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Platinum 3776: finding a date range for an older model?

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Hello,

 

I've had a fairly contemporary Platinum 3776 in tortoiseshell celluloid for a while (along with a few other iterations of the pen). However, I just won an auction for a very similar pen (that caught my eye) that sports a different nib - there is slightly different decoration, and it is 18k.

 

It is certainly not in the earliest days of this production pen, as it does not have the rounder, ebonite feed. However, I believe it might be the 'first' version of the plastic feed. I'll have the pen by the weekend, I believe, but online resources seem very scarce for historical placement. I'm wondering if anyone can shed light on the approximate years this pen might have been manufactured; so far I am getting info that it might be the early 1990s. Thank you for any assistance, and if anyone knows of any sites that either have information or links to old catalogs, that would be wonderful. Photos from the sale below.

Cheers,
Jon
 

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As best as I have determined the plastic feeds on celluloid models were introduced in the early 2000s. Have not pinned down an exact date. 

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3 hours ago, stan said:

As best as I have determined the plastic feeds on celluloid models were introduced in the early 2000s. Have not pinned down an exact date. 

Thank you, Stan. Can you offer any comments on the nib itself, which is not only cosmetically different but 18k as opposed to 14k?

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