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I need help finding a pen to match the watch.

 

Well, I have that watch. My daily writer is a trusty Lamy 2000. Sometimes, for special ocasions, I would like to combine my pen with my watch, and really, the silver-dialed Seamaster Aqua Terra would look better along a stainless steel / silver pen than with a black pen. Of course, if Lamy were still selling the "inverted", limited, "2000 Edition" Lamy 2K's I would buy one, but sadly, those were gone fast. So here is my criteria for the pen:

 

1. Stainless steel or silver

 

2. Piston filler. No converter. I write a lot and need a lot of ink.

 

3. Available in XF.

 

4. Understated. No "bling". It doesn't have to be understated to the point of the L2K.

 

Would prefer to be able to buy new.

 

Thanks

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1- Pelikan M625. I don't know if it's available in XF; and it's only partially silver. But a perfect piece to match your Omega.

 

2- If you were OK with convertors, I'd say Caran d'Ache Varius Ivanhoe or, more reasonably, Ecridor. CdA's convertors are magnificent and its nibs are really smooth, whether gold or steel.

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How about these?

 

Platinum PMG-5000

 

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k276/pensnwands/Pens/platinumPMG5000.jpg

 

Sailor 1911 in Sterling

 

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k276/pensnwands/Pens/Sailorsterling.jpg

 

Only fit some of your requirements however.

 

Bill

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Lustralloy capped Parker '51' (or Flighter).

 

nice watch!

"Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination."

Oscar Wilde

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An Omega is a precision instrument.

 

Today I believe that there is only one fountain pen company making pens with the attention to even the most mudane detail found in watches like your Omega, and that is ST Dupont.

 

Find an opportunity to examine one. Hold it, use it, recap it.

 

 

 

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Lustralloy capped Parker '51' (or Flighter).

 

nice watch!

 

+1 on the Flighter

(and on the 'nice watch!')

 

greg

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A palladium Lamy Studio would go with that pretty well, I think.

 

EDIT: Oop, didn't notice the piston-fill requirement, sorry.

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Ah, you should have bought a black face Seamaster Pro and then a Pel M805 would have been a perfect match :P

 

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll19/swiftshine/pelomega.jpg

 

 

Joking aside, this is lovely and almost meets your criteria.

 

Souverän M625

http://www.pelikanpens.co.uk/acatalog/M625.jpg

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MB 146 in stainless

 

+1 my suggestion also.

I use a fountain pen because one ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to write a few reasonable words with a fountain pen.

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a man 100 in silver would be a great match even though it is not a piston filler.

Pens are like watches , once you start a collection, you can hardly go back. And pens like all fine luxury items do improve with time

 

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Some one out bid me for 12 Omaga pens...English....6 were doubles..one had a glass nib..Keep E-baying Global Omaga fountain pens.

 

Good luck, very nice looking 1930's-40's style pens. Omaga printed very clearly on them Near NOS......

 

Out bid some two weeks ago...so by now some one should have them and be putting the extra up for sale.

 

Check the watch forums too.

I wanted 4 or five of them.

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I've got one of these for pocket carry. PM me if you'd like to buy it.

 

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Parker "51" in black with coin silver cap. Gray might work too.

 

Nice watch! I just bought a 1956 Bulova 23 Jewel in nice cosmetic shape on eBay, will have to replace the crystal and clean and oil, but I've wanted a 1956 for some time (cause I was born that year).

 

Peter

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Im surprised no one has mentioned the:

 

Parker 75 Cisele! Beautiful solid silver, and many, many nib styles. Simple and elegant.

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....not a piston fill, but a Sheaffer Targa in stainless would be an excellant accompanyment.

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I'd recommend that you take a look at the Visconti Ripple that Bryant has for sale in Sterling Silver and Clear Acrylic - it's a stunning pen and would match your watch nicely. It's not a piston filler but it's just as good I think.

 

Edit: I doubt that you'd classify it as "understated" however. It would possibly "upstage" the watch.

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