Montblanc announces two new permanent inks in blue and black, with minimalist white labels and the marking 'permanent'; the classic blue-black tone is preserved under the name Midnight Blue but no longer counts as a reference for permanent. In addition come two special inks, one for a high-priced edition on a 20th-century personality and one for the annual Writers Edition. The Permanent inks originally planned for April 2012 were postponed several times, most recently to 2013. In the meantime Meisterstück Diamond was introduced as an intense South Sea blue tone in a small bottle for about 13 euros, as well as a new cartridge packaging with 20 instead of 8 cartridges for around 7 euros. Seasonal inks appeared with winter-motif packaging in a red tone comparable to the Hitchcock Special Edition.