Typecast: 1962 Swissa Junior
Posted: January 1, 2019 | Author: Martyn V. Halm | Filed under: review, Typecast, Typewriters, Writing | Tags: Dutch, Hermes, jammed typebars, Olivetti, portable, Swissa, Switzerland, typewriter, untangle key |8 CommentsShare this:
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Yes that is a Sweet logo. Great find!
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I was initially confused when it was called an Olivetti Swissa. It has nothing to do with Olivetti whatsoever.
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yeah, what photo Facebook picks as the thumbnail can be bizarre. finally got my blog to work right in that respect, but TWDB itself seems to get a repair manual pic used instead of the machine thumbnail, despite meta tags specifying the right image, and the fact that the repair manual image is neither first nor last in page position. *sigh*..
Anyway, nice pickup – I’ve got one of these that was sent to me by a fellow typospherian in Switzerland. Amazing machine (:
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I have a few portables, but none of them was as agreeable to being lugged around like this Swissa. My S&N Erika machines are too delicate and the rest is either too big, too heavy or the cases aren’t up to being used frequently. And the Olympia Splendid33 and the Tippas I have just feel flimsy compared to the Swissa. Great typer in a little package…
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“Anyway, nice pickup – I’ve got one of these that was sent to me by a fellow typospherian in Switzerland. Amazing machine (:”
Isn’t it the one from Retro Tech Geneva? He also posted the instruction manual, so I found out that the mystery key on the right side is an untangle key for jammed typebars.
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I have a Swissa too, and like it. They are rare with US keyboards. The Patria family includes “clones” made in France (Japy), Germany (Voss Privat), England (Oliver), and Spain (Patria, Amaya, etc.).
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Yes, I think I was lucky finding one with a QWERTY keyboard, but apparently they were not that rare in the Netherlands, because the ij key shows that it was clearly made for a Dutch owner and it has a Dutch dealer sticker on the back.
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[…] If you want to know more about the Swissa Junior (and some of my other typewriters), you can find my blog article here. […]
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