Feelings- 100 Hundred Years of Mont Blanc Part- II

The second part of the Mont Blanc catalog containing Part III and Part IV contain even more interesting item with several beautiful pictures of architects, artists etc. There is one picture of a fountain pen being crafted that is breath taking. Only one who loves fountain pens will understand it.


PART III- I Like to Dream- of the catalog contains profiles of seven contemporary visionaries- Robert Wilson, theatre director; Ora Ito, designer; Tod Lippy, founder of Esopus magazine (more about it later); Zaha Hadid, architect; Ferran Adre, chef; Richard Branson, entrepreneu and Karlheinz Bohm, actor.

There are pictures of a fountain pen (StarWalker Doue), a watch (Time-Walker chronograph), a perfume (Femme de MontBlanc) a belt, a necklace, cufflinks, sunglasses and again a pen- the Boheme 1906, a watch again, a wallet and again a picture of another fountain pen- the George Solti. There’s a write up of Justus Franz’s Philharmonia of the Nations.

There are also pictures of the rough sketches and drafts of some pioneering ideas- Kennedy’s draft of his speech in Berlin, first draft by Beethoven of his Divine Symphony and the initial sketches by Pablo Picasso of his greatest work, the Guernica.

PART IV – I Like to Touch- is filled with more pictures and less words. The emphasis is on the people ( or rather masters) behind the famous Mont Blanc pens and watches who turn out the watches at the Montblanc Montre SA workshop in Le Locle.

The watch workshop is described in detail including some of the men and women behind the crafting of the best watches in the world.

But it was the section on fountain pens that had me salivating though there was only a picture with the various tools involved in making a fountain pen. However there were brief write ups and pictures of three people- Ayla Wendt who tests the quality of the nibs, Roland Vogt who sets the diamonds in the lids of some of the expensive pens and Flora Rittmann who grinds down the nibs. To me they are the real heroes.

Finally there were more pictures and write ups of people honored by Mont Blanc for supporting the arts- the Montblanc de la Culture Arts Patronage Award.

It is a collectors item, this 100 Years of Mont Blanc catalog. I am glad I found this beautiful catalog which adds to my growing collection of Mont Blanc catalogs.