Question about date codes for recent PARKER products.

[Number99]

Hello.

 

I recently read a topic about Jotter ballpoint pens. At that time I checked the date code of my Jotter.

However I noticed that two French jotter ballpoint pens I purchased last year, one from Japan and one from the UK, do not have a date code.

 

I contacted the PARKER pen company about it through their website and today I received a response from the Writing Instruments Division of Newell Brands Japan, LLC.

 

Excerpts from the reply:

Answer: Some of our Parker products (including the Jotter product you inquired about) have the date code engraved and some do not.ー

 

When did this start?

At the same time, we have re-asked PARKER about this, but they have omitted to explain it this time, so we may not get a reply.

 

Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

 

Addition.

Before questioning the PARKER pen company, I asked the Tokyo stationery store Ito-Ya where I purchased the pen.

The clerk checked several ballpoint pens and the PARKER ballpoint pen she got did not have a date code. (With the exception of one Sonnet ballpoint pen)

Edited November 30, 2022 by Number99
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[Number99]

I received a reply from Newell Brands Japan, LLC.

 

In response to my question as to when they started producing pens without date codes, such as the Jotter I purchased from Ito-Ya last year, they replied that they could not give me any details because this is treated as non disclosure information.