The first Montblanc ExoTourbillion debuted in 2010. In 2013, the ExoTourbillon Rattrapante launched with a split seconds chronograph (two chronograph seconds hands to measure two concurrent events, like competing racehorses) and tourbillion that reduces the cage to a small rotating platform to eliminate mass and friction. Notable developments include the Tourbillon Bi-Cylindrique with in-house calibre MB65.63 that featured the world’s first tourbillon with two cylindrical balance springs. The company is now part of the Richemont Group with Nicolas Baretzki serving as CEO. In 2008, they introduced the first in-house movement, the MB R100 calibre. In 1997, the brand further diversified from luxury pens, leather goods and jewelry with the Montblanc Meisterstück watch, and became a full manfacture in Le Locle, Switzerland by 2007. The Meisterstück 149, first launched in 1952, remains one of the most celebrated writing instruments of all time. It wasn't until 1924 that the company would produce one its most iconic products, the Meisterstück fountain pen (translated to Masterpiece in English).
A white tip on the pen cap was a prelude to the white star emblem that became the brand's permanent logo in 1913, representing the snowcap on the Mont Blanc.
In 1910, Montblanc was registered as a trademark and an improved "Montblanc" fountain pen was also introduced. Rumor has it that the Montblanc name came about during a card game when an analogy was made between their pens and the Mont Blanc (highest peak in the Alps). The Rouge et Noir was the first fountain pen to emerge in 1909. It was soon taken over by Wilhelm Dziambor, Christian Lausen and later Claus Johannes Voss, and the company became known as the Simplo Filler Pen Co. Founded in 1906 by Alfred Nehemias and August Eberstein, the small company produced basic "simplicissimus" pens in Germany. Montblanc is today revered for its luxury timepieces, but the brand started with a very different product - fountain pens.
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