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Creata pagina con 'OMAS was founded in 1925 in Bologna by ''Armando Simoni''. In 1919 Simoni, just married, opened a shop in Via S. Vitale where hi produced film reels and mechanisms for [[s...'
[[OMAS]] was founded in 1925 in Bologna by ''Armando Simoni''. In 1919 Simoni, just married, opened a shop in Via S. Vitale where hi 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, 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.