A Question For The Experts

[walter8]

 

Am looking for help with the identification of this Waterman please, got it from his grandfather

Do any of you fine people know what this pen is?

Can anybody help me identify it from the images attached?

Also, I would really like to use it, and to know how to properly maintain it. I never used a fountain pen.

Thanks a lot.

[Xof72000]

This is a Waterman 42 safety, with a "continental overlay" : those kind of overlays were done by a lot of italian craftmen.

The ink does directly into the body of the pen (use an eyedropper to fill it, with the nib inside the pen) but test it with water first, as there is a seal inside the pen what needs certainly repairing.

I could tell more about it.

I can't see properly the nib, but it doesn't seem to be the right one : could you tell what it reads ?

Edited October 11, 2014 by Xof72000

[RMN]

Another beautiful overlay.

 

I wish my grandfather had left me something like that, instead of a battered 515......(but nice anyway...)

 

Good luck with the repairs. (Do post a question in the Italian subforum who does repairs on these pens in your area...)

 

It is a keeper...

 

 

 

Oh, and ehhhh.....

 

 

D.ick

[Left FPN]

Yes, nice workmanship with these pens.

[walter8]

Thanks for anyone, your help is appreciated.

 

Here is a picture of the nib

Edited October 12, 2014 by walter8

[georges zaslavsky]

Not a Waterman pen, but a Rover radio

[RMN]

Pen may be Waterman, but with a donor nib.

 

 

D.ick

[AluPens]

Walter8,

 

Looks to be a Waterman 42 continental overlay with a gold plated/rolled overlay with the incorrect nib. The correct nib would be able $50, and make this pen original, but maybe your Grandfather liked this nib better? Disregard the above auction showing another Waterman continental overlay, different overlay, unrealistic expectations as it lies.