Reinventing the Barber Shop

Limited Edition Divine Proportion Fountain Pen

$1,618.00

The Divine Proportion is based on the golden number, which according to someone contains the key of knowledge. The number is 1,618 and it corresponds to what is considered a "particularly aesthetic ratio". In fact it defines the "ideal relation", an arithmetic measure which is enjoyable for the eye, called also "golden mean proportion" or "golden section".

Designing and creating a "divine" pen is quite a big deal for anyone! It's a challenge that can scare every best designer and skillful technician.

The concepts that inspired Visconti are:

• The Golden Number, the Pentagram and the Nautilus.
• The "Divine Proportion" is built according to the golden number 1,618, comparing the length of the cap with the length of the open or closed pen.
• The Pentagram is inside the form of the pen itself, although adapted to the ergonomic necessities of a writing instrument.
• The Nautilus is known as the "Golden Spiral" and it is built according to the Fibonacci sequence. The Visconti Divine pen embodies the Golden Spiral which is traced on its barrel.

After having defined all aesthetic and design elements, Visconti had to find new technical solutions, by creating a new cap locking system and a new filling system: the "Hook Safe Lock" (H.S.L.) defines a new system for locking the cap. In this way any accidental unscrewing of the barrel is prevented enabling a perfect correspondence of the golden spiral with closed and open pen.

The "Push and Pull Touchdown" (P.P.T.) is a filling system based on the "Power Filler" technology, designed to disappear inside the barrel and being activated by a simple "click".

Includes a finely crafted wooded box, the caliper used to design the divine proportion and a limited edition certificate as shown in pictures below.

Vendor : Visconti
Collection : Pens

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