Fully Restored Olympia SF Ultra-Portable Typewriter | Uncommon Blue-Green / Grey Frame & Bold 10 CPI Pica Typeface

📖 Product Overview: West German Precision in a Rare Mid-Century Finish

Discover the iconic engineering and feather-light portability of the Olympia SF ultra-portable typewriter, presented in an uncommon and striking mint blue-green frame with dark charcoal grey side panels. Manufactured in Western Germany during the pinnacle of European mechanical craft, Olympia SF models are universally celebrated by authors, poets, and traveling collectors for their ultra-slender profile, heavy-duty metal chassis, and exceptionally smooth key leverage.

This specific machine is an outstanding example featuring a bold 10 CPI Pica typeface and an original, remarkably well-preserved rubber platen roller that continues to grip paper firmly and cushion key strikes with incredible precision. Overhauled across 8 to 10 hours at our specialized UK workshop, this unit has been completely dismantled, chemically flushed, segment-aligned, and calibrated. It is 100% functional, fully serviced, and ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Olympia SF (De Luxe Ultra-Portable).

• Origin: Precision-engineered in Western Germany (celebrated worldwide for unmatched mechanical durability).

• Finish & Colour: Uncommon Mint Blue-Green Frame with dark charcoal grey side panels and cream keycaps.

• Platen Roller Condition: Original factory rubber platen roller preserved in excellent, supple condition—providing superb paper feed friction, quiet keystrokes, and crisp text impressions across every sheet. Happy to add a new platen if requested for £150 or $200 extra.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Deep-cleaned, chemically degreased, segment-aligned, and precision-calibrated for smooth, snappy, and fluid key response.

• Ribbon System: Equipped with a standard two-colour ribbon selector (Black/Red); pre-installed with a fresh 10-meter fabric typewriter ribbon on spools.

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Classic, highly legible Pica Typeface.

• Font Pitch: 10 Characters Per Inch (10 CPI / Pica Scale)—producing bold, open, and traditional typewriter text. Perfect for novels, manuscripts, poetry, screenplay drafts, and framed artwork prints.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Included Accessories

• Cosmetic Presentation: Excellent vintage condition overall. The uncommon blue-green body shell and grey side panels are clean, bright, and polished, displaying only minor, authentic signs of historic handling consistent with gentle care.

• Keytop Condition: Every keycap has been individually hand-cleaned, sanitized, and polished.

• Original Protective Case: Includes its authentic original carrying case offering robust, lightweight protection for travel and storage. ( will add pictures later ) 

📋 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 prompt EU dispatch and express delivery options available at checkout).

• Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To guarantee your machine survives international air transit, we mechanically lock the carriage, wrap the frame in multi-layered shock-absorbing cushioning, and suspend the typewriter within a heavy-duty, double-walled outer shipping carton.

🤝 The "Ready-to-Write" Package & Lifetime Support

• Unbox & Start Writing: Your Olympia SF arrives pre-installed with its fresh ink ribbon, original 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 typewriter.

• 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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