Waterman Registry
Model 15 PSF — early smooth BHR lever-filler, 13.8cm

David Nishimura, vintagepens.com [source]

Model 15 PSF — early smooth BHR lever-filler, 13.8cm
Catalog illustration
Model 612 with pearl slabs and gold-filled barrel bands, c. 1907

Waterman · c. 1900-1920s

Waterman 15

$80-300
Eyedropper
Filling System Eyedropper
Nib 14k gold (#5)
Material Hard rubber
Colors Black (smooth), Black (chased)

What to Look For

Cone-cap eyedropper with #5 nib — a large pen. In the 1919 catalog, the plain No. 15 sold for $5.00. Also available as the 15 PSF (lever filler variant from 1916, before the numbering change to 55 in 1917). The safety pen version (15S, with retractable nib) is rare. Not to be confused with the Parker 15, which is a completely different pen.

A large Waterman cone-cap eyedropper with a #5 nib — the mid-large size in the eyedropper range.1

Pricing (1919 Catalog)

$5.00 in plain rubber.1 Gold-mounted versions (0715 with one gold band, 0615 with two bands) at $6.00.1

Variants

The 15 PSF was an early lever-filler variant produced 1916-1917, before the numbering system changed and lever fillers became the 55.2 A safety pen version (15S) with retractable nib also exists but is rare.3

  1. Waterman’s Ideal Fountain Pen catalog, 1919, pp. 31-37 (Regular Type). Internet Archive. Link. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  2. David Nishimura, “Waterman Lever-Fillers,” vintagepens.com. Link. ↩

  3. Peyton Street Pens, “Waterman Pen Model Identifier.” Link. ↩

Sources

Eyedropper Era