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Caran d’Ache Spirit of Switzerland – A tribute to Swiss Cultural Symbols

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CARAN D'ACHE Spirit of Switzerland

For its 100th anniversary, Swiss manufacturer of art and luxury writing instruments Caran d’Ache has imagined a tribute to its native land. Created in collaboration with a Swiss craftsman-jeweller, Caran d’Ache Spirit of Switzerland is a limited edition capturing the traditions of the Alpine nation in fourteen figurative representations, each characteristic of Switzerland’s cultural identity and heritage.

Sculpted in 800 silver on mat black lacquer, these scenes stand out against the mat black body of the luxury CARAN D’ACHE pens: legendary Swiss chalets, meadows, mountain tops, Alpine horns and of course, the legendary edelweiss flower. These high-end writing instruments even contain a mountain jewel, admired since ancient times for its ornamental value: a rutile quartz cabochon that is set in the tip of the cap. To be presented at Baselworld 2016, this limited series comprises 100 fountain pens and 100 roller pens, each numbered.

CARAN D'ACHE Spirit of Switzerland pen collection-details CARAN D'ACHE Spirit of Switzerland pen collection

The “Spirit of Switzerland” is presented in an elegant onyx-grey box, specially created for this numbered and limited series of 100 fountain pens and 100 roller pens.

Another recent limited edition unveiled by Caran d’Ache is Year of the Monkey pen, a tribute to Chinese culture. Long nurtured in the Caran d’Ache workshops, the ancestral art of Chinese lacquer is combined with the technical reliability of the writing instruments to unveil its incomparable hues after numerous, meticulous polishes.The “Year of the Monkey” limited edition follows on from that depicting the sign of the goat in the “Chinese Calendar” thematic collection, designed to perpetuate the mythology of the Chinese zodiac.

CARAN D'ACHE Year of the Monkey

Caran D’Ache company was founded in Geneva in 1915 when Arnold Schweitzer purchased the Ecridor Pencil Factory. Schweitzer named his new company after Caran d’Ache, the nickname of a French satiric political cartoonist (who in turn took his name from карандаш (karandash), the Russian word for pencil). In 1929, Carl Schmid invented the Fixpencil, one of the first Clutch Pencils which has been trademarked by Caran d’Ache. In 2012, Caran d’Ache changed distributors from Letts Filofax Group to Victorinox.

CARAN D'ACHE Spirit of Switzerland limited edition pen

 

Montblanc Writers Edition 2014: Daniel Defoe. A tribute to one of the greatest icons of literary history

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With the Montblanc Limited Writers Edition 2014, Montblanc pays tribute to the famous British author Daniel Defoe and his epic masterpiece “Robinson Crusoe”. With its delicate ornaments and the elaborately decorated clip in the shape of a feather is reminiscent of Crusoe’s loyal friend „Poll“, which is found as a fine engraving on the nib. Montblanc … Read more

Omas William Shakespeare Anniversary Limited Edition

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“The poet’s eye, in fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven; The forms of things unknown, the poet’s pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing And, as imagination bodies forth A local habitation and a name.” The pen, as a natural extension of our hand, gives … Read more

Venice’s Palazzo Ducale in a pen

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    “Ducale” or the Palazzo Ducale, the famed Doge’s Palace, is one of the symbols of Venice and a masterpiece of the Venetian Gothic design. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the Republic of Venice, opening as a museum in 1923. Located in Piazza San Marco, … Read more

Writing is a truly unique moment: MomoDesign 30 Anniversary by Delta

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Writing is a truly unique moment: MomoDesign 30 Anniversary by Delta In the era of Twitter, SMS and social media here is proof that the love for the writing instruments still exists. Products manufactured using special resins, turned by hand from solid bar, and precious metals, materials of unquestionable level of richness which are synonyms … Read more

Montblanc Opened the Largest Concept Store in Beijing and anywhere in the world

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Montblanc Sanlitun Concept Store The Year of the Dragon started for Montblanc with the opening of the Sanlitun concept store, the largest Montblanc Boutique not only in China, but anywhere in the world. The four-storey store is surrounded by Armani, Longchamp, Rolex and other luxury stores. “We are very excited to be unveiling such a … Read more