My Waterman Laureat mineral green ballpoint just self-destructed. The back ("twisty") part of the pen fell off (yes, clunk on the floor) while the pen was in my hand. I can no longer twist the pen open or closed - and I'm very sad! I've had this pen for over 10 years.

Any advice on finding replacement parts, short of finding an entirely new pen?

*cry*

Hi scougale,
Welcome to FPN.

One way of finding spares for the Laureate series is likely to be through seeing what you can find on e-bay, or you might like to post a wanted ad in the appropriate section of the Marketplace here, if you have no sucess then J.M. Lewertowski, a reliable seller from France and a member here might have a NOS Laureate B/P.

A picture of the damaged part/parts might help as the internals of several Waterman models might fit the Laureate, I am not sure of this at all as I rarely get involved with B/Ps but there were several of about the same size and style at the time so there maybe some commonality of parts.

Best of luck,

Cheers, John

There is a possibility that I might have a spare I could send you. (I'll have to scrounge around when I get home.) Sending you a PM.

You didn't mention checking with Waterman; perhaps you have and it was unproductive. In the event that you didn't because you don't have contact information, they can be reached in the following ways.

Parker/Waterman Repair Service
Fountain Pen Repair
P.O. Box 5100
Janesville, WI 53547-5100
(800) 237-8736
pwr.repair@sanfordcorp.com

Many Laureat BPs come up on eBay. You should watch, bid, buy, cannibalize. The normal progression.