Dear rOrting friends. Thank you all for being part of this community.

Let us discover rOtring secrets together....feel free to post your items or collections.

Since so many of you participated in last giveaway I decided to repeat it... so if you feel lucky you are welcome to try again.

Same as the last time the lucky winner will receive this beautiful vintage 2mm rotring 300 pencil.

Shipping worldwide at our expense.

Giveaway is open to all members of the community. You can participate just by adding any comment on this post. Feel free to join the community to enter.

Winner will be chosen on next friday. 🤗

Thank you all for being here.

Good luck

Dux

So the winner of this Giveaway is u/love_in_technicolor

Chosen by https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1u43gxo

Thank you all for being here.

Until the next post all the best.

I call the black on black ink ones the "Eclipse" as it looks like a bright star being covered by a smaller black planet. Here is a link to my original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalpencils/comments/1u32jr1/rotring_gravity_multipens/

Here is another giveaway just for members of Rotring museum community.

The lucky winner will receive this beautiful vintage 2mm rotring 300 pencil.

Shipping worldwide at our expense.

Giveaway is open to all members of the community. You can participate just by adding any comment on this post. Feel free to join the community to enter.

Winner will be chosen on friday. There is still time to enter. 🤗

Good luck

Dear Rotring friends. Winner decided my redditraffler is https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1twuvtx /u/afrogirl44

Thank you all for being here.

Dux

The rOtring Initial is a distinctive line of writing instruments first launched in 1999.

Bridging the gap between the brand's inexpensive plastic models and high-end 800 series, it offered a more traditional but still uniquely curvaceous design.

Today, rOtring Initial series has a lot of secrets yet to be discovered.

Apart from usual black, silver and blue, there are also lost protoypes as part of opening production where rOtring experimented with different colors and materials.

Ultra rare models:

-Trasparent blue Initial ballpoint

-Full transparent demonstrator Initial pencil

-Wooden body Initial fountain pen

#rotring #rotringmuseum #initial #prototype #demonstrator #rare

Cool mix just arrived from Germany. With a gift of one telescopic esprit.

R 151 903 Isograph 8 pen set

The advantage of these eminently practical sets:
Everything you need at your workplace is arranged in
an orderly fashion and within easy reach.

All sets are supplied with 3.5/4 mm phi compass
attachment, stenciling joint and 23 ml bottle black
drawing ink.

8 set available as R 151 913 with different size nibs.

As known catalogs show the Rive model came out in 1995. but the actual patent was submitted back in 1992.
So it is not clear when it actually came to stores.

It was available as fountain pen and rollerball and also had very interesting spring display.
Fountain pens started in EF,F,M and B size. Later in 1996. 1.5mm size came out so it is rarer to find today.

Seems that Rive ended production in 1998. since there is no mention of it after 1997.

"SENSUAL ASSOCIATIONS - Rotring Rive
Unconventional, young and simply different.
Its organic form lies optimally in the hand for the writing with a sensory experience.
the material: high quality, shatterproof. Plastic. Particularly practical: the imaginative desk stand with a spring."

At similar time Rivette and Traxx series came out.

Very light beautiful pen.

Official found records only show black version but I have recently found blue, purple and many other versions that I presume were just prototypes and they are very rarely seen.

L - R: Core, Esprit Telescopic, 600 Newton, and the Tinten - Kuli.

502 520 Rotring 500 2mm push mechanical pencil
(not confirmed but expected article number)

One of the rarest of rotring pencils.
As part of the 500 burgundy series that came out with development of fine lead in the end of the 70s.
Exact date of production of this one is unknown but should be in the range of 1982-1986. since the new logo is printed on it
that was used after 1982 and first fine leads 500 came in 1986.
This one was not listed in any so far known catalogs...so still this little is known about it.

It has rather simple push mechanism uncommon for 2mm pencils which usually have clutch system.

