Finding inspiration in the elements, Montblanc presents a reimagined take of its Iced Sea Automatic Date 0 Oxygen timepiece featuring a distressed steel finish. To achieve this, Montblanc has treated the stainless steel case and bracelet with a black coating, which is then distressed by washing and brushing with quartzite, a very hard mineral sourced from the Mont Blanc mountain itself. This process results in a blackened, distressed appearance that offers an organic aesthetic.
A signature of the Montblanc Iced Sea collection, the timepiece features a glacier pattern dial which has been created to mirror the colour and texture of ice. The pattern is crafted using a special technique called gratté-boisé as the base, giving the dial the impression of depth and luminosity. This time-consuming process takes four times longer than a standard dial to complete and requires over 30 separate steps. The result captures the texture of glacial ice with its interlocking network of crystals that have been frozen in time for millennia.
The distressed grey colourway achieved on the case and bracelet are continued onto the glacier-pattern dial with a grey sfumato finish. This treatment adds visual depth and heightened legibility to this adventure-oriented watch.
Following the introduction in 2025 of an anthracite-coloured guilloché dial in Montblanc’s flagship Star Legacy line, three additional complications are now added to the Maison’s timeless collection. These include a 36mm Small Second model with diamonds around the sub-dial, and two 42mm models, the classic Moonphase and the Chronograph.
The exploding-star guilloché pattern featured on all three watches is based on the shape of Montblanc’s emblem from 1913, a graphic representation of the snow-covered peak of the Mont Blanc mountain as seen from a bird’s-eye view. This guilloché pattern moves out onto the dial in waves that cast light and shadow into subtle motion on the wrist.
The anthracite-coloured sfumato finish has become a signature of Montblanc’s Star Legacy line, and adorns the 36mm Small Second for the first time. The gradient sfumato finish is reminiscent of that found on many of Montblanc’s leather goods, acting as a nod to the Maison’s leather craftsmanship.
All three models feature fully polished stainless steel pebble-shaped cases, the art of which is best observed at the lugs, where “steps” reveal themselves along the curvature toward the strap. A highly polished bezel frames the elegant dials, while an onion crown nods to older pocket watches dating to the early 20th century.
Montblanc’s Iced Sea collection draws inspiration from the glacial ice of the Mer de Glace (“Sea of Ice”), the largest glacier on the Mont-Blanc massif. While glaciers are most often associated with the colours of white and grey thanks to their snow cover, they often take on balmy colourways during the year’s warm seasons. At dawn and dusk, especially during the summer, a glacier will reflect the spectacular colours of the sky in its intricate crystalline structures.
These sun-soaked tones of the glacier are captured in the limited edition Montblanc Iced Sea Automatic Date 0 Oxygen, with the timepiece’s glacier pattern dial presented in a coral hue. This vibrant colour palette extends to the timepiece’s dual-colour aluminum bezel inserts, pairing coral and red for enhanced legibility.
Limited to 300 pieces.
Following the introduction in 2025 of an anthracite-coloured guilloché dial in Montblanc’s flagship Star Legacy line, three additional complications are now added to the Maison’s timeless collection. These include a 36mm Small Second model with diamonds around the sub-dial, and two 42mm models, the classic Moonphase and the Chronograph.
The exploding-star guilloché pattern featured on all three watches is based on the shape of Montblanc’s emblem from 1913, a graphic representation of the snow-covered peak of the Mont Blanc mountain as seen from a bird’s-eye view. This guilloché pattern moves out onto the dial in waves that cast light and shadow into subtle motion on the wrist.
The anthracite-coloured sfumato finish has become a signature of Montblanc’s Star Legacy line, and adorns the 36mm Small Second for the first time. The gradient sfumato finish is reminiscent of that found on many of Montblanc’s leather goods, acting as a nod to the Maison’s leather craftsmanship.
All three models feature fully polished stainless steel pebble-shaped cases, the art of which is best observed at the lugs, where “steps” reveal themselves along the curvature toward the strap. A highly polished bezel frames the elegant dials, while an onion crown nods to older pocket watches dating to the early 20th century.
Over centuries, the slow movement of glaciers has carved some of Earth’s most stunning geological features. As glaciers form and recess, they expose and relocate fertile soil. In the process, many of the felled trees become preserved as subfossils and are pushed into a glacier’s moraine, the dense mass of sediment a glacier deposits at its outer edge.
With its latest Iced Sea Automatic Date 0 Oxygen Limited Edition 700 timepiece, Montblanc pays homage to this special geological form also found in the Mer de Glace—the largest glacier on the Mont-Blanc massif. Its geologically complex moraine, developed over time, has been captured in the dial of the timepiece with shavings of preserved trees found at the glacier.
This special model is offered in a limited edition of 700 pieces, a number selected as a reference to the 7km length of the Mer de Glace.
Montblanc reimagines the 1858 Small Second 0 Oxygen in a new, smaller 38mm size, complemented by a vintage-inspired aesthetic to bring together modern watchmaking techniques and materials with timeless design codes.
The timepiece features a lacquered dial with luminescent Arabic hand and indexes, a colour-matched date wheel behind a beveled aperture at 3 o’clock, and a symmetrically positioned sub-dial for the running seconds. The traditionally styled “railroad” minute-track around the outer edge of the dial is punctuated with numerical markers at the five-minute positions. This is echoed by the same surround for precise reading of seconds on the sub-dial.
Meanwhile, the Super-LumiNova®-filled cathedral hands harken back to expedition watches of the 1920s and 30s. Completing the vintage-inspired look is a fixed bezel with a black ceramic insert that includes luminescent cardinal compass points accented with small triangle direction indicators in between.
