Mont Blanc Luxury Pens

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Based in Hamburg Germany, Mont Blanc International GmbH and their universally recognized White Star logo is a widely recognized manufacturer of fine writing instruments and fashion accessories. The company was founded in 1906 by a group of three men, a banker, a stationer and an engineer who banded together to combine their talents and resources to manufacture high quality affordable writing pens.

The Company is Founded

The company that they founded was originally named the Simplo Filler Pen Co. The very first pen that Simplo Filler manufactured in 1909 was the Rouge Et Noir and it is to this day highly coveted by collectors worldwide. In 1910 the company launched their second pen design called the Mont Blanc, which also was subsequently to become the succeeding name for the company.

Success Despite Early Challenges

The company was able to achieve some measure of success in spite of the challenges of World War One and the companies founder being forced to flee the country to avoid criminal charges relating to the theft of company funds. In 1934 again the company name was changed to Mont Blanc Simplo GmbH. Fast forward to 1977 when the company was acquired by Dunhill, at which time some fundamental marketing changes were implemented, including the complete elimination of their line of lower priced pens.

Mont Blanc Today

Today Mont Blanc is owned and operated by the Richmond Group, which is the parent company of easily recognized names in luxury accessories such as Cartier, Chloe and Van Cleef & Arpels among others. In fact, Mont Blanc now produces all of the components for Cartier pens. Mont Blanc is now a producer of standard run and highly coveted limited edition pens, which are confined to production numbers of tens of thousands.

A Unique Look and Style

Mont Blanc pens are recognized worldwide for their level of quality and style and they still make available classic fountain pens, which produce an elegant, easily recognizable unique form of script. Of course however, they also feature an extensive line of high end ball point pens and mechanical pencils as well.

Highly Coveted By Collectors

Mont Blanc pens are also highly collectible and many of their antique classic models have proven to be more then worthy investments to avid collectors scattered around the globe. Mont Blanc has also pioneered the development of a technology that they refer to as precious resin. Mont Blanc pens made from this material have a unique sheen to them due to the embedding of glass fibers in the plastic during the injection molding process.

The Mont Blanc $200,000 Pen

Their pens and writing instruments easily run into the hundreds of dollars in price but it was the release of a limited edition of 149 diamond encrusted pens that really turned heads. Those special edition pens sold for $200,000 each and are highly coveted by collectors of fine writing instruments to this day.

360 Boutiques Around the Globe

What started out as a small group of men who got together to manufacture and sell simple high quality writing instruments has now grown into a business enterprise that owns and operates 360 boutiques world wide. Also, at the same time their simple and functional writing products have developed into fine high quality accessories which are coveted by discriminating wordsmiths and collectors around the globe.