u/Ok_Telephone_4898

I have a starwalker here that was bought in 2018 by owner (before the boutique opened in 2021) so data is scarce + no paperwork only a box

The seller shared that he had the pen part replaced in 2023 in the boutique but when contacted they only confirmed the person name and he had something done that is all (not definitive) the pen is in another far city so I can't really travel or take in for inspection.

My Main issue is the placement of the serial number being on the clip rather than the ring and the coding. According to older posts not a definitive fake.

price is very competitive honestly

I just bought a cool blue one form supposedly 2010 but that one had the engraving starting with GS and was on the ring itself [still in transit can't share high resolution images]

I recently fell into love with vintage items.

Started with cars, clothes, watches and now pens (mainly monteblancs)

I like roller balls and scoured the local shops, boutiques and the web.

Budget wise currently I cannot justify shelling out MSRP on a new pen

and part of the charm is the rarity of the old stuff

the first pen is some sort of a dark starwalker that has damage from a perfume that spilled on the cap in someone's drawer

they wanted a hundred bucks and the fine tip was dead so that's another 25

the damage is not clear but you can see the area I assumed even if fixable the hassle and the cost are probably not worth it considering I found the next cheapest authentic pen:

"Generation".

it seems authentic and took me a while to figure out it looks very similar to a new pix

but there are subtle hints where they differ

the issue here is the old pens had some variation and small amount of info online to find.

This pen has the word Germany on the center ring instead of generations, under the clip: Made in Germany - metal. On the bottom end's tip there is no star.

The worst offender is the serial number in terms of code and placement (font seems ok to me)
and that the top ring of the clip is uniform all around and not angled / slanted like most of the ones I found online.

Kindly share any helpful insight Ai could not even know it was not pix until I figured it out and informed it. The Machine is adamant that this variation is very plausible

there is zero box/papers.

He wants 50% more than first pen [frankly cheapest in the country]