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What is to be made of the new Montblanc Meisterstück Legrand Diamond with transparent cap top, and does this design element fit the classic Meisterstück line?

Montblanc Montblanc — general FAQ entry

The model met mixed to rejecting reactions. Critics complain that the transparent cap top with diamond stylistically does not fit the classic Meisterstück form from the 50s and displaces the characteristic snowflake; the element seems like a foreign body taken over from the StarWalker, which is rather sales-driven. The wider clip ring presumably explains itself by the fact that the screw fastening of the clip cannot be installed visibly with a transparent cap top. It is not finally clarified whether it is a special edition; the setting of stones to justify the price, as already with earlier 888 editions, is at the latest seen critically.

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