When Montblanc commissioned Academy Award-winning filmmaker Wes Anderson to create and direct the 100 Years of Meisterstück short film last year, the ever detail-oriented world-builder decided to look towards the Montblanc archive to create a pen of his own — first as a prop, then developed by the heritage house as a real — and covetable — writing instrument: The “SCREIBERLING”.

For someone who prides his storytelling through old-fashioned craftsmanship, it’s no surprise that he would go to this extent to make sure no story-telling device was left untouched. Held briefly by the director himself in the film is the “SCREIBERLING” or “scribbler”, inspired by the “baby” pens of the 1910s and 1920s — considered some of the smallest writing instruments of the time.

Encased in a very The Grand Budapest Hotel-esque palette of vibrant green and yellow lacquer then accentuated by platinum-coated fittings, this writing instrument is also crowned with a Montblanc emblem surrounded by coral-coloured precious resin — in reference to the coral-coloured cap top of one of the iconic writing instruments from the Maison’s early years. This is the true hallmark of a creative collaboration that was just meant to be — aligned in expression, process, detail, and the willingness to embrace the patience needed in craftsmanship.

Wes Anderson’s magic touch also extends to the full writing set that the “SCREIBERLING” comes presented in. A green tin box with a lining of the same coral hosts an accompanying notebook, ruler, and ink cartridges in green to the complete the set — of which is limited to just 1969 pieces, marking the filmmaker’s year of birth.