Waterman's 100 Year Pen

[Sagebrush64]

Thought I'd share this little gem I recently aquired. A Ladies transparent red 100 Year Pen. This is a very clean example and the nib writes like a dream. My poor picture does not do it justice!

[Seattleite]

Great and hard to find pen!

These really are a delicate and short lived early member of the "Club 100". Note that triple cap band. Such detail. That transparent Red Lucite must have been pretty "keen" in its day.


How about a Blue ribbed Lady, dwarfed by a slightly later Oversized example?



Bob

[jar]

Here's a nice Ladies set.

[pajaro]

The pics are enough too get one interested in hunting for one.

[penwash]

A very nice writer indeed:



Sold this a few weeks ago, it only lasted a couple hours on sale on my website.

[Seattleite]

The pics are enough too get one interested in hunting for one.

One?

Bargains can still be had. 1940s Watermans often have great nibs. As of yet they don't seem to have generated the mass Hysteria that surrounds the 52.

Watch out for disintegrating barrel ends on Hundred Years. These earlier Lucite pens don't have that issue



Bob

[Sagebrush64]

Fantastic photos guys....Thanks for sharing!

[amk]

Wonderful photos. As well as the stunning transparency and bright colour, these pens offer another attraction if the two (very user grade) pens that I have are anything to go by; big fat juicy nibs. This pen is a real icon, not as well known as the Parker 51 and perhaps, okay, not as technologically challenging, but for me one of the all time greats, so I'm really glad to see such love for it here on FPG.

I didn't know the first ones were lucite. Why on earth did Waterman change to celluloid - cost?

[jar]

Wonderful photos. As well as the stunning transparency and bright colour, these pens offer another attraction if the two (very user grade) pens that I have are anything to go by; big fat juicy nibs. This pen is a real icon, not as well known as the Parker 51 and perhaps, okay, not as technologically challenging, but for me one of the all time greats, so I'm really glad to see such love for it here on FPG.

I didn't know the first ones were lucite. Why on earth did Waterman change to celluloid - cost?

Lucite was a war material. Same reason Parker dropped aluminum for jewels and plungers.

[Hawk]

Here is one of my 100 year pens.
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[Hawk]

Here is my other one.

[Marsilius]

Mine are pretty humble specimens, but both have very nice nibs.
I have a 100 Year Pen, and almost the same thing that could no longer be called that: my Emblem Pen.

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[Seattleite]

I am really enjoying all of the photos.



The first year pens have an almost cult-like following.



Bob

[Marsilius]

I am really enjoying all of the photos.



The first year pens have an almost cult-like following.



Bob

Were this not wonderful, it would verge on creepy.

[amk]

I think that is the best pen picture I've seen all year. It looks good enough to eat... :-)

Brought a smile to my face, anyway.

[FredRydr]

I think that is the best pen picture I've seen all year. It looks good enough to eat...

Luckily, it looks like a pristine example with no teeth marks!

[FredRydr]

The first year pens have an almost cult-like following.

Bob, did you put a sac in it? It looks as though light passes through the barrel. Lovely pen.

[Seattleite]

The first year pens have an almost cult-like following.

Bob, did you put a sac in it? It looks as though light passes through the barrel. Lovely pen.

No sac, just the pressure bar and a sunny morning. One feature that enhances the play of light in these pens is that there is no inner cap, just a machined step. This lets you see the nib when the pen is capped. As cool as this is, within a few years, the Hundred Year had a metal slip cap, just like that pen.

Bob

[Marsilius]

Perhaps I should explain my comment about your wonderful photo (the best of all times, maybe . . . your photo, not my comment). I saw the gummy bears and imagined them getting ready to eat the pen. The first thing that entered my mind was Edward Gorey's poem "The Insect God":
"And then it was that Millicent Frastley
Was sacrificed to The Insect God."
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Probably says something about me, yikes.
What a gorgeous pen and playful photo.

[Seattleite]

Thank you for the compliment.

So.... Are they praying or.... preying?

BTW, I really like your sketches. A lot can be communicated with a few well placed lines!

Back to work Bob!