Real or Fake Parker Jotter? You tell me.

[@DuettoSpider]

I'm italian and I can tell you that this pen is neither a fake nor a Parker Jotter (and it shows), but it's an Italian pen, an OMAS (I have three, two black and one amaranth). In Italy, I bought one black and one amaranth online, as the stock of a stationery shop closing down after 50 years of activity. I always bought another black one on ebay (from Italy), and it was supposed to be a medicine promo pen (the ones that the informants of the drug give to doctors), but it is new and certainly never used. It is now a rare pen, I didn't know it was also white. I think the model is called SIGNUM (or at least this is the name of the G2 type refill inside). I believe that this pen was produced in the 70's. OMAS is a pen factory founded in 1925 in Bologna by Armando Sivori (the acronym OMAS means Officine Meccaniche Armando Sivori). They produced quality pens by hand (they are expensive pens, try to google the word OMAS); initially the fountain pens. In 2000 it was bought by Louis Vuitton, then in 2007 the Chinese of O-Luxe bought 90% of the company. Today they still produce pens; for example you can also find their pen on amazon.it or on the web. In your pen, if you look closely at the plastic part about 15 mm from the metal part (when the pen is screwed on), you should read the OMAS written vertically on the plastic (with a good magnifying glass you will see it better). It is a pressure stamp on the plastic. In my pen the writing is exactly on the opposite side of the clip. Seeing your pen in the video, it is likely that the stamp is a bit hidden among the promo writings. The refill inside your pen is not its original refill, but a generic one that has been replaced with the original. In my original G2 refill it says OMAS REFILL SIGNUM M, then a code 903. My refill has the black ink. In this ad on ebay.it you can see the pen, in black color, with the detail of the writing OMAS www.ebay.it/itm/Penna-Sfera-Omas-refill-Signum-F-blue-702-Ballpoint-Pen-/123282355793 These are the original refills of the pen (these are however F instead of M) www.ebay.it/itm/1-REFIL-Omas-SIGNUM-F-501-Nero-Originale-made-in-Italy/192932425145?hash=item2cebab2db9:g:X0wAAOSw9Ylc7oTh History of OMAS www.stilografica.it/penne/penne-omas newspaper article www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/11/15/omas-lazienda-delle-stilografiche-verso-liquidazione-ma-due-dipendenti-vogliono-rilevarla/2217325/

[@NekitaNet]

So that settles that! It's an Italian OMAS produced SIGNUM ballpoint pen! :-D Who would have known, well: @DuettoSpider1988 knew :-)