Mont Blanc Pen Serial Number Search

When you are the #1 selling maker of luxury pens, everyone will be chasing your brand, trying to emulate it. That is why the market is flooded with myriad knock-off Mont Blanc pens.

At a quick glance this looks like an authentic sterling silver Mont Blanc Classique, but MB never paints its logo on the pen like this fake has.

We've seen our share of them. They range in quality from obviously fake to nearly identical to the real thing. In fact, some fakes are so good, only Mont Blanc can tell the difference, which is why the company has an authentication service.

However, with a little research and careful observation, you can suss out the bulk of the fakes while saving a fortune on authentication fees.

The most common models in the Mont Blanc line up are known as Classiques and LeGrands (146 fountain pen), as well as the oversized fountain pen known as the 149. Mont Blanc makes the bulk of these pens from what they call a 'precious resin,' sterling silver and plated and solid gold. The precious resin pens are trimmed in gold plate or platinum plate.

Some Mont Blanc pens feature a serial number usually located engraved onto a band. Check that it matches any serial numbers detailed on the box or guarantee certificate. Montblanc Meisterstuck 164 classique ballpoint pen serial number cv1071578 eBay Bidding has ended on this item. The seller has relisted this item or one like this. Montblanc Meisterstuck 164 classique ballpoint pen serial number cv1071578. The new StarWalker is about walking amid the stars. It's about exploring the cosmos and foreign galaxies, about being part of one of the most mysterious and powerful of human kind's adventures: space exploration. The collection's new design celebrates the immense emotion, described by all space. Check the pen clip for a serial number, as a Montblanc Meisterstuck pen comes with its own identifying number for reference. First ensure that this number is present, next compare this serial number with the records of pen purchases by contacting a Montblanc retailer.

Look closely at the gold-plated clip band of the cap to see a finely machine engraved serial number.

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There are 3 obvious details to search for when you look at a Mont Blanc pen made of precious resin. Since 1991, Mont Blanc has included a tiny serial number on the clip band of its pens. Only the very best fakes include a serial number, and that only started in more recent years. The vast majority of fakes leave out the serial number. It doesn't help, that Mont Blanc actually reuses some of its serial numbers and didn't keep the best records of who got which serial number and where the serial numbers were sent.

Another detail to look for on authentic Mont Blanc writing instruments is the word 'Pix' written under the clip. It is nearly impossible to get a good photo of that with our lighting rig. However, starting around 1997, Mont Blanc began including that detail to help customers authenticate its pens. Of course, in recent years, the very best of the Mont Blanc replica makers have started including that feature. Yet, the vast majority of the fakes leave it out.

Black 'precious resin' on a Mont Blanc is really a wine-red plastic when you hold it up against a really bright light source, as we did with this glass of wine.

Lastly, among the black pens, the precious resin has several special give aways to its authenticity. First, the black pens are not metal with a black paint job or lacquer. The precious resin is actually a very brittle plastic. Although it looks black, it is really a very deep wine red. If you hold it up to a very bright light source that won't do any eye damage, you can see a deep red glow around the edge of the pen, much like this more easily seen red edge of this glass of wine. (My favorite blog homework assignment. I mean, I couldn't let that glass go to waste.) This is generally the most difficult authentication test to perform, as you really need to catch the light just right…and not go blind in the process. Most fakes just use a normal black plastic or a metal barrel painted black.

This Mont Blanc Starwalker rollerball pen fake nearly had us convinced until we couldn't fit an authentic MB refill in it.

Rollerball pens have an additional feature that helps you authenticate them: refills. Mont Blanc rollerball refills are specially threaded and screw into the barrel. Even some of the best fakes that we've seen, fail on the refill. The fakes might take a standard plug-in Schmidt-style 888 refill. The Mont Blanc Starwalker rollerball pen in the photo was one of the best fakes we had ever seen. It even came with a screw-in refill that said Mont Blanc, BUT it would not take a genuine MB rollerball refill. The guy who gave it to me after we couldn't find a refill to fit it confessed he got it in China for only $25 and thought it was too good to be true. At least he wasn't out a full retail price! That was about 11 years ago when we got it. Back then the crystal topper was clear, but now it also is discoloring, which the real ones won't do.

Although boxes are easily found on eBay and other places, as a rule of thumb, if you see a pen being sold in its original box, then you are more likely to be dealing with the real thing. So many of the fakes don't come with any boxes. Also be sure to check with the dealer. The well known pen vendors out there can be trusted to stock the authentic secondhand pens. However, you really might want to check the pen closely if you're buying from someone at a flea market who knows nothing about pens or from a seller on an auction site that has lots of bad reviews or no reviews.

For pre-1990s Mont Blanc pens, there are myriad other ways to date and authenticate them. However, we shall save that for a future post.

