Waterman Philéas

[1] The Waterman company named this line of writing instruments after the character Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days by the French novelist Jules Verne.

The fountain pens have a wide, two toned gold-plated and steel nib that fans out at the base and tapers to a fine point, decorated with an Art Deco styled engraving.

The gold plated pen-clip carries the Waterman hexagon seal and flows from the top of the cap.

The ebony black crown contrasts with the gold-plated ring around the barrel which resembles an engraved cigar band.

There are three other bands on the barrel and cap as vestiges of traditional fountain pen design, which used these rings to limit cracking.