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This year Visconti celebrates the 25th anniversary with some interesting and extremely limited editions,only 25 each model:

 

Visconti Opera Tubular nibs, 3 different crystal produced with bronze, chromium and yellow gold plated trims.

Visconti Opera Black Urushi with palladium or gold trim

Visconti Divina Fountain pen blue with silver trim

Visconti Saint Basil limited edition

 

This is a wonderful opportunity to have something really rare and available for a very short time.

 

Please contact me for any further information,

Regards,

Marco

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The Same year Parker celibates it 125th I find it quite funny how some people would rather spend a lot of money on a limited edition Visconti which is a brand which hasn't got that much history but wouldn't buy a Parker limited edition 125 Duofold when Parker has such rich history.

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The Same year Parker celibates it 125th I find it quite funny how some people would rather spend a lot of money on a limited edition Visconti which is a brand which hasn't got that much history but wouldn't buy a Parker limited edition 125 Duofold when Parker has such rich history.

 

What does history have to do with your taste in pens?

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The Same year Parker celibates it 125th I find it quite funny how some people would rather spend a lot of money on a limited edition Visconti which is a brand which hasn't got that much history but wouldn't buy a Parker limited edition 125 Duofold when Parker has such rich history.

 

If you're going to make a logicless comparison to make you feel better about your own taste in pens....have at it. Personally, I own no LEs of any brand, but if I could afford to, I'd probably say that company history aside, the Parker 125 Duofold, looks like a $100 pen at an $1,800 price, and that if I'm going to pay the increased price of an LE, I expect something more than yellow to differentiate it.

 

I might also say that whether a company is 125, 25 or 5, what matters to many of us are how the pens write now...not what they're history is.

 

 

And back to the the point of the thread...that Blue Divinia is GORGEOUS.

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I personally find Viscontis prettier than Parkers (want one of those Crystals!). I also love the feel of Visconti nibs over Parker.

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In general Visconti pens are great, superior in build quality and look to many others, specially With its Pd stub.

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Parker has only his name now, there is nothing of Parker DNA in the Company Parker /Newell Rubbermaid now.

 

Visconti in 2013 is the same company with the same products than in 1988, it's not the case of Parker.

 

Two more things, the Parker pens are produced in the factory of Waterman in France, we can say that they are Waterman pens ; second thing, you can find a great choice of nib with Visconti, unfortunately not with Parker which proposes now only F, M, OM and B nib.

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I can feel another purchase or two coming on ;P

Montblanc: 146 75th Anniversary, 147 Le Grande, Doue Solitaire

Parker: Gold Duofold Centennial, Sonnet Fougere

Visconti Bronze Homo-Sapien

Waterman Edson Sapphire Blue

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The Same year Parker celibates it 125th I find it quite funny how some people would rather spend a lot of money on a limited edition Visconti which is a brand which hasn't got that much history but wouldn't buy a Parker limited edition 125 Duofold when Parker has such rich history.

 

Hehe do you only buy pens which have long history? :)

 

The Urushi.... :puddle:

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:)

 

I notice that the links take one to the web page which say "ask the price." That kind of says it all to me since I am a believer in the saying we have: "If you have to ask the price you can't afford it."

 

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I notice that the links take one to the web page which say "ask the price." That kind of says it all to me since I am a believer in the saying we have: "If you have to ask the price you can't afford it."

 

:D

 

With several manufacturers (and I believe Visconti is one) if a seller offers the pen at less than a certain price, they are not allowed to list that price on their site. Several online sellers obey this rule by allowing customers to request an automated price quote by email.

 

These pens are all LE, so yes are quite pricey, but I've seen the practice even for pens as affordable at the Visconti Rembrandt.

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I notice that the links take one to the web page which say "ask the price." That kind of says it all to me since I am a believer in the saying we have: "If you have to ask the price you can't afford it."

 

:D

 

Most of time it is best not to know the price so you don't feel guilty about your purchase.

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As a person living in the United States, does anyone have experience with buying from Novelli Pens? Was customs or taxes or other things difficult? It looks like they have an English version of their website which is super convenient...

 

And wow, Visconti makes a lot of different pens. So many design styles with some I find really appealing. I'll have to sink time into reading the Italian subforum. Do Visconti pens generally write as well as they look? Particularly the tubular nibs on the opera?

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I don't see these pens listed anywhere else, are they Novelli exclusives?

 

They're reserved to Italian shops. 25 pieces in total, very few. Only main shops may have one, or two.

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As a person living in the United States, does anyone have experience with buying from Novelli Pens? Was customs or taxes or other things difficult? It looks like they have an English version of their website which is super convenient...

 

And wow, Visconti makes a lot of different pens. So many design styles with some I find really appealing. I'll have to sink time into reading the Italian subforum. Do Visconti pens generally write as well as they look? Particularly the tubular nibs on the opera?

 

Hello,

 

First post here. I live in Texas and just purchased an Omas burlwood celluloid from Marco at Novelli. So this has nothing to do with the thread topic of Visconti's 25th LE offerings, but I did want to respond to this question. Other than the time difference (I'd get emails from him at 3:45am CST when he was just starting his business day), I had a very pleasant transaction, and his responsiveness and commitment to service and satisfaction exceeded many recent domestic US transactions, frankly. He ships 2nd day fedex which provided the security and convenience of the option of my having my pen delivered to a nearby fedex location so I didn't need to be home the very minute the white truck happened to pull up in front of my house. I've purchased watches and watch straps from Europe with fedex delivery, so am anticipating a bill for 'brokerage fees' to expedite customs clearance, but haven't received one yet.

 

Let's see if I can master adding a picture here, because this is worthy (imo). Off topic, I know, but I was disappointed coming to the fp party a little late for Omas' vintage paragon burlwood celluloids with the rosegold trim, especially after admiring those of members here who posted pics of theirs. Googling about one evening, I found a link to novelli and sure enough there it was. Confused as to why an Italian retailer would have what many had told me was an exclusive US offering that was long sold out, I found a vid on youtube by a guy who had stopped by Novelli and picked one up, and who explained it is a run of 50 for European distribution (confirmed by others). Best I can tell, the only difference is that there are three narrow cap bands rather than the one big one with Greek key design as the US versions have. Frankly, I prefer the three bands. Best news, was that Marco had the 18k non-extra-flessible EF nib I wanted.

 

Great pen, wonderful depth in the celluloid mimicking real wood (as those of you who have it already know), and fairly faithful true to natural wood grain pattern.

 

Back on topic, I highly recommend Marco and Novelli.

 

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Hi all,

I've just receive the Crystal made for the 25th anniversary, I must admit that they are really good looking, especially the yellow gold edition that is my favorite

I've posted more pictures on my web site, CLICK HERE for more details.

Marco

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That bronze Opera demonstrator looks so cool!

 

I wouldn't even dare, though, to ask what its price will be.

If someone decides to get it, please please please, give us some "real" (non studio/commercial that is) photos!

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Just another post to recommend Maroc at Novelli. I've bought numerous pens from him and he has always been the peak of friendly professionalism.

 

Also, all the Italian pens I have purchased from him have been a cut above those purchased from other vendors (especially those outside of Italy). The materials seem more lustrous, the nibs better, the pens more reliable and better finished. Once, I would put this down to luck. More and you start thinking it's more than a coincidence...

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