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At Wheelers Luxury Gifts, we have a number of beautiful writing instruments that are available in both ballpoint and fountain pen configurations. Each Visconti pen is beautifully crafted with the highest quality materials and professional finish.

History of Visconti

Visconti began in Florence Italy on October 20th 1988 and was founded when two friends, Luigi Poli and Dante del Vecchio, decided to turn a common passion into a business. At the time, writing instruments were moving into bigger cities and becoming an art form. Visconti focussed on promoting the Italian ideals of 'design, creativity, craftmanship and innovation, quality and luxury'.

The companies first collection they launched was named 'classic pens'. These pens were made from celluoid, a noble material that soon became used for several of the Visconti collections in the following years. In 1989, the company developed 'Urushi', the first limited edition collection of only 100 pieces. It was made from ebonite and decorated with the complex Japanese Urushi lacquer technique.

The 1990's brought great success for the company as the D'Essai collections were launched in 1990- a line of beautifully crafted 60-year old celluloid bars with a vintage flair. Following that was the Ragtime in 1991, whose original glass nib revived an old feature dating back to World War II, when pen parts were made of glass to save gold.

In 1993, the High Vacuum Power Filler System was produced, shortly followed by the travel inkwell in 1997, and later the Double Reservoir Power Filing System in 1998. This made refilling simpler and tidy when travelling, with two reservoirs designed to prevent leakage.

The new millennium saw Visconti launch their iconic bridge shaped clip making reference to the ancient Ponte Vecchino, the symbol of Florence. A popular tourist attraction, visited by millions every year, the bridge links industry between two banks of a famous river. Similarly, the brand’s signature palladium-plated clip was designed to represent a meeting point between two millennia of history, past and present, tradition and innovation.

Between 2004 and 2005, the Opera and the Wall Street collections revealed the idea of squaring the circle to achieve perfect ergonomics, created by a square stem enclosed within a circle, topping off the instrument’s cap.

Visconti’s patented bayonet locking system was a key innovation alongside the Divina Proporzione pen, launched in 2006. As an official sponsor of the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, during the world premiere of The Da Vinci Code, Visconti showed international collectors a writing instrument inspired by archaic symbolic references, designed according to the golden ratio and enhanced by an exoteric 5-sided spiral shape with silver detailing. In 2010 Visconti created Homo Sapiens, its second iconic pen,  made unique by an innovative finish using Etna volcanic lava powder, with a fascinating texture and an unprecedented feel.

In 2013, the Visconti family moved into the watchmaking industry. Throughout the years Visconti has remained synonymous with elegant products. Often combining their expertise with other members of the writing industry such as Pininfarina, Girard-Perregaux, Ulysse Nardin, Pelikan, and Stefano Ricci, among others.

Our Visconti Personalisation Services

Our in house engravers will be able to personalise your Visconti item onsite using our state of the art equipment. An inscribed gift, really shows someone how much they mean to you, so whether you chose to engrave the pen cap or the clip of the pen of a writing instrument, it can be done by our team. Our engravers can usually engrave your item within 24 hrs and send it to you with our UK next working day delivery if ordered before 3pm.

Corporate Visconti Gifts

Whether it's for retirements, graduation, long term service or corporate awards, Visconti products are perfect corporate gifts. There's no better way to say thank you than a bespoke engraving. We can engrave your company's logo on a gold or silver plaque that will be attached to the product's presentation box. 

Complete your Visconti purchase by adding our gift-wrapping service. We offer gift wrapping in either lavender or silver paper. We offer free UK delivery on all orders over £10 and free UK next day delivery on all products over £100.

Contact us at Wheelers

If you're interested in any of our Visconti products, personalisation, corporate gifts or a general query, please call our friendly team and will be able to assist you. Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm.

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At Wheelers Luxury Gifts, we have a number of beautiful writing instruments that are available in both ballpoint and fountain pen configurations. Each Visconti pen is beautifully crafted with the highest quality materials and professional finish.

History of Visconti

Visconti began in Florence Italy on October 20th 1988 and was founded when two friends, Luigi Poli and Dante del Vecchio, decided to turn a common passion into a business. At the time, writing instruments were moving into bigger cities and becoming an art form. Visconti focussed on promoting the Italian ideals of 'design, creativity, craftmanship and innovation, quality and luxury'.

The companies first collection they launched was named 'classic pens'. These pens were made from celluoid, a noble material that soon became used for several of the Visconti collections in the following years. In 1989, the company developed 'Urushi', the first limited edition collection of only 100 pieces. It was made from ebonite and decorated with the complex Japanese Urushi lacquer technique.

The 1990's brought great success for the company as the D'Essai collections were launched in 1990- a line of beautifully crafted 60-year old celluloid bars with a vintage flair. Following that was the Ragtime in 1991, whose original glass nib revived an old feature dating back to World War II, when pen parts were made of glass to save gold.

In 1993, the High Vacuum Power Filler System was produced, shortly followed by the travel inkwell in 1997, and later the Double Reservoir Power Filing System in 1998. This made refilling simpler and tidy when travelling, with two reservoirs designed to prevent leakage.

The new millennium saw Visconti launch their iconic bridge shaped clip making reference to the ancient Ponte Vecchino, the symbol of Florence. A popular tourist attraction, visited by millions every year, the bridge links industry between two banks of a famous river. Similarly, the brand’s signature palladium-plated clip was designed to represent a meeting point between two millennia of history, past and present, tradition and innovation.

Between 2004 and 2005, the Opera and the Wall Street collections revealed the idea of squaring the circle to achieve perfect ergonomics, created by a square stem enclosed within a circle, topping off the instrument’s cap.

Visconti’s patented bayonet locking system was a key innovation alongside the Divina Proporzione pen, launched in 2006. As an official sponsor of the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival, during the world premiere of The Da Vinci Code, Visconti showed international collectors a writing instrument inspired by archaic symbolic references, designed according to the golden ratio and enhanced by an exoteric 5-sided spiral shape with silver detailing. In 2010 Visconti created Homo Sapiens, its second iconic pen,  made unique by an innovative finish using Etna volcanic lava powder, with a fascinating texture and an unprecedented feel.

In 2013, the Visconti family moved into the watchmaking industry. Throughout the years Visconti has remained synonymous with elegant products. Often combining their expertise with other members of the writing industry such as Pininfarina, Girard-Perregaux, Ulysse Nardin, Pelikan, and Stefano Ricci, among others.

Our Visconti Personalisation Services

Our in house engravers will be able to personalise your Visconti item onsite using our state of the art equipment. An inscribed gift, really shows someone how much they mean to you, so whether you chose to engrave the pen cap or the clip of the pen of a writing instrument, it can be done by our team. Our engravers can usually engrave your item within 24 hrs and send it to you with our UK next working day delivery if ordered before 3pm.

Corporate Visconti Gifts

Whether it's for retirements, graduation, long term service or corporate awards, Visconti products are perfect corporate gifts. There's no better way to say thank you than a bespoke engraving. We can engrave your company's logo on a gold or silver plaque that will be attached to the product's presentation box. 

Complete your Visconti purchase by adding our gift-wrapping service. We offer gift wrapping in either lavender or silver paper. We offer free UK delivery on all orders over £10 and free UK next day delivery on all products over £100.

Contact us at Wheelers

If you're interested in any of our Visconti products, personalisation, corporate gifts or a general query, please call our friendly team and will be able to assist you. Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.30pm.