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1970 Hermes 3000 Serial # 7062133 1970 Hermes 3000 typewriter, Serial # 7062133 Jerry Himes's 1970 Hermes 3000 typewriter. 2024-10-02 From the Virtual Typewriter Collection of Jerry Himes: 1970 Hermes 3000 Serial # 7062133 Edit: I ran into another similar wide-carriage Hermes, and I can now say that for some reason this French-made machine had an abnormally heavy touch. The touch of the other, Hungarian-made machine is much lighter, and now I understand why people like typing with the Hermes 3000 so much.

A very early 3rd generation Hermes 3000, with a wide carriage, the old Finnish Standard keyboard layout, and a rather cute and somewhat rare sans serif typeface called Epoca. The sticker at the back does not tell where it was built, but I am assuming France. No carrying case, but came with a Hermes branded dust cover. In good working order, except for the right side carriage button, which is currently out of place, and thus inoperable. A small piece of the carriage's right side panel is missing as well, so I guess that at some point the machine suffered a hard blow to the right side of the carriage, breaking a part of the side panel and knocking the carriage button out of its socket in the process.

Sold in July 2024.

1970 Hermes 3000 #7062133

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Hunter: Jerry Himes (JJH)
Created: 05-06-2024 at 11:24PM
Last Edit: 10-02-2024 at 06:55PM

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Edit: I ran into another similar wide-carriage Hermes, and I can now say that for some reason this French-made machine had an abnormally heavy touch. The touch of the other, Hungarian-made machine is much lighter, and now I understand why people like typing with the Hermes 3000 so much.

A very early 3rd generation Hermes 3000, with a wide carriage, the old Finnish Standard keyboard layout, and a rather cute and somewhat rare sans serif typeface called Epoca. The sticker at the back does not tell where it was built, but I am assuming France. No carrying case, but came with a Hermes branded dust cover. In good working order, except for the right side carriage button, which is currently out of place, and thus inoperable. A small piece of the carriage's right side panel is missing as well, so I guess that at some point the machine suffered a hard blow to the right side of the carriage, breaking a part of the side panel and knocking the carriage button out of its socket in the process.

Sold in July 2024.

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I have been looking for ways to spend less time on electronic devices, and because of this I started doing my writing and translation work with pens and pencils, and now on typewriters as well. I have noticed that adding typewriters to the process has been beneficial to the quality of the text, plus it's just more fun this way.

I have started selling and giving away some of my machines now that I have figured out which ones I want to keep. Some people have asked me for working typewriters, so I have been on the lookout for machines purely for that purpose as well. As fun and instructive as it has been, soon it is time to finish this collecting and tinkering and move back to my original intention: writing. I hope.

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