Please Help Me Understand Waterman Line Up

[OCArt]

I'd like to learn more about Waterman's modern pens and understand the relative positioning of the various models. Pelikan makes it easy with their numerical names 200< 400< 600 etc. What is the Waterman hierarchy?

Thanks in advance,

Dave

[rochester21]

Hierarchy is relative, since an M200 is built the same, writes the same and looks almost identical to a much more expensive M600.

 

Now Waterman. The Allure and Emblems are entry level, Hemisphere and Expert are midrange, the Carene and Exception luxury.

 

However there are different finishes available for each, example a Hemisphere can have a gold nib and a Waterman Carene Deluxe is not the same visually as a normal Carene.

 

The German lineup of pens is very limited much like their imagination, whereas companies like Parker and Waterman made lots of innovative and diverse designs and technologies, so if you are interested in them you have some learning to do.

 

Up to this day I am only partially aware of all the pens Waterman ever made, both the american and French company.

 

Might as well ask what specific pen you are interested in getting, or what category of pens.

[OCArt]

Thank you @rochester21 I purchased my first Waterman, a Carene, a few weeks ago and just wanted to understand their lineup. 

[Bristol24]

While I am more interested in vintage, I appreciate having a better understanding of present day offerings by Waterman's.  Thank you!

 

Cliff

[thx1138]

From cheapest to most expensive the Waterman range is;

Allure

Embleme

Hemisphere 

Expert

Carene

Exception 

 

The Allure has never held any for me so I don't have any.

 

I do have a couple of emblemes bought on special at some time but was not taken enough by them to try them out.

 

I have a few hemispheres,  many Carene's (I tell my wife they must be replicating in the pen cabinet), and a single, lonely Exception. 

 

The Hemisphere is an OK pen. Nothing bad about it but nothing great.

 

I have never used an Expert. I think I have some ballpoints and mechanical pencils somewhere. 

 

The Carene is one of the best pens I have owned. The nibs are simply perfect, the size and weight are, for me, very comfortable. Combine that with very high manufacturing standards and beautiful finishes and you have a great modern pen. The marine amber and sea garden green are two of the most attractive laque finishes I've seen.

 

The poor lonely Exception I have is black with a medium nib and chrome trim. It too wrote perfectly from out of the box. Everything which I said about the carene applies to this pen also. The square shape takes a short time to adjust to but is very comfortable go write with.