1978 Olympia Report deLuxe #46-0272293

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Hunter: James Grooms (jgrooms)
Created: 10-14-2025 at 03:57PM
Last Edit: 10-14-2025 at 05:57PM

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I am on a quixotic quest to figure out these Olympia models. Here you go. First, there was the SKE, Report and Report de Luxe. These were built by Olympia and are miniature versions of the SGE-35/45s. They are much more robust, complex, and feature-rich than the later Nakajima models that exterior-wise are very similar in appearance.

On the main page, I think that where it is currently "Report (Electric)", it would clarify much if it were "SKE, Report and Report de Luxe (Electric compact)". These are all used interchangeably in ads. The early all white body ones are Reports. I think all of them have the SKE label on the back or the electrical port. The SN sequence for the 46 machines looks correct, but the actual machines have a zero as in 46-0xxxxxx. So this 272293 seems to fit in 78.

Also on the main page, the "SKM (Electric Compact)". This is definitely a manual machine.

By the ads-
71-74 is the white bodied SKE Report Electric
75-76 the black top SKE Report de Luxe and by early 77 the ads stop for SKE.
78 it is the Report de luxe (aka SKE) and to avoid confusion (ha!), the Nakajima is simply the Report Electric. And the budget manual return model is the SEP (Silver Seiko).

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• main page

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71 ad for the new SKE.

75 ad for the SKE with a Report De Luxe on the cover. SEP? Is this a Silver Seiko make Olympiette in 75?

ca 77 the SKE is dropped and they call it the Report Deluxe. Price and features in the ad indicate this is still the SKE. The SEP is a Nakajima.

This from 1978 shows the transition to all Nakajima. The Deluxe is an SKE on closeout. The Report with correction. Note the price difference.

Dec 78 and the Report Deluxe aka SKE is winding down.

From 1975. The Silver Seiko era began much early that I thought.

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