Waterman Blue Boxes

[Left FPN]

My Green Deluxe Carene arrived today from the USA and on close inspection....of the blue Waterman box....it has Box Made in Thailand stamped on the base.

 

Now I have 50 or more Waterman Blue boxes, some different sizes and slightly different colours but all clearly of Waterman supply and I never noticed this before today. :hmm1:

 

So I inspected them all and found only one other with this stamping. Now the very weird part, it contained my other Green Deluxe Carene. Spooky or what.

Edited November 15, 2011 by Force

[RMN]

Someone said in another thread you have to be a detective sometimes as a Waterman lover.

Looks like you'll have to get out your sleuth-gear, Force.

 

Maybe Fergus can sniff them out for you?

 

I do have some blue boxes somewhere, but I would not know what they contained. In my shops they just looked for a fitting box when I bought some of my Watermans.

 

 

D.ick

[kauloltran]

My Green Deluxe Carene arrived today from the USA and on close inspection....of the blue Waterman box....it has Box Made in Thailand stamped on the base.

 

Now I have 50 or more Waterman Blue boxes, some different sizes and slightly different colours but all clearly of Waterman supply and I never noticed this before today. :hmm1:

 

So I inspected them all and found only one other with this stamping. Now the very weird part, it contained my other Green Deluxe Carene. Spooky or what.

The boxes stamped with made in Thailand are more poorly built and not well padded like the other ones. I had only one box like this and it came with an Expert ballpoint bought from Malaysia, Pengallery at ridiculously inflated prices. I suspect that these boxes came with the older pens, before Waterman began making their boxes in house. It's possible that the current boxes are still made in Thailand, but they cleverly chose not to stamp them. Why do you need two green deluxe carenes?

Edited November 17, 2011 by kauloltran

[Left FPN]

The boxes stamped with made in Thailand are more poorly built and not well padded like the other ones. I had only one box like this and it came with an Expert ballpoint bought from Malaysia, Pengallery at ridiculously inflated prices. I suspect that these boxes came with the older pens, before Waterman began making their boxes in house. It's possible that the current boxes are still made in Thailand, but they cleverly chose not to stamp them. Why do you need two green deluxe carenes?

 

That sounds plausible because the Green Deluxe's are from the first Carene period 1997/98.

 

I don't need them exactly. They were there, in VG if not mint condition, and at good prices so I bought them. I suppose it's like asking someone why do you have so many 52's etc.