The aesthetics and innovations of the 21st century characterise the bold, masculine shapes and the state-of-the-art materials of the Montblanc TimeWalker Collection. Its expressive design with the signature skeletonised horns, a large dial with Arabic numerals in distinctive typography and the lancet-shaped hands gives all TimeWalker timepieces an instantly recognisable personality.
The Montblanc TimeWalker Urban Speed Chronograph captures the dynamism of metropolitan life, where time itself seems to accelerate – measured in flawless precision by the chronograph complication. The 43 mm case made of cold-grey, sandblasted stainless steel with a matt black ceramic bezel is a testimony to its dynamic spirit and technical elegance.
The watch’s performance is also reflected in the masterly crafted black dial. The middle stratum, which covers the centre and the periphery of the dial, and the chronograph counters are embel-lished with fine circular striations. Accents in red contrast with the sporty black colour of the dial: the red gasket below the sapphire crystal perfectly matches the red of the chronograph hand and the highlighted tens minute markings.
The leather strap, crafted in the Montblanc Pelletteria in Florence, is as stylish as it is functional. Made of Montblanc Extreme leather – a high-performance material of specially treated cowhide with a carbon-look texture – it offers heightened resistance to heat, scratches and water.
Montblanc continues to underline the technicity, performance and avant-garde appeal of this watch line, its dynamic appeal is further highlighted by the use of contemporary material mixes featuring red design elements on a pure black background.
This collection extension contains three new models including a chronograph and a UTC.
The e-Strap device
The e-Strap device offers a variety of functionality.
Smart notifications, signaled by vibrations provide an alert of incoming communication without the need to look at the smartphone. It enables the preview of e-mails by topic and sender, read text messages, see incoming calls and status updates of social media feeds or reminders of important upcoming meetings, all on the wrist.
The activity tracker is a simple tool to monitor the wearer´s physical activity over time and keep track of his personal daily goals. To do so, it measures the number of steps taken per day, calories burnt and the distance travelled. The accompanying smartphone application enables the of progress per week and month. The e-Strap will remind the wearer to stay active through unobtrusive vibration alerts and show at a glance the daily progress.
The remote controls are useful for controlling the smartphone with the e-Strap. The camera remote enables the taking of pictures with the smartphone by triggering the shutter with a tap on the e-Strap thus allowing better and easier selfies or group shots.
Playing, pausing, and skipping music on the smartphone can be also remotely steered with the music control function of the e-Strap. Additionally, the Find-Me function allows searching for the watch or phone within a range of up to 30 meters, either by tapping on the e-Strap to find the smartphone or by using the smartphone application to find the watch.The e-Strap device has an inbuilt touch screen display, readable in daylight, to display the information and navigate through the functionalities. The technical device is encapsulated in a stainless steel case with rubber protection and can be easily fixed and adjusted with the pass-through strap.
Depending on usage, the device needs to be recharged every 5 days using a standard micro-USB cable. The e-Strap is compatible with Samsung Galaxy S4, S5, Note 3, Note 4, selected Android Devices running Android 4.3 and upwards as well as Apple iPhone 4S, 5, 5C, 5S, 6 and 6 plus.