For the 75th anniversary they produced a very special duplex organiser in a presentation case it was called the 'Grace Scurr' edition.
Our dear friend Janet has a great post about this limited edition which they made 1921 examples of in 1996.
This photograph is as close as I have got to seeing one for real! This was at our evening visit to the Filofax offices in Burgess Hill back in September 2013.
For the 85th anniversary they produced a limited edition of the Filofax Eton organiser and a matching wallet. Once again Janet has a great post on this limited edition too. They produced 200 of this model.
I was wondering what will the 100th year Filofax be called? I came up with a couple of ideas
- The Century Edition
- The Centennial Edition
And what will it look like?
We have had 'The Original' and 'The Heritage' both of these are still in volume production of course.
Personally I think they will struggle to match the quality of the 75th Grace Scurr which was 'Made in England' at Ilford I presume, which was still in operation until August 2000.
I can think of at least two makers of high quality leather organisers in Europe.... but I really don't think Filofax would sub-contract to either of those, but I would love to be proved wrong!
So your thoughts on celebrating the 100th birthday of Filofax?
Yes it will be interesting to see what happens to mark the occasion. In terms of special editions I agree they would struggle to better the concept behind the Grace Scurr duplex edition. I've not seen one in the flesh but it was certainly beautifully presented. I have some reservations about the quality of construction of that binder though. Even from photos I could see that the edges and corners were not as tidy as I would have expected. Perhaps I was seeing a bad example, but a limited edition like that shouldn't have any really.
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