Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd. (President, Akihiro Ogawa, head office, Toshima, Kita-ku, Tokyo) will launch a limited commemorative product to commemorate the 100th anniversary of its founding.
As a part of this, the special color of the water ballpoint pen and the mechanical PENCIL “ZOOM505” will be released on April 5. This product is the core product of the “ZOOM” series, which has been internationally acclaimed since the creation of the design Writing market in 1986.
 
 
 
 
The product name is “ZOOM505”, two kinds of water-based ballpoint pen and 0.5 mm mechanical pencil. The three colors are both white silver, bronze gold and deep red.
The MSRP is 2,100 yen (the main price is 2,000 yen). The selling price of the Centennial Limited Edition is the same price as “ZOOM505” of the general article.
 
About zoom505 >
the Tombow Pencil is released in 1986, writing Writing series which is excellent in modeling design to inspire creative writing (vs Labor writing). “ZOOM” was the name of the series. It was released at about the same time the bipolar of the individuality of “ZOOM505” with strong presence, and a thin mechanical pencil “ZOOM606” which adopted a flat chuck ring, and the perfection as a Writing called the topic. Among them, “ZOOM505” was nicknamed “Havanna” in the Western market and won the Design Innovation in 1989, and an international evaluation was established, such as winning the iF Design Award in 1990.
The “ZOOM” series was not only a favorable sales boost after the boom of the late 80 years, but also a stone in the high-quality Writing market in those days when it tended to become a decoration and apparel brand We share the wonders of creativity and design with sensitive users.