Montblanc International (UK: /ˌmɒ̃ˈblɒ̃(k)/, US: /ˌmɑnˈblɑŋk/) is a Germanmanufacturing company of luxury goods, based in Hamburg.

Montblanc produces a wide range of products, including goods for travel, writing implements, watches and jewellery, among other products.

History[edit]

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, jewelry, fragrances, leather goods, and eyewear.

The company was acquired by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. 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]

In November 2019, Montblanc launched their partnership with The Webster for a limited-edition, capsule collection.^[5][6]

Characteristics[edit]

Montblanc makes several models of pens, with the Meisterstück (fountain pen) representing the cornerstone model. Each is slightly different, however Meisterstück 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'. The barrels of pens made of black ‘precious resin' 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.^[7]

Mont Blanc Pen Serial Number Search

Products[edit]

Range of products commercialised by Montblanc includes:

Gallery[edit]

• Montblanc Meisterstück 149 with a Longines DolceVita Chronograph.

• Montblanc Diplomat c. 2006 (left) and Meisterstück 149 (right), c. 1978-1980

• F. Scott Fitzgerald fountain pen from 2002 in double-broad (BB) nib

• BB engraving of the Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald model, featuring The Great Gatsby

• Montblanc Meisterstückcufflinksgold and onyx

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

Rollerball pens have an additional feature that helps you authenticate them: refills. Mont Blanc rollerball refills are specially threaded and screw into the barrel. Even some of the best fakes that we've seen, fail on the refill. The fakes might take a standard plug-in Schmidt-style 888 refill. The Mont Blanc Starwalker rollerball pen in the photo was one of the best fakes we had ever seen. It even came with a screw-in refill that said Mont Blanc, BUT it would not take a genuine MB rollerball refill. The guy who gave it to me after we couldn't find a refill to fit it confessed he got it in China for only $25 and thought it was too good to be true. At least he wasn't out a full retail price! That was about 11 years ago when we got it. Back then the crystal topper was clear, but now it also is discoloring, which the real ones won't do.

Although boxes are easily found on eBay and other places, as a rule of thumb, if you see a pen being sold in its original box, then you are more likely to be dealing with the real thing. So many of the fakes don't come with any boxes. Also be sure to check with the dealer. The well known pen vendors out there can be trusted to stock the authentic secondhand pens. However, you really might want to check the pen closely if you're buying from someone at a flea market who knows nothing about pens or from a seller on an auction site that has lots of bad reviews or no reviews.

For pre-1990s Mont Blanc pens, there are myriad other ways to date and authenticate them. However, we shall save that for a future post.

Montblanc International (UK: /ˌmɒ̃ˈblɒ̃(k)/, US: /ˌmɑnˈblɑŋk/) is a Germanmanufacturing company of luxury goods, based in Hamburg.

Montblanc produces a wide range of products, including goods for travel, writing implements, watches and jewellery, among other products.

History[edit]

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, jewelry, fragrances, leather goods, and eyewear.

The company was acquired by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. 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]

In November 2019, Montblanc launched their partnership with The Webster for a limited-edition, capsule collection.^[5][6]

Characteristics[edit]

Montblanc makes several models of pens, with the Meisterstück (fountain pen) representing the cornerstone model. Each is slightly different, however Meisterstück 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'. The barrels of pens made of black ‘precious resin' 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.^[7]

Mont Blanc Pen Serial Number Search

Products[edit]

Range of products commercialised by Montblanc includes:

Gallery[edit]

• Montblanc Meisterstück 149 with a Longines DolceVita Chronograph.

• Montblanc Diplomat c. 2006 (left) and Meisterstück 149 (right), c. 1978-1980

• F. Scott Fitzgerald fountain pen from 2002 in double-broad (BB) nib

• BB engraving of the Montblanc F. Scott Fitzgerald model, featuring The Great Gatsby

• Montblanc Meisterstückcufflinksgold and onyx

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

Mont Blanc Pen Serial Number Search Database

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

Montblanc Starwalker Serial Number

1. ^'New CEO for Montblanc', Prestige Magazine, 2016-11-24
2. ^Richemont's 2019 Interim Report now available online on Richemont.com, 15 Nov 2019
3. ^'Penspotters :: Montblanc pens'. rickconner.net.
4. ^Gardiner, Victoria (25 January 2014). 'Montblanc Announces Hugh Jackman as Global Brand Ambassador'. The Gentleman's Journal. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
5. ^'Montblanc and The Webster celebrate the launch of their new, limited-edition collection'. gothammag.com.
6. ^'Montblanc And The Webster Celebrated A New Capsule Collection In NYC'. Essence.
7. ^Little, Trevor. 'Landmark judgment handed down in dispute between Richemont and ISPs'. Retrieved 17 October 2014.

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