Taking after Breguet, this year both Girard-Perregaux and Hublot issued fine standalone fountain pens. The Girard-Perregaux Three Bridges fountain pen is a piston filler that comes in sterling silver and resin (999 pieces) or rose gold and resin (99 pieces). This pen features guilloché replicating that of the 1945 Three Bridges tourbillon and a clip that derives its shape from the tourbillon’s bridges.
Lastly, Hublot has charted fountain-pen territory with its SP.01.CX.C1, presented at Baselworld 2009. This pen is inspiring for its use of advanced materials (brushed ceramic, titanium body and nib) and its industrial-chic look. One of the virtues of the SP.01.CX.C1 is that, rather than relying on specific cues to its horological heritage, it reflects the general design sensibility of Hublot, which makes it both an apt match for any Hublot watch and a unique pen in itself.
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Don’t forget in your “Pens for Watch Lovers” article, the TF Est. 1968 ‘Tourbillon’ pen! Indeed, an original, fun design, and a spirited nod to the field of mechanical watchmaking, the ‘Tourbillon’ pen is just at home on the lapel of a gentleman’s jacket as it is on the desk of today’s CEOs. Perfectly happy to be seen not-so-discreetly peeking out from a shirt pocket, it reveals a high-tech identity, available in seven colors, for glimpsed through its 45° inclined sturdy transparent crystal, of is a fully-operational watchmaking mechanism evoking the movements inspired by a tourbillon.
Don’t forget in your “Pens for Watch Lovers” article, the TF Est. 1968 ‘Tourbillon’ pen! Indeed, an original, fun design, and a spirited nod to the field of mechanical watchmaking, the ‘Tourbillon’ pen is just at home on the lapel of a gentleman’s jacket as it is on the desk of today’s CEOs. Perfectly happy to be seen not-so-discreetly peeking out from a shirt pocket, it reveals a high-tech identity, available in seven colors, for glimpsed through its 45° inclined sturdy transparent crystal, of is a fully-operational watchmaking mechanism evoking the movements inspired by a tourbillon.