Ferrari da Varese Bugatti Type A Limited Edition Rollerball, 2010

Bugatti Type A, designed by Luigi Trenti, is an evocative limited edition which recalls the classical lines of the Bugatti style, its never ending sinuous lines. A project which has lasted two years, from the visualization of the model to the definition of the production's details, to the technical solutions, to the extreme engineering of the shapes. The link to the Veyron is only partially direct: the parallel runs along these ideal directives of style, but Bugatti Type A wants to stand out as an independent design, as an eternal recall of the classical Bugatti imprint.

The cap is curved following the classical radius which is manifest or hidden in many details of the Bugatti eternal style, while the clip, set in a game of playing surfaces, redesigns the car's handle. A calibrated and oval ruby stone on the back of the cap becomes the sealing-wax of the Bugatti Ferrari da Varese pen.

The main material used is aluminum, a technical metal which gives us lightness and durability; the selected alloy is perfectly chosen as to enable the smoothest work on the CNC machines. All parts are then treated before being plated: most of them are hand brushed while the others are hand polished to create that slight elegant contrast of different light reflections. The plating technique is a very advanced one, involving four different materials and creating four subsequent layers: first nickel, and then three precious metals being sterling silver, palladium and platinum. This way we ensure perfect durability and avoid oxidation.

The sapphire glasses are milled with the same caution and precision used in high-end watch-making in order to obtain a calibrated and invariable housing, and they are tested against temperature variations which could modify their assets.

To ensure the perfect closure of the cap, and a precise line-up of the different parts, an unusual and advanced bayonet system has been created, made possible by using a stainless steel micro-sphere, which is inserted in the cap within an elastic ring system which allows its breathing while the ball runs along the mill-made groove on the steel nib grip up to the point where it secures the cap with a soft click.

Absolute precision is guaranteed by the use of multi axes machines to shape the smallest details of this complicated though smooth pen. A second bayonet closure with a micro-sphere, again innovative in the high end writing instruments world.