It was the first safety fountain pen, and it included the name “Montblanc”. Just one year later, the Rouge et Noir was marketed. By 1908, the business had established headquarters in Hamburg and was officially registered as a company. The emerging company was noted for its manufacture of highest quality fountain pens. New partners Claus Johannes, Christian Lausen, and Wilhelm Dziambor took over the foundational business and propelled the company to international success. What distinguished the newly designed pen was that it had a built-in ink well. Simplicissimus is Latin for “very easy”, and that’s what these inventors wanted for the new type of fountain pen they envisioned. It was 1906, and Germany was embracing new inventions and ingenuity. Joined forces to make simplicissimus pens. August Eberstein, and engineer from Berlin and Alfred Nehemias, a banker from Hamburg. Montblanc is owned, through Richemont, by the South African Rupert family.As is often the case with companies who have survived more than 100 years, the Montblanc known today began with an overwhelmingly wonderful idea. Its sister companies include luxury brands Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Chloé, and Baume et Mercier. Today, Montblanc forms part of the Richemont group. in 1977, following which lower price pens were dropped, and the brand was used on a wide range of luxury goods other than pens. The company was acquired by Alfred Dunhill Ltd. Today, the Montblanc brand is on other goods besides pens, including watches, jewellery, fragrances, leather goods, and eyewear. 'Masterpiece', the name used for export) was used for the first time in 1924.
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. After a short period of time Wilhelm Dziambor, Christian Lausen, and later Claus Johannes Voss took over the business. A Hamburg banker, Alfred Nehemias, and a Berlin engineer, August Eberstein, produced simple pens in 1906.
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