Fully Restored Olympia SM4 De Luxe Portable Typewriter | Olive Green Finish, Crisp Elite Font & Brand-New Platen

📖 Product Overview: West German Engineering & Proven Mechanical Performance Experience the legendary typing feel and sheer mechanical endurance of the Olympia SM4 De Luxe, engineered in Western Germany during the golden era of precision mid-century manufacturing. Celebrated globally by novelists, poets, and typing enthusiasts for its heavy-duty build quality, responsive carriage return, and snappy key feedback, the SM4 remains one of the finest portable writing machines ever produced.

Finished in its iconic textured olive green frame with matching green spacebar trim, this specific machine has been overhauled in our workshop by Walid & Joujou (featured restoration experts on BBC’s The Repair Shop). It has undergone a full mechanical service—including chemical degreasing, segment flushing, and full calibration. Equipped with a brand-new vulcanized rubber platen roller for cushioned, quiet typing acoustics, this machine strikes with sharp clarity and is ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Olympia SM4 De Luxe.

• Manufacturing Origin: Made in Western Germany (famed for peerless mechanical precision).

• Finish Aesthetics: Classic textured olive green casing with polished chrome trim and dark green accent spacebar.

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout featuring crisp keycaps.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Segment deep-flushed, degreased, and precision-aligned to eliminate sticking keys. (Note on inner mechanism: Flushed and degreased thoroughly, showing minor age-related cosmetic marks on the internal metal linkages that do not impact function).

• Brand-New Platen Roller Fitted (£150 Value): Upgraded with a fresh vulcanized rubber platen for superior key cushioning, reduced noise, and razor-sharp print definition.

• Ribbon System: Pre-installed with a fresh Group 1 (GR1) two-colour fabric typewriter ribbon.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Crisp, highly legible Elite Typeface.

• Font Pitch: Standard Elite sizing, 11 CPI or 11 pts per inch, producing clear, razor-sharp character impressions across manuscripts, daily journaling, letters, and creative writing. 

🎨 Cosmetic Presentation & Case Condition

 • Visual Presentation: Authentic vintage character. The main olive green outer frame shows honest age and usage marks, with light paint wear along some of the edges. All exterior surfaces have been thoroughly cleaned while preserving their original historic patina. 

 • Keytop Condition: Every individual keycap and control key has been hand-cleaned, sanitized, and polished. Space bar surface is dented due to usage, please inspect top photo. not clear but mentioned for transparency and it is usually a sign of being well used and typed on before. 

• Original Carrying Case Included: Includes its authentic original carrying case. The case is structurally sound and functional, displaying age-related storage and usage marks on both the interior lining and exterior shell (please inspect all high-resolution photos for full visual detail).

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

🛡️ Peace of Mind & Workshop Mechanical Guarantee ✅ 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee | ✅ 14-Day Returns | ✅ Lifetime Aftercare | ✅ Featured on BBC's The Repair Shop

Every typewriter leaving our workshop represents the highest standard of vintage mechanical conservation. To ensure complete confidence in your investment, your typewriter is backed by our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, segment linkages, and moving parts. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full traceability and long-term support. Please read our dedicated workshop guarantee page on our website for complete details and peace of mind.

🌍 Global Shipping, Timelines & Tariff Information • 🇺🇸 United States & 🇬🇧 United Kingdom Shipping (100% Free & All-Inclusive): Standard local & international shipping to the US and UK is completely free and included in the listed price. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop. There are absolutely zero hidden checkout fees, surprise border holds, or cash-on-delivery demands at your door. • 🌐 International Shipping (Europe, Australia, Canada & Rest of World): We dispatch all website orders in less than 24 hours via fully tracked premium air courier directly to your door in 3 to 7 working days (with express delivery options available at checkout). • Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To protect this West German classic during international transit, we mechanically lock down the carriage rail, insulate the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the entire unit within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support • Unbox & Start Writing: Your Olympia SM4 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ribbon, carrying case, and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately. • Video Learning Academy: Your package includes a direct link to our dedicated YouTube video tutorial, teaching you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and change ink ribbons on your specific Olympia model. • Lifetime Technical Partnership: Every typewriter we sell comes with lifetime technical support. You receive direct email and video-call troubleshooting access to Walid and Joujou, the celebrated restoration experts from BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

🎬 We prepared a video on how to use this Typewriter on YouTube.

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