The century-old classic brand French Weidiwen combines French romance and passion, embodying artistic sense and practicality in every design. It has been famous and highly respected around the world for 120 years; in 1883, LEWIS EDSON WATERMAN manufactured the world's first ink pen in France, and the first Weidi pen was born. Since then, Weidi, like its unique French temperament, has surprised and shocked the world again and again.
Waterman has the longest history among pen manufacturers. It still competes with Parker and Montblanc and is known as the world's three famous pens. The trademarks of Weidiwen and Parker are both held by NEWELL RUBBERMAID, a Fortune 500 company in the United States.
About Lewis Edson Waterman, the founder of the company and the famous inventor of the modern ink pen
(Lewis Edson Waterman)
There is one thing that everyone knows An anecdote. He once worked as an insurance salesman in New York. It is said that one time his ink pen leaked and accidentally smeared one contract. However, by the time he drew up another contract, his competitors had already snatched it away. In this business, he lost an important profit opportunity. In order to prevent this kind of thing from happening again, Weidiwen invented a modern ink pen. This ink pen is equipped with a new ink supply device, and all this He used a knife, saw and file as tools and used a dining table as a lathe to make it carefully. This celebrity anecdote with a strong romantic color was probably made up by Widiven himself. But Wydman did have a hard time as an insurance salesman. But long before his famous "invention," he had been in the ink pen business for a long time. He had already seen the great potential of the ink pen and in 1883 he opened a store at 136 Fulton Street in New York City. He assembled ink pens from parts provided to him by local odd-job workers and then sold them himself. He and his regular customer Asa Shipman jointly formed the Ideal Pen Co. in 1884. However, the partnership soon broke up and Wyddyne took control of the property at 10 Murray Street. This was all before his memorable first invention patent was granted on November 4, 1884. Weidiwen has such great trust in the quality of his products that he was the first to offer a 5-year warranty. He promoted his ink pen 8we as the best product and vigorously promoted it in advertisements. Advertising and promotion helped the company grow steadily, with approximately 200 ink pens sold in 1884, 500 in 1885, and by 1900, sales reached 1,000 per day.