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Montblanc Bohème: Where Elegance Meets Complication

04 Aug 2025

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The poetic worlds of handwriting and watercolours continue to inspire the latest Bohème timepieces.

Presenting the codes of fine watchmaking in an elegantly feminine way, Montblanc’s Bohème collection continues to grow with three models – a 30mm Automatic Date and two new Day & Night models in 30mm and 34mm – in a new deep shade of blue. Following the models unveiled last year with silver-white dials, these new blue-toned pieces include delicate details inspired by handwriting and watercolour painting, as well as a new interchangeable stainless steel bracelet with a textured central link and fine adjustment system.

The Bohème Style

The Montblanc Bohème collection combines sophisticated dials with precious decorative techniques and practical complications that are all interpreted with considered elegance. The classic case, with its faceted integrated horns, blends the Montblanc Bohème style with essential functionality.

Montblanc Bohème Automatic Date 30mm

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The Montblanc Bohème Automatic Date comes in a 30mm stainless steel case and features an elegant sunbrushed blue dial adorned with diamond indexes, rhodium-coated floral Arabic numerals and rhodium-coated hands. A closer look at the dial reveals numerous refined watchmaking details, including a filet sauté pattern around the periphery of the dial, an engraved circular line that frames the sunbrushed finish, and a stamping technique called filé d’étoiles for the ring containing the numerals and diamond indexes. This filé d’étoiles technique was inspired by photographs of the night sky that use long exposure times to capture the movement of stars in the night sky as the Earth rotates.

Powered by the Maison’s MB 24.19 automatic movement, with a power reserve of approx. 38 hours, the Montblanc Bohème Automatic Date indicates the hours, minutes, and seconds, as well as a date in an almond-shaped aperture at six o’clock. A keen eye will note the date numerals are handwritten in a romantic font style. Other details include a water resistance of 30 meters, a blue calf leather strap with alligator print featuring Montblanc‘s interchangeable strap system, and an additional strap in silver calf leather. This year, the Montblanc Bohème Automatic Date is also available on an interchangeable stainless steel bracelet with a textured central link and fine adjustment system.

Montblanc Bohème Day & Night 30mm and 34mm

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The new Montblanc Bohème Day & Night models come in a choice of 30mm or 34mm stainless steel cases. Like the Automatic Date, they feature sunbrushed blue dials adorned with diamond indexes, rhodium-coated floral Arabic numerals, and rhodium-coated hands. Other refined details include a filet sauté pattern around the periphery of the dial, an engraved circular line that frames the sunbrushed finish, and a stamping technique called filé d’étoiles for the background behind the numerals and diamond indexes.

Fitted with the automatic calibre MB 24.20 with an approx. 42-hour power reserve, these two new models indicate the hours, minutes, and seconds, as well as the date and a day and night display. The date is presented in an almond-shaped aperture at 6 o’clock with hand-written numerals. This romantic font has also been applied to the dial for the day & night mention “Jour et Nuit”.

The celestial day & night complication is of particular note as the disc has been designed in the style of watercolour painting to show the changing sky over a period of 24 hours, adding a playfully sophisticated detail to the timepiece.

Other notable features include a blue calf leather strap with alligator print featuring Montblanc interchangeable strap and bracelet system, an additional strap in silver calf leather, a stainless steel bracelet with a textured central link and fine adjustment system, and an open caseback offering a view of the movement.

Montblanc captures the elegant, artistic spirit of la femme bohème in every detail of its new Perpetual Calendar timepiece.

In Montblanc’s storied manufactures in Le Locle and Villeret, master watchmakers and artisans bring together traditional Swiss horology with modern decorative techniques to create the new 36mm Montblanc Bohème Perpetual Calendar. From the printed watercolour moon phase disc, to the machine-stamped “star trail” (filé d’étoiles) outer dial, and the highly technical field of micro-diamonds that forms the inner dial, the Bohème Perpetual Calendar represents Montblanc’s dedication to both traditional handcrafts and state-of-the-art material processes that define Swiss watchmaking in the 21st century.

