197X Antares Compact 16 #N/A
Status: My Collection
Hunter: Elisa Makoon-Singh (escribiramaquina)
Created: 08-13-2025 at 02:17AM
Last Edit: 08-13-2025 at 06:21AM
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Description:
Serial number not found. It might have been on the faded peeling sticker on the bottom of the typewriter.
I found this little gem in Cádiz, Spain.
I don't know much about it, but I am told this is not a widely distributed model, which makes sense as I am logging the first of its kind into TWDB.
It has features that remind me of Olivetti (the swoop in the right carriage release button) and also Underwood-Olivetti (the ribbon color selector switch looks like the one on my Underwood 18).
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Hunter: Elisa Makoon-Singh (escribiramaquina)
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Status: Typewriter Hunter
Points: 514
I love to write and found that writing on a typewriter is the most enjoyable and distraction-free way of doing it. I started with an Alphasmart, then moved to a Royalite, then to an Olympia SM5. The Olympia kept me fully satisfied for a good seven years until I got the bit by the collecting bug. Now I am slowly amassing my own personal typewriter museum. Typewriters are like personal printing presses. My partner is an engineer who can fix and clean any typewriter, so we make a great team.
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