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  • proper noun A village in Tarragona, Spain.

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  • When you mix Asia's rapidly spreading affluence with the region's cultural affinity for brand-name luxury goods, you have a mouthwatering recipe for Richemont, owner of such well-known lines as Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry, Piaget watches, Montblanc pens and Alfred Dunhill leather goods.

    To make good stock decisions, consider a global perspective Andrew Tanzer 2011

  • His large wooden desk is covered and surrounded by a collection of antique Montblanc pens, West African Bobo masks he collects them because they share his name and odd-looking sculptures of goats and rams in clothing by artist Sergio Bustamante.

    A Gathering Place as Warm as the Conversation Nancy Keates 2011

  • Inspired by the world's first stopwatch, used by inventor Nicolas Rieussec to record the winning time at a Paris horse race in 1821, Montblanc has produced a handsome tribute with a cutaway face that reveals the movement's continual motion center.

    Perpetual Motion Michael Clerizo 2011

  • Joe Stirt says: "Swiss luxury penmaker Montblanc has just come out with a $23,000 pen to commemorate the austere, asceticleader of Indian independence's birth on this date (October 2) in 1869."

    Boing Boing 2009

  • In the last couple of weeks, the Montblanc company has been promoting a John Lennon special-edition fountain pen, with a clip shaped like a guitar fretboard.

    The legacy of John Lennon Richard Williams 2010

  • Clockwise from top left: IWC Portofino chronograph in stainless steel on crocodile strap $5,500 IWC.com; Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso $6,950 Jaeger-lecoultre.comc ; Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec chronograph anniversary edition in 18k white gold with sapphire crystals and alligator-skin strap $40,940 Montblanc.com .

    Perpetual Motion Michael Clerizo 2011

  • Generally, it turns out that what famous women carry in their handbags is pretty much the same as the rest of us—only the matchboxes come from chicer restaurants, the pen is by Montblanc and the lipstick is almost always Chanel.

    Finding the Perfect Handbag This Fall Tina Gaudoin 2011

  • Montblanc star gilt quartz large, wen s cover of general shock.

    Planet-x.com.au » diary | watch dr who gridlock 2010

  • Montblanc has about a 28% global market share, according to the same report.

    In China, the Pen Is Mightier When It's Pricier Cameron McWhirter 2011

  • It would be a waste of money, and we would leave life to the weather and the fates, said Thangaraj, who had a Montblanc pen tucked in his shirt pocket, a gift from his brother, a high-paid engineer at a Mercedes-Benz showroom in northern India.

    Insurance Coverage Has Become an Economic Catalyst for Rural India | Impact Lab 2010

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