Waterman\'s Retractable Fountain Pen Vintage 908 Gold Plated Anillos Nib For Sale

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Black, smooth, shiny as silk, with two golden bands and a clip: the safety of Waterman in its purest form. The band clip, fixed by rivets, embraces the screw cap and ends with a small golden sphere, the detail that made the first pens with clips recognisable. The golden retractable nib completes the simple elegance of another era.

✒︎ Original nib 14 karat gold F tip, engraved Waterman\'s Ideal

✍️ Ready to write, tested as per photo

⚫ Smooth and shiny black ebonite

🥇 18k gold plated bands and clips

🔍 Present the 18 carat hallmark on the cap band

🔄 Screw cap ⚜️ Band clip with rivets and ball end

⚙️ Retractable rotation mechanism with retractable nib

🧪 Dropper loading

🔍 Engraving on the cap: WATERMAN\'S PAT. APR. 23, 1908

↔️ Extra long length 12cm (4.7 inches)

⏳ Vintage 1900

🇺🇸 United States of America

🔍 Conservative state as photo

💎 Vintage collectible model: Waterman\'s Ideal 42 retractable

🎁 Complete with case

📜 Original guaranteed

🗞️ An era of ink and genius: To understand this pen you need to read what is written on the cap: WATERMAN\'S PAT. APR. 23, 1908. 1908 is the year in which Waterman presented the first safety pens with a retractable nib, and advertising for them began in that April. A simple turn of the bottom knob made the nib disappear into the barrel, and with the cap screwed on the ink couldn\'t escape even into the pocket. It is a date that sets the starting point: this pen is from 1908 or later, and is among the earliest of its family.

The clip also tells its story. Waterman had patented the first clip permanently fixed to the pen in 1905, and this solution is its direct heir: a metal band blocked by rivets, which embraces the cap and closes with a golden terminal ball. It is the shape with which the clip was born and with which it established itself as a distinctive element of the pens of the time. The 18-karat gold-plated bands, with their hallmark, interact with the perfectly smooth black ebonite, one of the finishes with which the first safety devices were offered, simple and without decorations.

The dropper filling, the original 14 carat gold nib, F tip, with the classic heart-shaped hole complete a set that needs no ornamentation: the charm lies in the construction, in the engraved writing, in the mechanical gesture. The 42 model is among the most widespread Waterman safety pens of the hard rubber era, but a specimen with an original, working nib and an intact ball clip is increasingly rare today.

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🗞️ An era of ink and genius: To understand this pen you need to read what is written on the cap: WATERMAN\'S PAT. APR. 23, 1908. 1908 is the year in which Waterman presented the first safety pens with a retractable nib, and advertising for them began in that April. A simple turn of the bottom knob made the nib disappear into the barrel, and with the cap screwed on the ink couldn\'t escape even into the pocket. It is a date that sets the starting point: this pen is from 1908 or later, and is among the earliest of its family. The clip also tells its story. Waterman had patented the first clip permanently fixed to the pen in 1905, and this solution is its direct heir: a metal band blocked by rivets, which embraces the cap and closes with a golden terminal ball. It is the shape with which the cl