The Monta Skyquest 167BK24ALBR is the US brand’s 24-hour GMT sports watch with a black dial and a blue-and-red aluminum bezel insert. Its 316L stainless steel case measures 40.7 mm in diameter, 11.8 mm in thickness and 47.4 mm lug to lug, with a 20 mm lug width, and has a screw-down crown with guards, polished sides with bevels on the outer lugs, and a bezel built with a patent-pending assembly. The matte black dial carries applied hour markers with full rhodium surrounds filled with Swiss Super-LumiNova BGW9, and diamond-cut, rhodium-plated sword hands. It sits under a flat, bevelled sapphire crystal with seven layers of anti-reflective coating on the underside, and an engraved sapphire caseback closes the case. Power comes from the MONTA Caliber M-23, a self-winding movement with a bidirectional rotor and 56 hours of power reserve that is manufactured, assembled and tested in Switzerland. Water resistance is rated and tested to 300 meters.

The watch shows hours, minutes, central seconds, a 24-hour GMT hand read against the bi-colour bezel, and the date. It comes on Monta’s fully articulating steel bracelet, with screwed links, bevelled outer links, two half-links for sizing and a quick-adjust clasp with three micro-adjustment slots. The Skyquest is also offered with a black bezel, a bi-colour bezel, a gilt dial and an opaline dial. Monta lists the 167BK24ALBR at USD 2,435 on its official store.

Reviewers rate the Skyquest among the best-finished watches at its price: one review says that when it comes to case finishing, Monta are the best at their price point, and others highlight the fine detail on the hands, indices and rehaut. The articulating bracelet is regularly described as one of the most comfortable on the market. The main criticism, from aBlogtoWatch, concerned a stiff flip-lock and a quick-adjust mechanism that felt looser than expected on its review sample. The 167BK24ALBR is part of Monta’s current collection but is shown as sold out, marked “coming soon”, on the official store.