One Million Dollar Caran D’Ache: 1010 Diamonds Fountain Pen

Fountain Pen Caran d'Ache

The invention of writing is one of the most essential steps in the record of the history of mankind because it allowed societies to communicate and transmit information and knowledge. From rock paintings to engravings or hieroglyphs, people have slowly switched to using finer instruments, which make messages or inscriptions easier to record and transmit, but also more precise.

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And one of the most effective writing tools that man has invented over time is the fountain pen. Why do I say that? Because from the quill you had to dip hundreds of times in the ink to the reservoir pen, it took hundreds of years of testing. The outcome? An instrument with high autonomy, which you could easily carry and use without the need for other tools.

Of all the incredible models of fountain pens that were invented and patented, Caran D’Ache 1010 Diamonds Limited Edition Fountain Pen is probably the one that makes the loudest statement. Emmanuel Poiré was a French Satirist and political cartoonist of the 19th-century, known under the pseudonym Caran D’Ache (the word karandash means pencil in Russian). Regarded as the precursor of the Comic Strips, he would later inspire the name of the world-renowned Swiss company that manufactures writing instruments Caran D’Ache.

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Founded in 1915 in Geneva as the Fabrique genevoise de crayons, by Arnold Schweitzer (who purchased Ecridor Pencil Factory in 1915), the company was renamed Caran D’Ache in 1924.

Many pencil inventions were patented by Caran D’Ache, all revolutionary and one-of-a-kind. Such was the Fixpencil in 1929, watercolour Prismaio in 1931, the Neocolor in 1952 and the iconic office metal ballpoint pen 849. The introduction of the 1010 Diamonds Limited Edition Fountain Pen is by far the most spectacular writing tool that has ever existed. Created in homage to the Swiss Haute Horlogerie, the 1010 line takes its name after the time in which the hands of the dial show ten past ten. The pen is made of 18k solid white gold encrusted with over 850 diamonds, with three different cutting styles: brilliant, emerald and baguette-cut. The cap of the 1010 Diamonds assembly recalls the teeth of a watch gear.

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There are twenty-six lines of baguette-cut diamonds mounted one by one that cascade down the hood. And as a further touch of refinement, the stones alternate with each other in lines of diamonds set in the opposite direction to reveal the base of the diamond. The clock-shaped clip features the Caran D’Ache monogram and the body of the fountain pen, also inspired by watches, is worked with 150 emerald-cut diamonds. The fountain pen is the most expensive in the world at a price of… One Million Dollars.

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The Caran D’Ache Diamonds Limited Edition is more than just a luxurious writing tool. It is a piece of jewellery, an investment, and more than anything a declaration of elite status. There are many examples of “the world’s most expensive” objetcs, but the Caran D’Ache Diamonds Limited Edition is by far the most spectacular.

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by Claudia Ciclovan