1971 Hermes 3000 #7084044

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)
Created: 08-19-2026 at 11:44AM
Last Edit: 08-19-2026 at 01:19PM

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Description:

Purchased from from Jan M. Macho in Pasadena, CA. This was the personal typewriter of his father John J. Macho, Sr., an émigré from Czechoslovakia who was in regional sales for Paillard in America and sold millions of Hermes typewriters. 

Jan Macho, Sr.'s grandson Chris Macho eulogized his grandfather on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/p/BVxerIZFvm4/:
> "This is a Hermes 3000. My grandfather, Jan Macho, "Deda" to me, made a living and a small fortune as an exec at Hermes Typewriter Co., and he sold a million of these. I admit, I don't think of him as often as I should, and it takes hints like these in the wild to remind me of him. Fuck me, he was just so legendarily amazing, kind, generous, and plain THE SHIT in how he carried himself (and now I'm tearing up as I write this). I mentioned him and the Hermes thing to the people at this place here and they gave me a beer. So here he is, still hooking me up from the other side. Love you, miss you Deda."

Generally his typewriter is in solid condition aside from some cosmetic issues in the rear body plastic possibly due to heat exposure. It'll need a full C/O/A and some new rubber, but will be resurrected to be a spectacular little portable typewriter for a few more generations.

I was so enamored of the provenance of the typewriter that I  barely managed to get through a preliminary check of the functionality before buying. I completely didn't even notice the Epoca typeface until I got it home. Somehow I've always been the bridesmaid when it comes to Hermes machines, but it seems I've jumped right over the bride title straight to princess.

Typeface Specimen:

Links:

• Hermes 3000 manual
• Chris Macho eulogizes his Grandfather Jan Macho formerly of Hermes sales division
• 1964 NOMDA Blue Book: Hermes Font Styles
• Acquisition: 1971 Hermes 3000 (3rd Generation)
• Obituary for Jan Macho, Sr. of Paillard

Photos:

Close up of the slugs on the left hand side of a 1971 Hermes 3000 featuring a san serif Epoca typeface. The foundry mark on the slugs is "S NO".

Front view of a 1971 Hermes 3000 (3rd Generation) typewriter sitting on a library card catalog.

Oblique angle from above the left side of a green Hermes 3000 typewriter

The serial number appears on the left side of the frame right next to the left ribbon cup.

Hunter: Chris Aldrich (chrisaldrich)

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Hello! I’m a Johns Hopkins trained biomedical and electrical engineer with a variety of interests in the entertainment industry, information theory, evolution, big history, genetics, signal processing, transgenetics, translational medicine, and theoretical mathematics. I’m a strong advocate of the IndieWeb movement.

I have a love for analog office equipment including library card catalogs and typewriters. As of March 2025, I've got a segment of 45 typewriters, mostly portable and manual models along with several Royal standards, a Remington Standard, and one SMC typebar electric. I have been learning how to completely overhaul all of the machines in my collection, all of which work well aside from one or two machines which need some parts. I have a burgeoning collection of typewriter tools for continually repairing, maintaining, and upgrading my machines.

2024 was broadly a year of collecting portables and 2025 seems to be shaping up to be the year of the standards. I'm slowly morphing my TWdB collection photos so that the "hero" photos of the machine facing to the right (with the left side of the typewriter facing front generally with the carriage return in the front) are those that have been generally cleaned /restored while those facing to the left (with the right side of the typewriter facing front with carriage return in the rear) are those that still need cleaning, oiling, adjustment or a major repair. Those facing forward generally need work as well. Certainly some don't fit this pattern, but I hope to fix them all shortly as I get the requisite photos.

I've got more than half a dozen card catalogs including a Gaylord Bros. and a Steelcase along with several Remington Rand and some Shaw-Walkers. I've lost count of my index card collection once I passed 10,000.