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1933 Olympia Simplex Serial # 27872 1933 Olympia Simplex typewriter, Serial # 27872 Paolo Dal Chiele's 1933 Olympia Simplex typewriter. 2020-04-09 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Paolo Dal Chiele: 1933 Olympia Simplex Serial # 27872 According to the Database, the Elite and Simplex models were introduced at the end of 1933. Considering that in 1933 the Olympias produced had serial numbers between 18401 and 33221, this Simplex with serial number 27872 should be one of the first produced. The typewriter was in pretty good conditions, and I decided to take it apart for the mere curiosity to investigate the details of the early mechanics of portable Olympias, whose design was continued and constantly refined and improved until the SM7, and even beyond...
It is not surprising that this design was so successful: the mechanics is simple and function-oriented, without useless complications and concessions to the market trends to capture the attention of the customers.
Even if the marginator is missing - a feature that was specific of the top of the range model, the Elite - for the rest it has everything was needed to be a very serious and solid office machine, including the specific feature for Simplex model of the margin release button on the left side of the front panel. I like very much the mechanism of reversing the ribbon directions, with the two pins which are engage alternatively the spools to the central shafts permanently in motion. The machine has a QWERTZ international keyboard, and was sold in Switzerland, as confirmed by the dealer badge.

1933 Olympia Simplex #27872

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Hunter: Paolo Dal Chiele (pdcox)
Created: 04-09-2020 at 07:49AM
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According to the Database, the Elite and Simplex models were introduced at the end of 1933. Considering that in 1933 the Olympias produced had serial numbers between 18401 and 33221, this Simplex with serial number 27872 should be one of the first produced. The typewriter was in pretty good conditions, and I decided to take it apart for the mere curiosity to investigate the details of the early mechanics of portable Olympias, whose design was continued and constantly refined and improved until the SM7, and even beyond...
It is not surprising that this design was so successful: the mechanics is simple and function-oriented, without useless complications and concessions to the market trends to capture the attention of the customers.
Even if the marginator is missing - a feature that was specific of the top of the range model, the Elite - for the rest it has everything was needed to be a very serious and solid office machine, including the specific feature for Simplex model of the margin release button on the left side of the front panel. I like very much the mechanism of reversing the ribbon directions, with the two pins which are engage alternatively the spools to the central shafts permanently in motion. The machine has a QWERTZ international keyboard, and was sold in Switzerland, as confirmed by the dealer badge.

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The serial number inside the carriage is different from the serial number of the machine.
The serial number inside the carriage is different from the serial number of the machine.






















As usual with Olympias, there is the signature inside the typebars, may be of the responsible for the production or of the employee who assembled the machine, who knows?.
As usual with Olympias, there is the signature inside the typebars, may be of the responsible for the production or of the employee who assembled the machine, who knows?.


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Interested in historic motoring and vintage cars, I received a typewriter as a bonus when I bought and old off-road car. The previous owner had found somewhere a typewriter produced for the German army and when he sold me the car he gave me the typewriter too. As I learned later, it was a1961 Olympia SM7 Robust..
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