The Writers Edition is Montblanc’s way to the creativity and cultural influences of movers and shakers within the literary realm. The Maison has been honouring great writers since 1992 and this year Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is the latest addition to the long-waited series.
The Montblanc Writers Edition Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition, is dedicated to one of the most renowned crime novelists and originator of the famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Edition includes four variations, all of which are inspired by the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the remarkable life of its creator.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition
Made from blue-grey precious resin, the Edition evokes the sinister, foggy atmosphere of London, where Sherlock Holmes usually solves his cases. The cap and barrel of this edition are decorated with a plaid pattern in reference to Holmes’ coat, as well as parts of a historic London city map. The initials JB are found beneath the PVD-coated, magnifying glass-shaped clip in an homage to Joseph Bell – the very real man behind the Sherlock Holmes character.
The Montblanc Emblem in precious resin crowns the cap of the edition. The handcrafted Au750 solid gold nib is engraved depicting flying dinosaurs from “The Lost World” around the portrait of the father of “Professor Challenger” and “Sherlock Holmes”.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition 1902
The new Writers Edition Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 1902 fountain pen is inspired by the writer’s work. The brown colored pen simulates the smoking pipe that Holmes often used. The clip is inspired by the character’s magnifying glass, and on the back of the clip there is a hound in Superluminova from the book ”The Hound of the Baskervilles’. The ring of the cap features the author’s signature, the ‘A Study in Scarlet’ logo and the date when he and his wife opened a bookstore in London: February 1925. The body and cap feature a map of London and a tartan pattern, while the top of the wooden body is pipe-inspired. Features a solid 18K gold nib, fully rhodium-plated and with a special engraving. Special edition limited to 1902 units, publication date of ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’.
Doyle began his writing career at the age of 27 but before the creation of the Sherlock Holmes series, he was a phisician. Despite being a doctor, Doyle’s insatiable appetite for adventure and exploration brought him to far-flung place such as the Arctic and Africa. He even volunteered as a medical doctor during the second Boer War, which earned him a knighthood from King Edward VII. With such a repertoire of experience, Doyle was able to incorporate them into his novels including Sherlock Holmes which in total has 60 stories.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition 97
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Limited Edition 97 Limited Edition refers to the year 1897, when Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Undershaw House was completed in Surrey. In this family home, the author wrote many of his most important works, including The Hound of Baskervilles. The edition features a skeletonized surface layer in pure Au750 white gold with different bands of clear lacquer inspired by the Undershaw stained glass windows.
- Cylinder with a London street map design and tartan pattern showing “Victoria Street” where Doyle and his wife opened their The Psychic Bookshop.
- Movable magnifying glass clip with author’s initials on the stained glass windows in Undershaw.
- Top of the cap is engraved with the title “A new step into the unknown”, by Doyle on Spirituality, and decorated with a removable ring inspired by Cedric’s Pendulum, a means of communication for Spiritualists.
- Solid gold Au750 rhodium-and ruthenium-plated nib, engraved with Conan Doyle and the mast of a ship from the short story The Captain of the Pole Star.
- Cover ring featuring Doyle’s signature, grape vine symbol, and publication date of Pheneas Speaks, which describes Doyle’s correspondence with the Spiritualists: “March 21, 1927.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition 8
Doyle had a spirit of exploration early in his life, when he was just 20 years old when he was offered a position as a ship surgeon on a whaling boat bound for the North Pole. The cap and tube of the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition 8 edition are decorated with three-dimensional icebergs in pure white gold Au750, surrounded by a clear blue lacquer reminiscent of the icy waters of the Arctic.
- A movable magnifying clasp reveals the initials ACD in red lacquer as seen on the stained-glass window of his Undershaw home, with a single sapphire adorning the top of the clasp.
- The Montblanc emblem set with diamonds crowns the writing instrument, with the top-cap ring engraving “I came og age at 80º North latitude”, as written by the author in his diary on his twenty-first birthday.
- Cover ring with Doyle’s signature, grapevines from the A Study in Scarlet logo, and first publication date for The Captain of the Pole Star story: “January, 1883”.
- A cone engraved with September 11-81 degrees north latitude; Longitude 2 degrees. The location of the massive ice fields as written in the story of The Captain of the Pole Star.
- Au 750 solid white gold nib decorated with the yellow engraving of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and mast from The Captain of the Pole Star story.
To complement the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle homage, Montblanc is offering a selection of matching writing accessories. Luxurious woven velvet notebook includes a map of London streets and the signature of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Matching red ink in a glass ink bottle inspired by Sherlock Holmes’ first novel, A Study in Scarlet. The collection is completed with a leather pen holder embossed with a map of the streets of London and in a tartan pattern.
Launch 2021
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Limited Edition
Limited Edition
Fountain Pen 1902
Fountain Pen 97
Fountain Pen 8
