the history of time The single pushbutton Montblanc Star Nicolas Rieussec is dedicated to Nicolas Rieussec. Who was he? Rieussec was, in fact, the inventor of the chronograph in 1821. In the beginning, his chronograph consisted of a wooden case containing a watch movement that activated two rotating dials on the cover. Above these dials was a fixed pointer that let a drop of ink fall on them each time a button was pushed. For the first time, a device allowed the precise measurement of times during a horse race. The name given to this device was ‘chronograph’, a word from the Greek chronos, that meant time, and graphein, that signified writing. It thus seems only logical that the first watch movement developed by Montblanc—the world’s largest maker of prestige writing instruments—should be inspired by the man who invented the ‘writing of time’. Moreover, the principle behind Rieussec’s two rotating dials inspired the design of the new Montblanc chronograph and gives the watch its highly recognizable appearance.
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