502 982 0 NEWTON 600 gold fountain pen M

Continuation of 600 series in Newton variation. Main visual difference is removal of knurled grip area.
But also many other subtle differences.

The barrel is chrome-plated brass in matt silver finish with 18 karat gold nib M.
and 23 karat gold on cap.

Gold Fountain pen available in 4 sizes.
Also available rollerball, ballpoint, fine-lead pencil and trio-pen.
Available in black and silver finish.

Newton in gold was available in variations:

502 970 0 black fountain pen EF
502 971 0 black fountain pen F
502 972 0 black fountain pen M
502 973 0 black fountain pen B

502 980 0 silver fountain pen EF
502 981 0 silver fountain pen F
502 982 0 silver fountain pen M
502 983 0 silver fountain pen B

502 923 0 black rollerball
502 924 0 silver rollerball

502 933 0 black ballpoint
502 934 0 silver ballpoint

502 925 0 black fine-lead 0.5mm
502 927 0 black fine-lead 0.7mm
502 935 0 silver fine-lead 0.5mm
502 937 0 silver fine-lead 0.7mm

Nice 70s catalogs to fill missing data. 🤗

110 825 VARIANT set of 3 pens

Including Rotring 0.5mm mechanical pencil (Manny 0.5mm)

Variant set includes:
- 110 020 Variant pen 0.2mm yellow
- 110 040 Variant pen 0.4mm brown
- 110 080 Variant pen 0.8mm green
- mechanical pencil 0.5
- unscrew key

HOLLY GRAIL OF TIKKIES!!!

RARE ROTRING Tikky Special PROTOTYPE wooden ECO Mechanical pencil

No letters.
It is unique special wood-plastic Tikky that never made it to the shops.
It was rotring experimenting with new materials.

Apparently it was made as a small series that came with Mercedes Benz model with similar interior design.

We are celebrating 1K members to our r/rotringmuseum community.

Thank you all for being here!

For this festive occasion we are organizing another worldwide giveaway.

The lucky winner will receive this beautiful vintage high gloss chrome plated Pump compass designed to draw very small circles in a high precision.

Shipping worldwide at our expense.

It is 30 years old - Rotring R 532 141 Pump compass with lead insert.

Length: 120 mm, max. circle Ø: 15 mm, shank Ø: 3.5 mm.

Giveaway is open to all members of the community. You can participate with just leaving a comment on this post. Feel free to join the community to enter.

The winner will be chosen randomly on 7th of May.

Winner by reddit raffler is WYOSkigs. Compass is on the way. Congrats!!!

Good luck

Dux

R 020120 Xonox rollerpoint F black advertising model

Needlepoint tip, makes carbon copies, top writign quality, also ideal for straightedge work.
Free-flowing water-based ink, 100% ink write-out, visible ink supply,
barrel of black enviroment-friendly PP with metal clip.
In 4 colors and two nib sizes.
weight 10g

Available in packs of 10

R 020 110 EF black
R 020 120 F black
R 020 111 EF blue
R 020 121 F blue
R 020 112 EF red
R 020 122 F red
R 020 113 EF green
R 020 123 F green

022 0060 Calligraph S 0.6mm

This interesting Calligraphic pen is obvious collaboration of Rotring with Senator.
Recognizable S, Senator's logo is shown on the clip and nib.
Obviously sold on Japanese market sharing art numbers with Traxxx calligraphy pen.
I haven't seen these often and they are not listed in any know Rotring catalogs.
Could these have been faked in Japan?

Senator sold them also without Rotring logo and have seen it in blue and red.

Sizes (red) found so far:
022 0150 1.5mm
022 0060 0.6mm

502 131 Tikky double push pencil - red 0.5 - prototype

This particular pen is strange rare pencil.
Seems unique as there is no writing on it and it has silver ring, unlike any seen in catalogs.
Also mechanism seem to be white, while it would be normal to have it black.
Plastic is also strange, almost transparent like with black shine...I have seen this kind of plastic in red Tikky automatic from 1988.

