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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sallent, post: 2759554, member: 76194&quot;]You collect fountain pens? Next time I&#039;m in my office I&#039;ll take a picture of my fountain pens for this thread then.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. Pelikan M200 Green marble (old style Pre-1997).</p><p>2. Pelikan M200 Blue demonstrator.</p><p>3. Conklin Word Gauge LE.</p><p>4. Fountainbell Conid Bulkfiller.</p><p>5. Lamy 2000</p><p>6. Pilot Custom 92 (orange).</p><p>7. Pilot Custom 823.</p><p>8. TWSBI Vac Mini.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pretty much the only thing they have in common is that they are have internal filling mechanisms. No cartridges for me. My pens drink straight from the bottle.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s actually a small collection for me. I&#039;ve only kept the pens I use regularly. Before I used to have a collection of almost 70 fountain pens, including many vintage pens from the 1910s and 1920s. But I&#039;ve downsized as I left the hobby, and only kept the ones I use on a regular basis to write with.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is my Pilot Custom 823 which I photographed 2 months ago with the cellphone.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]633949[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER]&nbsp; that&#039;s a nice Omega Railmaster from back when Omega used to be a great value for money, before they went astronomically expensive trying to chase Rolex. I used to have Omegas, but these days I&#039;ve downsized to Hamilton, Rado, and Seiko (the Japanese market watches, not the junk they sell in the US market). I&#039;m not into expensive watches anymore, but rather decent automatic watches that I still consider good value for money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I wish Seiko would release more watches like this in the US rather than the mall junk. They are a fine watch brand in Japan with watches in the hundreds and in the thousands of dollars that are just as fine as anything the Swiss can produce, if not more so.</p><p><br /></p><p>*This picture is not mine, but I own this same model watch that&#039;s only available in Japan. As fine as any sub-$1,500 Swiss I&#039;ve ever owned, and it was only $450.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]633951[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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