Since 1993 Montblanc has repeatedly issued writing instruments specifically for the Asian market. The start in 1993 was made by the Imperial Dragon, of which 5,000 fountain pens and 3,500 ballpoints with silver dragon clip were made, of which 1,500 as sets with fountain pen, ballpoint and pencil; in parallel 888 pieces with gold dragon clip appeared. In 2000 followed the Year of the Golden Dragon with 2,000 pieces and a gold dragon clip, as well as the Precious Dragon in 88 examples with a gold, diamond-set clip; in the Royal Collection 8 sets of four fountain pens each with diamonds, sapphires, rubies and emeralds were additionally made. In the same year a Year of the Golden Dragon variant in 888 pieces emerged, whose cap and barrel consisted of Meissen porcelain. In 2002 the Qing Dynasty appeared in 2,002 pieces with a jade cap, a variant with 88 diamond-set examples and an eight-piece edition Qing Dynasty 8. Also in 2002 the SAKURA 333 came in 333 examples of Meissen porcelain with red-gold clip and rings, plus the Sakura Precious 88 with red-gold barrel and cap and floral motifs as well as the Sakura Precious Brilliant 8. In 2003 followed the Han Wu Ti 88 in an edition of 88 watches and 88 fountain pens, of which 44 were offered as sets, supplemented by the Han Wu Ti 8. For the Year of the Golden Dragon 2000 the master goldsmith Sabine Bach additionally made 8 bracelets with dragons of gold and diamonds, estimated at around 20,000 DM, as well as 66 rings with diamond-set dragon, estimated at about 10,000 DM, sold exclusively in the Asian boutiques.
Related pages on fountainpen.de:
• Montblanc Imperial Dragon (1993): https://www.fountainpen.de/asia-imperial-dragon-1993-en.htm
• Asia Edition Year of the Golden Dragon: https://www.fountainpen.de/asia-golden-dragon-888-en.htm
• Asia Edition Sakura: https://www.fountainpen.de/asia-sakura-333-en.htm