Caran d'Ache's 1010 Limited Edition fountain pen is an elegant tribute to Swiss watches

Caran d'Ache's 1010 Limited Edition fountain pen is an elegant tribute to Swiss watches

As an aspiring writer, I can fully appreciate the importance of a pen and more than that, the importance of time (those crazy deadlines!). That's why Caran d'Ache's 1010 Limited Edition fountain pen, which is a tribute to the Swiss watch making industry, strikes a chord with me. I remember walking into watch stores as a kid and wondering why all the watches are set to 10:10. Apparently, it is because that is when the hands on the dial are perfectly balanced and the name of the limited edition derives its inspiration from here. I love the casing of the pen; it reminds you of the gears of watches. Also, it looks extremely elegant due to the rhodium-coated silver. Two cages, one decorated with gear wheels, and the other with the bridges that link them, are fitted over a transparent body. Needless to say, the effect is very elite. The cap which is polished by hand is based on watch crowns. I love the piston pump set with a ruby and a sapphire crystal dome at the bottom tip of the pen containing a balance wheel poised between two rubies. It looks marvelous; especially since ruby happen to be my favorite stone.
Caran d'Ache's 1010 Limited Edition fountain pen comes in a beautiful black lacquered box along with a raw glass bottle containing blue-black ink and a palladium-plated silver stopper. You'd better hurry to get one of your own, because the limited edition only has 500 pens, each individually numbered. You will have to shell out minimum $19,000 for it.

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by kim, on October 24, 2008 - 4:04 AM in Other Stuff | Comments () -