Happy Birthday to the Vassos-designed Art Deco classic Waterman "Hundred Year" Pen

 Almost 66 years ago today, John Vassos received design patents 118872 and 118873 for the Waterman Company for a modern fountain pen and clip. This streamlined beauty of translucent celluloid, would become the top selling  “Hundred Year” pen which came in four  rich, jewel-toned colors.  Vassos added elegant and functional ridged layers across the pen punctuated by snappy gold accents at the cap and on the grip. This pen broke with the previous styles from the company, lacking in extraneous detail and fussy stuff. The company was so confident in the pen’s construction that they guaranteed it for 100 years.  Indeed, the company recently returned to this classic design in its "Charleston" Series which revives the "art deco" aesthetics of John Vassos's original design.