The Minerva brand name was first registered in 1886, but the brothers behind the brand, Charles and Hippolyte Robert, started their watchmaking atelier in Minerva in 1858, the year that’s in the name of the watch. A Minerva movement stood out with its trademark V-shaped bridge and “devil’s tail,” the latter of which is, in fact, the arrow in the brand’s historical emblem that honors the Roman goddess of crafts (among other things, such as wisdom and war). Andreas agrees that the watch is big, but I agree with him when he writes that “the M16.31 pocket watch movement inside requires these dimensions.” It’s tempting to call the hand-wound and hand-finished caliber MB M16.31 the star of the show.
Author: Lex Stolk
Published at: 2025-08-24 22:01:36
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