Translations:Omas/28/en
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Chronology
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1919 | Armando Simoni registers a business for "Lavorazione di articoli di penne in ebanite" |
| 1922 | Armando Simoni registers Officine Meccaniche di Precisione Simoni Armando |
| 1925 | the company is founded by Armando Simoni in Bologna as Officine Meccaniche Armando Simoni |
| 1927 | the company patents the Penna del dottore |
| 1930 | the company patents the Penna del calligrafo |
| 1930 | the company patents the second version of Penna del dottore |
| 1931 | the company introduces the Minerva Ellittica (guess date, refers to beginning of the '30s) |
| 1932 | the company introduces the Omas Extra |
| 1933 | the company introduces the Extra round smooth version (guess date[1]) |
| 1934 | the company introduces the Minerva Classica |
| 1936 | the company replace the band with three rings on the round Omas Extra cap[2] |
| 1936 | the company introduces the Lucens |
| 1936 | the company introduces the Extra Lucens |
| 1936 | the company introduces the stantuffo tuffante filling system |
| 1938 | the company introduces an arrow clip on the Extra Lucens model |
| 1940 | the company replace the band with three rings on the faceted Omas Extra cap[3] |
| 1941 | the company introduces Permanio nibs |
| 1946 | the company renew the Extra model introducing the new piston filler models[4] |
| 1946 | the company retires the traditional lever filler Extra[5] |
| 1948 | the company introduces the Omas 361 |
| 1948 | the company retires the Omas Extra Pistone in favour of the new Omas 55x |
| 1948 | the company introduces the Omas 55x by restyling the Omas Extra Pistone with new versions: ogival (55x/S) and faceted (55x/F) |
| 1950 | the company introduces the Omas 35x |
| 1951 | the company introduces the Minerva 60 (guess date, stands for the beginning of '50s) |
| 1954 | the company start producing the 361 in plastic |
| 1961 | the company introduces the Omas VS (lower limit from an advertisement of this year) |
| 1964 | the company introduces the Omas CS (lower limit from an advertisement of this year) |
- ↑ the exact year is not known, it's only known that it is later than the faceted version.
- ↑ as indicated by Letizia Jacopini in her book "The history of the fountain pen in Italy".
- ↑ as indicated by Letizia Jacopini in her book "The history of the fountain pen in Italy".
- ↑ for this date we referes to what stated by Emilio Dolcini in his book on the company.
- ↑ for this date we referes to what stated by Emilio Dolcini in his book on the company.