Gs4 Security: Waterman Pens

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

Waterman Pens

It's the shape that takes the Exception a step apart from most other pen designs. Instead of a simple cylindirical tube, the Exception is square in cross section, only slightly rounded at the corners. Add to this shape accents in the form of engraved panels running down two sides, and you have a pen that stands out. Yet, thanks to the understated lines, it's an elegant pen.Even the two tone gold and black version manages to come across as subtle. The basic black version is even more quiet, without the contrasting gold side panels to distract the eye from the severe lines of the shape it comes across as almost a stark design. The slim version in plain lacquer finish is the simplest of all, with nothing at all to pull the eye away from the slightly rounded square cross section.The three versions give you quite a choice with the Exception. As a flagship design, it's very good, it should give Waterman the ability to compete quite nicely with the other "big names" in the modern pen line today. For those of us who have been waiting since the Man 100 for this to happen, the Exception takes on even more meaning than just a "new pen".