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Hello everyone. I recently purchased a Mont Blanc P163 from a seller by the name of premierwatchshop. I checked out the seller and he had impecable ratings.

 

Now that I have received my pen, I would like to authenticate it and because of this I have a few questions. First, the pen did not come with a certificate of authenticity or something that has the serial number found on it. It simply came in its box and with a service guide. Is this typical for mont blancs? Furthermore, the serial number is on the pen at the top on the ring, but it is not the clip of the pen like some internet e-how guides suggest there should be.

 

 

What are your thoughts? Any suggestions?

 

Thank you all in advance.

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Here is one additional picture, even though it doesn't really serve much of a purpose other than to give you an idea of what the pen looks like.

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you will find the certificate on the last page of the booklet. And the serial number should be on the ring and not on the clip itself.

 

Congrats on the new pen!

M

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you will find the certificate on the last page of the booklet. And the serial number should be on the ring and not on the clip itself.

 

Congrats on the new pen!

M

 

 

Thank you for the response.

 

 

Attached you will see a picture of the last page of the service guide. There is no certificate. Should I be concerned?

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Looks identical to both of my rollerballs. Look on the inside of the clip and you should find "pix" imprinted on it. Hard to see but in a well lit room and with a loupe you should see it.

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Looks identical to both of my rollerballs. Look on the inside of the clip and you should find "pix" imprinted on it. Hard to see but in a well lit room and with a loupe you should see it.

 

 

Yes, there is a "pix" in the inside and there is also a "pix" next to the name on the ring.

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Looks identical to both of my rollerballs. Look on the inside of the clip and you should find "pix" imprinted on it. Hard to see but in a well lit room and with a loupe you should see it.

 

 

Yes, there is a "pix" in the inside and there is also a "pix" next to the name on the ring.

 

It's the real deal then. Congrats on the new pen, looks nice! I have one with gold trim and one platinum like yours.

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Thanks! I am really happy with it.

 

I expected it to weigh more, to be honest. I am surprised at how light it feels in the hand.

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Well, this image is horrible, but this is how my booklet looks from the P146. I guess the rollerballs don't come with the last fold off page??

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mtb, thank you for posting that. I think all in all this is very good information for assessing if something is authentic or not. Mine did not come with that flap.

 

 

Anyone else with a rollerball have the same issue?

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If you are really concerned about the authenticity of the pen, you can take it to a montblanc boutique and they should be able to check it for you. No other method is 100% failsafe, as some counterfeit replicas are extremely good quality reproductions and really difficult to distinguish.

 

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Just to update you guys, I sent an e-mail to Mont Blanc with the serial number on the pen and they got back to me. They informed me that on their records it shows a platinum rollerball that was made in July 2010. I am guessing this is a good sign? I'd reckon that selling a pen on the internet with the same serial number of a real rollerball would be hard?

 

Thanks again to all.

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Great! Congratulations then. It's always possible, but not really likely. And the bottom line is generally, if it writes well and you like it, looks real enough to fool you, and montblanc say that they actually manufactured a pen with that serial... I would be pretty much happy with it!

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Thanks! I feel it is real. It has all the qualities that a mont blanc would have. I shined a flash light into the pen and it did not "glow" per se, but I did see, at times, from certain angles a red glow.

 

I love the way it writes and it is only a rollerball! I have had many rollerballs and this one by far writes the best.

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Curious, I'm debating on buying from the same seller (premierwatchshop). I'm guessing they did NOT include that last page as it is for "Montblanc authorized retailer", which I don't believe Premierwatchshop is.

 

Does that mean the warrany is no good? Meaning, if the pen stopped working 5 months in it wouldn't be returnable or fixable by Montblanc?

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Curious, I'm debating on buying from the same seller (premierwatchshop). I'm guessing they did NOT include that last page as it is for "Montblanc authorized retailer", which I don't believe Premierwatchshop is.

 

Does that mean the warrany is no good? Meaning, if the pen stopped working 5 months in it wouldn't be returnable or fixable by Montblanc?

MB will always service a genuine pen. If the warranty booklet is not shown when you take the pen in, or you do not have it stamped, or it is stamped outside of the warranty period then you will always have to pay for the repair.

 

I've bought in the past from an official boutique and not had the booklet stamped.

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I am really surprised to see that there is no fold-out on the last page of the service guide. I have never seen this before and it also looks like there was a black discoloration at the top of the page, was this just a shadow? It's possible it was cut off, you can probably tell this by looking at the right edge of the last page. I've also kept my eye on this same seller as they have brand new MB items with pics of the actual items. However their prices are equal to what an authorized dealer could sell for (10-15% off retail) but they are not an A.D. So what this means is it is the same as buying the pen from a random person on the street. You have no warranty coverage on anything. If anything at all were to happen, whether your fault or the pen's, you would have to pay for any repairs out of pocket. Not much can go wrong with a rollerball though.

 

I also don't ever recall seeing the Pix logo twice on any pen. You are saying that it is stamped under the clip and on the cap band? Also Pix is not a guarantee that it is real in any means just an fyi for the future. Counterfeits have Pix on them as well.

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