The Montblanc Meisterstück Around the World in 80 Days collection celebrates the literary adventure of British gentleman Phileas Fogg and his valet Passepartout’s journey around the world in just 80 days. The third edition covers the 36-day journey from Yokohama to London via the United States. The final edition includes four editions with design details inspired by Fogg’s return voyage. The cap features a pattern inspired by smoke from a train engine, two pressure valves found in a train machine room, a train locomotive cartouche, and a cone engraved with rivets and chains used to connect carriages. The collection is a tribute to Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel.
The clip of the four editions is embellished with a red lacquered heart symbolizing both the love between Fogg and Aouda, the princess he rescues in India and eventually marries, and the wager in the card game that set Fogs’s whole adventure in motion. The handcrafted nib is decorated with a hot air balloon image, an homage to the author Jules Verne and his first ever adventure novel, Five Weeks in a Balloon, alongside the start and end date of the journey from Yokohama back to London. The cap top features details about the length of the journey and the respective leg: the number “80” refers to the total planned duration of the journey, while the number “36” refers to the actual duration of the journey from Yokohama to London via the United States.
The four editions that make up the third instalment in the Montblanc Meisterstück Around the World in 80 Days Collection include:
- Meisterstück Around The World in 80 Days Resin Classique & LeGrand with a cap and barrel made of polished precious dark blue resin decorated with a milled smoke pattern and a lasered train cartouche, and enhanced with ruthenium-coated fittings. Available as a Fountain Pen with an Au 585/14K gold nib, a Rollerball, or a Ballpoint.
- Meisterstück Around The World in 80 Days Doué Classique Edition with a polished precious dark blue resin barrel and a ruthenium-coated cap etched with the smoke pattern and pressure valves, and completed with a lasered train cartouche. Available as a Fountain Pen with an Au 750/18K gold nib, a Rollerball, or a Ballpoint.
- Meisterstück Around The World in 80 Days Solitaire LeGrand Edition displays a ruthenium-coated cap and barrel with dark blue lacquered smoke pattern and pressure valves, with the train cartouche lasered on the side of the cap. Available as a Fountain Pen with an Au 750 / 18K gold nib, a Rollerball, or a Ballpoint.
- Meisterstück Around The World in 80 Days Limited Edition 811 features a limited number referencing Mr. Fogg’s adventure that includes stops in 8 cities and passing through 11 nations. This edition features a barrel made of black structured lacquer representing the cast structure of a locomotive, framed by two Au 750 solid gold rings and featuring Au 750 solid gold inlay representing pressure valves. The Ag925 sterling silver cap is embellished with an etched smoke pattern as well as a cartouche depicting a train journey through the mountains cast in Au750 solid gold and set in a frame with rivets. Referencing the wager that started Fogg’s world adventure, the Au 750/18K gold nib is decorated with all-card suits and embellished with a 1.5mm black spinel representing a piece of black coal used to fire up locomotives. The writing instrument is crowned with the Montblanc emblem in mother-of-pearl set in black onyx stone.
A fine stationery set completes the collection and includes a blue leather Notebook with a map cover charting Fogg’s route across the American continent, as well as a special blue colour ink in both cartridges or an ink bottle. The matching accessories assortment includes stainless steel Cufflinks in the shape of a hot air balloon, a stainless steel Tie Bar, and a Money clip, both featuring a hot air balloon floating amid a cloud pattern.