An Elegantly Feminine Visage

The fully mechanical perpetual calendar complication is presented in a flattering 36mm case in either solid rose gold 750/1000 (18 karats) or in a striking bi-metal construction combining stainless steel and rose gold 750/1000 (18 karats). The size has been selected to suit women’s wrists while also offering the appropriate proportions for the perpetual calendar’s various functions to express themselves on the complex, yet very legible dial.

Bringing form and function together like this requires for Montblanc’s designers to carefully place each mechanical function on the dial in order to achieve visual harmony. Discerning collectors will note the thoughtful placement of the four sub dials, as well as the way they gently overlap the outer hour track, a small intrusion that subtly transforms this typically technical and masculine dial configuration into an organic and feminine visage.

Diamonds Like a Night Sky

The four sub dials, indicating the day, date, month, leap year cycle and phases of the moon, float in a dazzling field formed from thousands of micro-diamonds. Rather than using traditional “diamond powder”, Montblanc has elected to deploy a highly technical process by which the tiny diamonds are set side-by-side to create a uniform surface that is then covered with a bright metallic PVD coating. The result is a completely flat, sparkling, dark grey surface. Reminiscent of the countless stars in the night sky, this treatment creates the backdrop for this perpetual calendar complication that tracks the elaborate movements of our solar system with precision.

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A Trail of Stars to Tell the Time

Around that inner dial is the white-silver hour track. This is created using a specific stamping method to create a pattern called filé d’étoiles – trail of stars. The pattern was inspired by long-exposure photographs of the night sky, often called filé d’étoiles -Astro photographs, that reveal the stars as streaks of light. The stars, of course, aren’t moving; rather, these stunning photographs document the Earth’s daily rotation, the same planetary dance that has fascinated watchmakers for centuries and which forms the underlying logic of the perpetual calendar complication.

The Long Cycles of Time

While deeply complicated and elaborately decorated, the dial remains highly legible. Hours are highlighted by Floral Arabic numerals at 3, 6, 9 and 12, while traditional trapezoidal indicators occupy the intermediary positions. Elegant rose gold-coated leaf hands reach just far enough to make at-a-glance time-telling intuitive.

Indications in Handwritten Style

In its form, the Bohème Perpetual Calendar also pays subtle homage to the beauty of handwriting. A closer look at the three upper-sub dials reveals the indications in a font reminiscent of handwriting, celebrating Montblanc’s writing culture heritage

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A Watercolour Moon in a Watercolour Sky

All of this sets the scene for the moon-phase complication Located within the 6 o’clock sub dial, the phases of the moon are indicated along with the long-range calendar that will remain accurate until the year 2100 (when the Gregorian calendar will ignore a leap year to compensate for accumulated annual deviations).

The moon-phase disc found on the Montblanc Bohème Perpetual Calendar has been crafted using serigraphy, with the pattern and colours based on an interpretation of watercolours that adds a further romantic touch to this central feature.

A Bezel Full of Choice Diamonds

Whether choosing the rose-gold 750/1000 (18 karats) model or the bi-metal version, the rose gold 750/1000 (18 karats) bezel of the Bohème Perpetual Calendar is fitted with 60 brilliant-cut diamonds. Each diamond meets or exceeds the V. S. rating for clarity as well as the inclusion in at least the Top Wesselton category for whiteness.

Achieving High Complication With Calibre MB 29.15

Montblanc’s calibre MB 29.15 offers the full suite of perpetual calendar features, including the hour and minutes, the day of the week, the month, a leap year indicator and the watercolour interpretation moon-phase. This watch will not need to be reset until March 2100, and it holds 42-hours’ worth of mechanical power when fully wound. Adjustments, when needed, are activated intuitively using correctors on mid-case.

Each MB 29.15 movement undergoes rigorous Montblanc laboratory test in the manufacture of Le Locle in order to ensure the ultimate in precision timekeeping.

Three Straps for Every Mood

The Bohème Perpetual Calendar comes with three interchangeable straps: a beige calfskin strap with alligator print, a smooth black calfskin strap, and a burgundy-tone calfskin strap, rounding out the versatility of the timepiece.

Discover more exciting creations from Montblanc at our boutiques, or online.

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