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Mar 12, 2025,19:33 PM
 

Black lacquer. Cartier Santos Dumont and friends...

Watch by Cartier, Santos, Santos Dumont


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Great looking watch

 
By: marcobermann : March 12th, 2025-20:05
I also love the Dupont lighter as well, enjoy them in good health. Marc

Simon Tissot Dupont lacquer is a real lacquer. Montblanc's "Precious Resin" is really a chemically derived resin.

 
By: patrick_y : March 12th, 2025-21:43
Simon Tissot Dupont's lighters actually use a real tree-sap resin lacquer that is derived from actual tree sap in Asia! The Montblanc pen is actually resin from plastic and oil products. A much more industrial and less special product. The Hamburg based f... 

True!

 
By: PhinneyWood : March 13th, 2025-03:15
I also hate montblanc resin all my 149’s and le grands look horrible hahaha

I definitely don't hate the resin. But it's just not that special.

 
By: patrick_y : March 13th, 2025-06:47
The Montblanc resin is quite well made. Better than Sailor and Pilot pens, you can still see the mold lines on those pens. And the resin itself is a higher quality on Montblanc. Definitely a good product. Just not as special as Montblanc's marketing depar...