Overall: Beautiful black pen with chrome trim. Lovely writer. Some slight signs of age. Surface scratches, but overall a smooth luster on body and cap.
Body: No personalization. Factory imprint easily legible and reads. "Waterman's Made in U.S.A." Only slight surface scratches. No gouges, cracks, chips, or teeth marks. Lever has smooth mirror luster and no signs of tarnishing.
Section: Smooth with only slight surface scratches. No gouges or cracks.
Nib and Feed: Lovely writer with slight feedback. Medium firm 14 K nib. Labelled "Waterman's Ideal 14k Firm" Nice ink flow, even with a dryer ink for testing.
Cap: Clip is firm. Clip imprint "Watermans" No dents. Only surface scratches. Posts nicely without back-weighting the pen.
Condition: Filling system works perfectly. Lovely writer. Medium nib. No skips noted on writing sample. Only slight feedback of nib.
Dimensions: Capped 121 mm.
Uncapped 109 mm.
Posted 141 mm.
Body width 11 mm.
Section width 10 mm - 8 mm.