GENERALCONDITION; Mint condition. No scratches dents or cracks, no fading of hard rubber as commonly occurs with this material. Likely dates from the early 1920s. Solid 9K gold hallmarked bands.

CAP;- MINT condition - no cracks or scratches. No clip, never had one. Made out of BCHR, with wavy pattern, with no fading which is very unusual in a pen of this age.

BARREL;No scratches, cracks or dents. Has two SOLID 9K GOLD HALLMARKED (\"F D W 375 H\") BANDS. Has \"WATERMAN\'S (THE IDEAL GLOBE SYMBOL) REG. US. PAT OFF. FOUNTAIN PEN\" clearly embossed on the barrel and \"WATERMANS REG US PAT. OFF. MADE IN USA\" at the end of the barrel barrel and the model number 52 1/2\" at the end of the barrel. Gold plated lever in excellent condition with no has plating loss - has the \"IDEAL\" globe symbol. Has 2 SOLID 9k GOLD hallmarked bands on the barrel

NIB;14KSOLIDGOLD FLEXIBLE NIB has\"WATERMAN\'S REG. US PAT. OFF. 2\" writtenonit.In EXCELLENT condition.Writeswithaline A LOVELY FLEXIBLE LINE - there is a significant amount of flex possible with pressure - seewritingsample.

FILLER; Lever filler. Just lift the lever with the nib in a bottle of ink, flip the lever down and it fills. class=\"p0\" style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;\">

All in all a lovelyWATERMAN\'S 52 1/2 FOUNTAIN PEN, with 14K SOLID GOLD FLEXIBLE NIB, and SOLID 9K GOLD BANDS in BLACK CHASED HARD RUBBER in MINTcondition!!