MONTEGRAPPA Jean Alesi Chrono Watch
The famed pen-maker Montegrappa has created a special wristwatch for a long-time friend of the brand, Formula One legend Jean Alesi.
Designed in collaboration with inputs from Alesi, the 43mm Jean Alesi Limited Edition Water-Resistant Chronograph speaks its presence with a black-and-red colour scheme, much favoured in motorsport. Its dial creates a vision of depth thanks to sub-dials recessed into the surface, with both applied and relief indices. Limited to 300 pieces, the full-function chronograph has a 1/10th-of-a-second stop-watch capability.
These eye-catching effects continue with two patterns gracing the dial, including a lower pattern level in shiny black with circular etching at 6 o’clock, and an upper pattern level in sandblasted matte black, the dial perforated and etched with horizontal stripes.
Surrounding the dial is a bezel reminiscent of the cockpit hardware in the cars Alesi drove Ferraris, with a tachymeter etched in white-on-black, an inner ring reading to a white triangle at the 60-second point with the primary numerals in red, followed by a third surround drilled to resemble the pattern that lightens competition disc brakes.
Encircled by the bezel and surrounds are three sub-dials for real-time seconds, 30-minutes and 1/10th of a second counter, for unsurpassed precision; the chronograph is timed with a large red centre sweep hand. Below the 12 o’clock position are the Montegrappa logo and Jean Alesi’s signature, both in applied silver PNP. Date can be found at the 4 o’clock point, in a small window. The functions activating the Ronda 5040 D quartz movement are activated but pushbuttons at the 2 and 4 o’clock positions.
