I know there are a lot of watch and pen guys out there, so here's another chance at lengthy pontification: what would be your call as to the pen equivalent of the Speedmaster? If we use the criteria of design, history, reliability, and functionality, my vote is the Parker Jotter: created in 1954, a timeless design, a joy to use, almost never breaks, and present day refills go right into the very first model. What say you?

 

For me, Fisher Space Pen.. i know it's not all that elegant, but it is a very simple writing instrument that "just works" (tm).

http://www.spacepen.ca/StoreBox/

I *always* have one in my pocket.

 

I used to as well until it leaked all over my shirt once...never again...

 

Rotring technical pens.

Hundred year history. Well respected but affordable, choice of no-nonsense engineers, hundreds of variants.

 

My number two, for sure. No leaks yet...

 

Good for daily writing? Have heard about them for years, but never tried one.

 

These pens were hand crafted using wood from Naval ships.

 

So now we have a "What pen = what watch?" topic, eh?

 

Funny you mentioned the Fisher Space Pen. Found one under the seat of my daily driver shortly after I purchased the car. Nice little pens and interresting History, fitting the Speedmaster Space theme well.

 

Very cool. Parker made a fountain pen from the re-claimed brass off of the RMS Queen Elizabeth, in a similar vein.

 

Dennis, if you were a flower, what flower would you be?

 

A Venus Fly Trap.

 

I love the idea of nice pens... But I lose (people steal) whatever I'm writing with.

Big fan of these:



Which are at the $5 Casio equivalency point on the pen/watch scale.

 

STABILO BOSS FTW!

 

Not the Rapidograph, which is their technical pen. Better used for engineering and art drawings because of the various fixed line widths. There are calligraphy pens, probably not for daily writing. Ball point pens probably nothing spectacular.

 

I actually broke down and bought one of these a few years ago. I carried it for awhile; until I misplaced it for a few days. Now I can't bring myself to carry it. I suppose that disqualifies is, since I have no problem wearing the Speedy, but I really like this pen. The photo is not mine.

 

Ditto!

 

Pens and watches... It's a guy thing. Pens = Gateway Drug for me. Led me into MB Time Walker and perdition.

 

Although I'm a collector primarily of vintage Montblanc models from the 30s and 40s, the submission of the Space Pen by Fisher is spot on. I think MB would do, too because: their pen designs continue in timeless legacy; the company notices and responds to its clients; it introduces new LE models based on its historical archives.

 

I stopped spending ANY money on pens and shades years ago.

I'm too stupid to not lose them in the first weeks...