How can you tell if the Mont Blanc pen that you are about to buy online is genuine? Follow these 9 simple steps to verify the authenticity of your purchase.
Step 1: Retail Box
New Mont Blanc pens are packaged in a sturdy retail box. The colour and branding of the box may differ according to year and model but check carefully for any errors in brand logo and for the overall quality and finish. Remember that real retail boxes can accompany fake products.

• Serial Number Check Specs
• Mont Blanc Pen Identification

Serial Number Check Specs

Jul 6, 2015 - I have never held a montblanc before but this is not what I expected it to. Ballpoint pens should have a serial number, but it's an easy check.

Montblanc International (UK: /ˌmɒ̃ˈblɒ̃(k)/, US: /ˌmɑnˈblɑŋk/)^[2] is a German manufacturer of luxury writing instruments, watches, jewellery, eyewear and leather goods, often identified by its 'Snow peak' logo.

History[edit]

Mont Blanc Pen Identification

A Hamburg banker, Alfred Nehemias, and a Berlin engineer, August Eberstein, produced simple pens in 1906. After a short period of time Wilhelm Dziambor, Christian Lausen and later Claus Johannes Voss took over the business. 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, Montblanc. The Meisterstück name (English: 'Masterpiece', the name used for export) was used for the first time in 1924. Today, the Montblanc brand is on other goods besides pens, including watches, jewellery, fragrances, leather goods and eyewear.

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.^[3]

Today, Montblanc forms part of the Richemont group. Its sister companies include luxury brands Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chloé, and Baume et Mercier. Montblanc is owned, through Richemont, by the South African Rupert family.

Branding[edit]

A trademark identified with Montblanc is the white stylized six-pointed snowcap with rounded edges, representative of the Mont Blanc snowcap from above, the symbol being adopted in 1913. The number '4810,' the mountain's height in meters, is also a commonly recurring theme.

In January 2014, Hugh Jackman was announced as Montblanc's Global Brand Ambassador, outside of US.^[4]

Characteristics[edit]

Montblanc makes several models of pens, with the Meisterstück (fountain pen) representing the cornerstone model. Each model is slightly different, however models created after 1990 have a serial number located on the ring at the top of the clip. Under the clip is usually the words 'Made in Germany' and often 'Pix'. Moreover, the barrel of the pen will reveal a reddish hue under strong lighting. If the pen in question does not have these attributes then it is possibly a fake.^{[citation needed]}

Website blocking[edit]

In October 2014 the first blocking order against trademark infringing consumer goods was passed against the major UK ISPs by Richemont, Cartier International and Montblanc to block several domains selling trademark infringing products.^[5]

Image gallery[edit]

• The Montblanc Meisterstück 149 with a Longines DolceVita Chronograph.

• The Montblanc Meisterstück 149 (pictured on the right), circa 1978-1980 with regards to date of production, features a rare '14C' nib. A modern Diplomat, circa 2006, is pictured on the left with an 18K Medium (M) nib.

• Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald Writers Limited Edition fountain pen from 2002 in double-broad (BB) nib. Only 18,500 fountain pens of this Writers Edition were produced, where 4,500 were found in complete 'sets'. Fitzgerald's signature is clearly engraved on the cap; this is a feature found on all Writers Edition pens.

• BB Nib engraving of the Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald Writers LE FP. The engraving on this particular Writers Edition is an Art Deco landscape, celebrating Fitzgerald's most celebrated literary achievement - The Great Gatsby.

• The Montblanc Solitaire Diamond of the 100th Anniversary StarWalker Ball Pen (left) and the floating Montblanc Star (right)

• Stree teri kahani serial cast name. The Montblanc Meisterstück cufflinks - gold and onyx.

• Sterling Silver Montblanc pencil, biro, and black leather case.

Notes and references[edit]

1. ^'New CEO for Montblanc', Prestige Magazine, 2016-11-24
2. ^'Wiktionary entry for 'Mont Blanc''. en.wiktionary.org.
3. ^'Penspotters :: Montblanc pens'. rickconner.net.
4. ^'Montblanc announces Hugh Jackman as Global Brand Ambassador'. The Gentleman's Journal.
5. ^Little, Trevor. 'Landmark judgment handed down in dispute between Richemont and ISPs'. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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