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1959 Optima Elite 3 Serial # 1070182 1959 Optima Elite 3 typewriter, Serial # 1070182 Uwe Wachtendorf's 1959 Optima Elite 3 typewriter. 2015-01-25 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Uwe Wachtendorf: 1959 Optima Elite 3 Serial # 1070182 Classic Optima. And they came in such nice colours too. A collector friend of mine recently bought one that had a ivory paint scheme and I was astonished by how sophisticated the machine looked.

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1959 Optima Elite 3 #1070182

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Uwe Wachtendorf (Uwe)
Created: 07-10-2014 at 01:26PM
Last Edit: 01-25-2015 at 05:17PM


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Classic Optima. And they came in such nice colours too. A collector friend of mine recently bought one that had a ivory paint scheme and I was astonished by how sophisticated the machine looked.

EDIT: Added missing images.

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Hunter: Uwe Wachtendorf (Uwe)

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Typewriter collector based in Toronto who prefers mid-century models.



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