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The [[Nettuno]] production does not particularly stands out from the rest of the Italian production, and remains substantially related to the activities of their Bologna store, but both fot the presumed collaboration with [[Omas]], and the production quality, this brand fountain pens are of great interest to collectors.{{Infobox_Brand|Nettuno}} {{BrandData|Founder=Umberto Vecchietti|Date=1916|Place=Bologna|Country=IT}}

The [[Nettuno]] production does not particularly stands out from the rest of the Italian production, and remains substantially related to the activities of their Bologna store, but both fot the presumed collaboration with [[Omas]], and the production quality, this brand fountain pens are of great interest to collectors.{{Infobox_Brand|Nettuno}} {{BrandData|Founder=Umberto Vecchietti|Date=1916|Place=Bologna|Country=IT}}

== History == [[File:Nettuno-Collection-Serie-Capped.jpg|thumb|A series of pens of different periods]] First traces of the [[Nettuno]] origin date back to 1911, date of asketch for a flyer advertising showing the brand with the Neptune fountain in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, chosen as its symbol  by ''Umberto Vecchietti'', founder of the company. The official founding of the company, however, is later: from the archives of the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna the date is in fact 1916, <ref>at least as reported by Letizia Jacopini, in ''La storia della stilografica in Italia 1900-1950''.</ref> and this fact makes an excessive claim the use the title ''"by 1911"'', reported in the contemporary reissues of some of this brand models.

== History ==  

[[File:Nettuno-Collection-Serie-Capped.jpg|thumb|A series of pens of different periods]] First traces of the [[Nettuno]] origin date back to 1911, date of asketch for a flyer advertising showing the brand with the Neptune fountain in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna, chosen as its symbol  by ''Umberto Vecchietti'', founder of the company. The official founding of the company, however, is later: from the archives of the Chamber of Commerce of Bologna the date is in fact 1916, <ref>at least as reported by Letizia Jacopini, in ''La storia della stilografica in Italia 1900-1950''.</ref> and this fact makes an excessive claim the use the title ''"by 1911"'', reported in the contemporary reissues of some of this brand models.

All this would make [[Nettuno]], after the [[Uhlmann's Eterno]], the oldest Italian manufacturer of fountain pens, like [[Tibaldi]], at least for what concern the foundation year. It is unclear however when the fountain pens production has actually begun. The first letterhead fact speaks for spare parts and repairs. Furthermore, at least for the first time, production was done assembling the pieces produced by others in the ''Umberto Vecchietti'' own house  by his own family; therefore, this is more of a family business than a real  fountain pens factory.

All this would make [[Nettuno]], after the [[Uhlmann's Eterno]], the oldest Italian manufacturer of fountain pens, like [[Tibaldi]], at least for what concern the foundation year. It is unclear however when the fountain pens production has actually begun. The first letterhead fact speaks for spare parts and repairs. Furthermore, at least for the first time, production was done assembling the pieces produced by others in the ''Umberto Vecchietti'' own house  by his own family; therefore, this is more of a family business than a real  fountain pens factory.