[Official] Mont Blanc

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Founded by the stationer Claus-Johannes Voss, the banker Alfred Nehemias and the engineer August Eberstein in 1906, the company began as the Simplo Filler Pen company producing up-market pens in the Schanzen district of Hamburg. Their first model was the Rouge Et Noir in 1909 followed in 1910 by the pen that was later to give the company its new name, the Mont Blanc.

The first pen (a fountain pen) known as the Meisterstück or Masterpiece (the name used for export) was produced in 1925. Today the Montblanc brand can be found also on other luxury goods besides pens, for instance there are Montblanc brand watches.

The company was acquired by Dunhill in 1977, following which lower price pens were dropped and the brand was used on a wide range of luxury goods other than pens.

Today Montblanc forms part of the Richemont group. Its sister companies include luxury brands Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chloé, and Baume et Mercier. Since 2000, Montblanc has manufactured all the components for Montegrappa and Cartier branded pens.

The trademark most clearly identified with Montblanc is the white stylised six-pointed star with rounded edges, representative of the Mont Blanc snowcap, the symbol being adopted in 1913. The number "4810," the mountain's height in metres, is also a commonly recurring theme.

The star is also referred to as "the bird splat" by some fountain pen collectors.
 

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Let's share your MB items!

I own the following:

i) Boheme Blu pen;
ii) Starwalker Black Resin;
iii) MB Contemporary Ring

Next in line would be a set of contemporary cufflink. :p
 

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I thought we had a mont blanc thread? quite old already hahaha

Anyway here's mine...

1) Noblesse BP pen
2) Starwalker (metal cap) Fineline/Rollerball
 

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Lol... I quite like MB luggage and specs... I would said sophistication...
 

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here's mine:

Mont Blanc Belt
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Mine is the most common MEISTERSTÜCK LE GRAND PLATINUM LINE, twist ballpoint pen.
 

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Mine is the most common MEISTERSTÜCK LE GRAND PLATINUM LINE, twist ballpoint pen.

Nice...I was thinking of getting that classic 1 until I found my Noblesse...next on my list is still the 100th Anniversary diamond BP pen. Yet to find a new 1 at a gd price....so the search goes on.....hahaha...once Im done with that...I would finish my MB collection :D
 

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DA is greedy, want a diamond on pen sia, lost how ? Lol... May I ask How much after discount ?
 

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DA is greedy, want a diamond on pen sia, lost how ? Lol... May I ask How much after discount ?

But retail wise...it's like..$200 more than a starwalker...and it's the special MB star cut diamond...why not :p

Lost...then ish hav to LLST...

after discount...lowest record was $480...retail $735. Now no more selling :(
 

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I only have Mont blanc pens.
5 of them. All mesterstuck range.
One Meistertuck 144 fountain pen
One Solitaire Duoue rollerball
One solitaire Duoue ballpoint
One platinum trim ballpoint
and one Mozart platinum trim.

Oy yeah also got a namecard holder given by my boss as a Christmas present.

Thinking of getting a 146 or 149 fountain pen soon.

Can only dream and drool of the writers special edition fountain pens. :D
 

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I only have Mont blanc pens.
5 of them. All mesterstuck range.
One Meistertuck 144 fountain pen
One Solitaire Duoue rollerball
One solitaire Duoue ballpoint
One platinum trim ballpoint
and one Mozart platinum trim.

Oy yeah also got a namecard holder given by my boss as a Christmas present.

Thinking of getting a 146 or 149 fountain pen soon.

Can only dream and drool of the writers special edition fountain pens. :D

Coool...3 MBs SHOULD be gd enough for me xD ...still hunting for my 100th anniversary
 

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MB 75th anniversary skeleton 1999
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MB Georges Pompidou skeleton 2007
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MB 100 anniversary Boheme Skeleton
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MB fortune 88
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Han Wu Ti pen and watch set, only 88 pieces worldwide

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Pen alone selling for around US$13k on ebay.
Watch looks like solid gold watch:D
 

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Han Wu Ti pen and watch set, only 88 pieces worldwide

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Pen alone selling for around US$13k on ebay.
Watch looks like solid gold watch:D

This pensinasia guy is an internet pen seller from Sg, operating from Toa Payoh.

Never put pirce on his site though
 
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