The pen people made a diver, and it's alright
By Tom Hargreaves, Falmouth, Cornwall ยท
Bit of a surprise, this one. Montblanc is the pen brand to most people, and I was ready to be sniffy. Instead the Iced Sea turns out to be a perfectly good 300 m diver.
The dial has a texture meant to look like glacier ice, and on the blue version it does catch the light well. Underwater, though, texture doesn't matter a jot. What matters is that the hands and markers are big and lumed, and they are.
41 mm, 12.6 mm, 22 mm lugs. Closed back. The MB 24.17 is a Sellita-type movement with 38 hours. $3,600 to $3,950.
That's the rub. For the same money you can get a Tudor Black Bay 58 or a Pelagos and nearly twice the reserve. The Iced Sea's case is nice, the bracelet is decent, but you're paying for the name on the dial.
If you love the dial, fair play. I'd not buy it for the boat.