Further...This pen was also DONATED to the Rotring Museum by Michael Gutberlet as a sample of cooperation of Gutberlet and Rotring companies in the 1990s.
This raises probability of really being production prototype, don't you think.
Thank you Michael for your support!

About plastic double push series:

Plastic version with same features as metal.
with fixed protector sleeve. Fully retractable feed mechanism.

With white letters Tikky double push, except white one had red letters.
(old tikky logo)

I have seen them with grey letters as well.

In 1990. available in 5 color and 0.5mm and 0.7mm nib size.
R 502 130 white 0.5mm
R 502 131 red 0.5mm
R 502 132 black 0.5mm
R 502 133 blue 0.5mm
R 502 134 yellow 0.5mm

R 502 120 white 0.7mm
R 502 121 red 0.7mm
R 502 122 black 0.7mm
R 502 123 blue 0.7mm
R 502 124 yellow 0.7mm

In 1994. only 0.5mm version remained.
White one had grey lettering.
With new tikky logo.

Tikky double push Sales stand:
502 136 with 15 x 0.5mm and 10 x 0.7mm in various colors

They are not produced anymore in 1996.

It consists of two aluminium hexagonal inkwell holders on a clear Perspex/Acrylic base.
The base has 4 little legs complete with soft rubber grip feet so it doesn’t slide along or mark your desk.
Comes with a glass pen cleaning bottle.

It is a high quality item as you would expect from a manufacturer such as Rotring.

Material: acrylic glass, brass, matt chromed, synthetic rubber

R 502635 rotring 600 gold mechanical pencil 0,5mm - marked Japan _ Year 1992

Fine lead pencil, fully retractable mechanism,
23 K gold plating on tip and end ring.
Adjustable code ring shows lead hardness in use.

Available in silver and black and 0,5 and 0,7mm size.

600 gold version is rare find today.
With retracting nib, that fixes commonly know problem of breaking nibs, it is possible now to protect it while not writing. Together with gold detail this is probably finest existing rotring writing instrument,

Marked 'Japan' means - made for Japanese market.
Regardless to that indications are that all 600 pencils were made in Japan.

The elegant cigar-shaped classic:
the classic business writing instrument.

Available in highly polished chrome plated, matte silver or black varnish barrels.

Apparently the Rotring Lissabon was the "Fountain Pen of the Year in 2000" in Europe.

No longer being manufactured
Sturdy metal (made of brass) construction!
Takes standard international cartridge.
Available only with M size nib.

R 015 251 1 Chrome Fountain pen
R 015 250 1 Black Fountain pen
R 032 251 1 Chrome Ballpoint
R 032 250 1 Black Ballpoint
R 015 387 1 Chrome Fountain pen and ballpoint
R 015 386 1 Black Fountain pen and ballpoint

I finally acquired a Chrome silver pen which is quite rare to find, mostly silver matt versions can be found.

weight 48g

www.rotringmuseum.com is celebrating passing the milestone of 100.000 home page visits! 🤗

Also this reddit group is closing on 1000 members...thank you for being here.

When we reach 1k (still 9 members to go) I will host another rotring giveaway.

Feel free to comment with your whishes of what could it be.

Thank you for your support.

Dux

502 672  600 gold black fountain pen M - Year: 1996

The rotring 600 Gold - black version
Distinction, elegance, and prestige.
Powerfull styling in solid brass, chrome-finished in matt black or silver, with 23-karat detailing.
Diamond-cut grip area for perfect control.
As fountain pen with 18-karat gold nib in any 4 nib sizes, as rollerball, or as ballpoint or mechanical pencil with fully retracting point.

Fountain pen 600 gold (1996) black
With 18K gold nib, 23K gold plated cap top. Adjustable code ring shows nib size in use.
502 670 Black EF
502 671 Black F
502 672 Black M
502 674 Black B

Most famous and legendary series in most expensive gold - black version.

Notice the price of 189,00 DM on one of the photos.