Waterman Carene Fountain Pen 18K Gold Nib Burgundy Maroon Lacquer Body Presentation Box with Converter Included  

FOR SALE AN ELEGANT WATERMAN CARENE FOUNTAIN PEN MADE IN FRANCE CIRCA 1990-2001. IT FEATURES AN 18K SOLID GOLD CURVY ARCHED SHAPED NIB WHICH HAS BEEN RHODIUM COATED TO GIVE IT A SHINY SILVER APPEARANCE.
 
IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL BURGUNDY MAROON LACQUER CAP AND BARREL. COMPLEMENTED BY PALLADIUM-COATED TWO PRONG CLIP AND TRIMS. IT TAKES CARTRIDGES (ONE BLUE EMPTY CARTRIDGE FITTED) OR A CONVERTER (INCLUDED) TO TAKE BOTTLED INK.
 
Waterman pens are inspired by the symmetry of the worlds' finest yachts. The Waterman Carene was introduced in 1997. This beautiful Waterman Carene pens distinct cigar shape was inspired by the lines of a sailing vessel.
 
DIMENSIONS (CLOSED): L 144MM X D 12.2MM
PRESENTED IN WATERMAN GIFT BOX
 
ADD A NEW FLAGSHIP TO YOUR FLEET OF STATIONERY WITH THIS GORGEOUS PEN.
 
CONDITION: FEW INK STAINS IN BOX. EMPTY BLUE INK FITTED AND A CONVERTER TO TAKE BOTTLED INK INCLUDED IN BOX. IN GOOD USED CONDITION.
 
WATERMAN PEN COMPANY (1884-present):
The Waterman Pen Company  is a major manufacturing company of luxury fountain pen. The firm was established in 1884 in New York City by Lewis Waterman but is now based in Paris France. They are one of the few remaining first-generation fountain pen companies.
Lewis Waterman, invented the first truly functional fountain pen in the early 1880s. As the apocryphal story goes he was an insurance salesman at the time and his typical pen of the day leaked all over a contract he had prepared for a large policy and by the time Waterman returned with a new document, his client had signed with someone else. Later, Waterman was working as a pen salesman in New York for a new company founded in the spring of 1883 by a volatile inventor named Frank Holland. Holland abandoned his company after only six weeks; Waterman stepped in and took over, fitting the pens with a simplified feed of his own design. It was for this "three fissure feed" that his first pen-related patent was granted in 1884.
Lewis E. Waterman was a tough, savvy, and innovative businessman. In 1899 the L.E. Waterman Company developed the "spoon Feed" system which prevented the overflow of ink, which also led to the company receiving the gold medal of excellence at the "Exposition Universelle" in Paris in 1900.
Nonetheless, it was after L.E. Waterman's death in 1901 that the company took off. Under the leadership of Waterman's nephew, Frank D. Waterman, the Waterman Pen Company expanded aggressively worldwide. While Waterman introduced its share of innovations, the company's main selling point was always quality and reliability.
In 1905 Waterman patented their first permanently attached pen clip, allowing a pen to be held directly in a pocket. In 1908 Waterman released their first retractable nib "safety" pen.
As the 20th century wore on, Waterman's conservatism allowed its younger and more innovative competitors like Parker and Sheaffer to gain market share. By the later 1920s, Waterman was attempting to catch up; it continued to struggle through and beyond World War II before finally shutting down in the USA in 1954.
Waterman's French subsidiary, Waterman-JiF (Jules-Isidore Fagard) later Waterman S.A., continued to prosper and eventually absorbed what remained of the American company and its British arm.
In 1983 Waterman celebrated the company's 100th anniversary. Today Waterman pens are still made in France, celebrated for their chic and innovative designs.
 
WATERMAN CARENE PENS:
Of all the high-end pens on the market the Waterman Carène sits near the top of the list. Designed in 1997 its a modern Waterman (defining modern as 1980s forward, when the pens were exclusively made in France). Waterman designed the Carène to invoke the hull of a racing yacht. (Carene means hull in French.) The Carène emerged as easily the most distinctive pen in Waterman's lineup. 
Like most modern Waterman pens, the Carène features a lacquered metal body and cap, but also sports something relatively uncommon today: an 18kt integrated nib incorporated into the design, tapered like a ship's bow. 
The Carène features Watermans high quality cartridge/converter system, and will take the high-capacity long international cartridges in addition to the standard shorter ones.
 
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