This wide-barreled, metal-bodied pen has the heft and balance of a fine writing instrument.

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The value of exquisite penmanship may be fading in the digital age, but the bespoke writing instrument has remained a respected art form.

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The Principality of Monaco coat of arms provided the inspiration for a circle of rhomboid-shaped cut rubies arranged on the cap of the writing instrument.

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He is credited with moving the luxury brand from a traditional writing instrument manufacturer to a diverse luxury brand that includes watches, leather goods and jewelry.

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It's through that kind of struggle, whether it's through an instrument or writing or research, it's through that struggle that you find what you truly have to offer to your instrument or to anything in life.

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Soon, the radius of the instrument becomes too narrow for him, so that his purely pianistic style of writing is broadened towards the direction of orchestral colors.

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Even though the Minimoog, a stripped-down version of the original instrument and beloved by artists like Rick Wakeman, made waves when it came out in 1970, the writing was on the wall.

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