Product Description
Type Vintage fountain pen in working condition, lever filler, hard to find. Matching pencil.
Product Name Waterman Hundred Year Pen (marked on the nib, and on the cap)
Manufacturer and Year Waterman, USA, circa 1941. This is the third year version where the clear parts matched the solid color ... in this case red. Third year models had one cap band and a ribbed barrel and partially ribbed cap.
Length Full size 5-1/8" (there's a fatter oversized model, but this is the standard full size pen)
Filling System Lever filler. We've replaced the bladder with a silicone sac in the pen and the filling system works well. The pencil takes 1.1mm leads
Color Red transparent smooth barrel and cap, made of Lucite. Gold plated trim.
Nib Huge gold Waterman Hundred Year Pen nib. Fine with a good amount of flex, garden variety flexible, not full flex. See writing sample.
Condition FOUNTAIN PEN: Excellent working condition. Only light scratches on the body and trim, with no brassing . Lucite can be prone to cracking, but luckily it doesn't crumble like the material used in the later Hundred Year pens. This pen has one small hairline cap lip crack. One small short crack in the lucite on the top of the pen cap where the clip attaches, so we do recommend caution when using the clip as this area can be prone to cracking.
PENCIL: Four short cap lip cracks, and some brassing on the cap band and tip of the clip. It works well.
The nib writes super smoothly and has good tipping material. The cap imprint is worn but readable. It is ready to write.
Original Waterman box included. It was addressed to a sargent serving in Berlin at the end of the war, and they stuck the address label to the top of the box.
