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[[Image:1936-Omas-Lucens-2.jpg|upright|right|thumb|100px|A [[Lucens]] advertisement]]

[[Image:1936-Omas-Lucens-2.jpg|upright|right|thumb|100px|A [[Lucens]] advertisement]]

[[OMAS]] was founded in 1925 in Bologna by ''Armando Simoni'', but it was from [[1919]] that Simoni, just married, had opened a workshop in Via S. Vitale where he produced film reels and mechanisms for [[safety]] pens.<ref>in [[1922]] there is a registration for the ''Officine Meccaniche di Precisione Simoni Armando''.</ref> Briefly the workshop began to produce pieces and parts for fountain pens of the leading companies. Having obtained considerable success, customer demand grew, and Simoni started expanding the company and also began to produce whole pens. These early years models are hard rubber [[lever filler]] or [[safety]] pens, made as a clear imitation of the [[Waterman]] models.

[[OMAS]] was founded in 1925 in Bologna by ''Armando Simoni'', but it was from 1919 that Simoni, just married, had opened a workshop in Via S. Vitale where he produced film reels and mechanisms for [[safety]] pens.<ref>in 1922 there is a registration for the ''Officine Meccaniche di Precisione Simoni Armando''.</ref> Briefly the workshop began to produce pieces and parts for fountain pens of the leading companies. Having obtained considerable success, customer demand grew, and Simoni started expanding the company and also began to produce whole pens. These early years models are hard rubber [[lever filler]] or [[safety]] pens, made as a clear imitation of the [[Waterman]] models.

[[Image:Omas-PennaDelDottore-Capped.jpg|thumb|left|A "[[penna del dottore]]"]]

[[Image:Omas-PennaDelDottore-Capped.jpg|thumb|left|A "[[penna del dottore]]"]]