Does Anyone Have Any Information On A Parker 45 Wilson Coronet?

[Chrissy]

I saw an eBay listing for a Parker 45 Wilson Coronet that ended so looked on the usual Parker sites to see if I could find any information on it, but there's no mention of it.

 

Is it a specially adapted pen of some sort?

[hari317]

Most probably it was a Wilson made in India. They used to make pens copied from Parker.

[Chrissy]

Most probably it was a Wilson made in India. They used to make pens copied from Parker.

 

Oh thank you Hari. I hadn't considered the fact that it might be a copy. Doh!

[joss]

Wilson is (was?) a company based in India that copied the style of several Parker models, including the 45 and 51. So these pens are not genuine Parker, they are Parker clones.

[hari317]

Was.

 

They also made a copy of the Targa with a proper inlaid nib, not an easy task.

 

However their pens never had Parker or Sheaffer on them and were always clearly marked Wilson, FWIW.