Montblanc’s watchmaking tradition began 160 years ago, when in 1858 Charles-Yvan Robert founded a watch workshop in the Saint-Imier valley, starting the Minerva era. Today, Minerva is home of the Montblanc location in Villeret. In its heyday it was one of the leading specialists in professional watches for measuring small intervals of time with high precision. As early as the 1880s, the Montblanc location had started to specialise in pocket watches that could be wound with a crown. They were among the first to be wound without a separate key and were the reason for Minerva’s early success and expansion. The innovative timepieces also attracted attention at various world exhibitions of the time, winning prestigious awards. At the beginning of the 20th century, they started to develop monopusher chronographs and gained recognition for its precise chronometry, becoming a leading specialist in the fabrication of professional watches and stopwatches. Minerva shaped the history of professional timekeeping in a way that few other watch manufactures did. The journey to new heights continued throughout the 20th century with multiple achievements, innovative patents and trailblazing timekeeping technology, resulting in highly precise stopwatches that kept time exact to the 1/100th of a second. Those developments symbolise the level of mastery and innovation obtained by Minerva since 1858, and consolidate its reputation in the manufacture of pocket watches and chronographs.
OUR WATCHES
• are no worn, first quality, and 100% authentic, including all original parts
• have the original manufacturer’s serial numbers intact
• are not refurbished, factory seconds, or replica products
• have a 1 year warranty program – see Warranty for more information
• Package contains watch manufacturer’s boxes and original papers (Except to indicate there is no boxes and no papers)
Our goal at TPIWATCHES.COM is to provide the best price at the best service.
Items sent to any address outside the Taiwan are considered final sale and cannot be returned.
Customer in Mainland China send by EMS. The Shipping cost is 200RMB (approximately NT$870)
We offer FedEx International Economy to:
the countries/areas of (ASEAN, South Korea, Japan, HK, Macau) for a fee at US$109.
the countries/areas of (India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, EU, the Middle East…) for a fee at US$129.
International Shipping
• Customer is responsible for any duties and/or taxes the country shipping to may charge
• Any issue with shipping may take as long as 45 days to resolve
• Customer is responsible for retrieving any package not released by local customs ministry
• FedEx shipments can be tracked here
Our preferable method of shipping is via FedEx International Economy. We are also able to ship via Express Mail Service (EMS).
