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.

Step 2: Service Guide
New Mont Blanc pens are accompanied by a service guide. The exact copy may vary slightly e.g. Some guides do not have the 'writing instruments' line, but all will feature the logo. Check carefully for any errors in size and shape, logo and copy alignment, and for the overall quality.
Step 3: Guarantee Certificate
Inside the service guide is a guarantee certificate. Check that any details stamped match those on the receipt.

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.

To analyze Mont Blanc batch code, and check production date and shelf life for Mont Blanc, please enter the batch code in the calculator form. Many companies have periodic batch codes that repeat over time, e.g. Repeat each 10 years. Vintage fragrances often do not have batch codes at all. Serial #'s don't have a specified number of digits. Older models will most likly have fewer digits than current production. Some of the #'s started with GE or GER on the first pens to be produced with serial #'s in 1991. There is no database at Montblanc of serial #'s except for limited editions.

Step 4: Carry Case
New Mont Blanc pens are packaged in a branded carry case. The Mont Blanc star logo is usually present in the bottom right corner, check the size and positioning carefully. Older models may differ slightly. The edges and finish will also be extremely neat and well finished.

Step 5: Serial Number
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. The engraving will have clean edges and be aligned perfectly along the band.

Step 6: 'Made in..' Engraving
Some Mont Blanc pens will also feature a country of origin name engraved into a band.

Step 7: Clip Logo
New Mont Blanc pens feature the word 'Pix' engraved on the underside of the clip. It may be difficult to see but there is a small registered trademark circled R also detailed.

Step 8: Star Logo
The cap top of Mont Blanc pens almost always features the Mont Blanc star logo. The edges will be exactly fitted to the cap. Mont Blanc refills for ball point pens will be branded Mont Blanc.

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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.

'New Mont Blanc pens are accompanied by a service guide. The exact copy may vary slightly e.g. Some guides dont have the 'writing instruments' line, but all will feature the logo. Check carefully for any errors in size and shape, logo and copy alignment, and for the overall quality.'

Inside the service guide is a guaranetee cerificate. Check that any details stamped match those on the receipt.

New Mont Blanc pens are packaged in a branded carry case. The Mont Blanc star logo is usually present in the bottom right corner, check the size and positioining carefully. Older models may differ slightly. The edges and finish will also be extremely neat and well finished.

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. The engraving will have clean edges and be aligned perfectly along the band.

Some Mont Blanc pens will also feature a country of origin name engraved into a band.

'New Mont Blanc pens feature the word 'Pix' engraved on the underside of the clip. It may be difficult to see but there is a small registered trademark circled R also detailed.'

The cap top of Mont Blanc pens almost always features the Mont Blanc star logo. The edges will be exactly fitted to the cap.

Mont Blanc refills for ball point pens will be branded Mont Blanc.

Montblanc International GmbH
Subsidiary of Richemont Group
Industry	Luxury goods
Founded	1906; 113 years ago
Headquarters	,
449 Boutiques (2012)
Nicolas Baretzki (CEO)^[1]
Products	Pens, Leather, Watches, Jewellery, Sunglasses, Perfume, Cufflinksbrevenue =bags
Parent	Richemont
Website	www.montblanc.com

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]

Meisterstück 146 (top) and 149 fountain pens

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]

Montblanc Serial Number Database