Fully Restored Silver Reed Silverette II Portable Typewriter | Vibrant Electric Blue Casing, Fresh Purple Ribbon & Smooth Typing

📖 Product Overview: Pop Art Styling & Japanese Mechanical Reliability Discover the iconic mid-century aesthetics and ultra-slim portability of the Silver Reed Silverette II, presented here in a striking, vibrant electric blue frame paired with contrasting dark keycaps. Manufactured in Japan, Silver Reed typewriters are globally celebrated by authors, poets, and typing enthusiasts for their lightweight metal construction, precise line alignment, and exceptionally fluid key response.

Meticulously overhauled in our Milton Keynes workshop by Walid & Joujou (featured restoration experts on BBC’s The Repair Shop), this machine has been chemically degreased, segment-flushed, and precision-calibrated to ensure effortless long writing sessions. Pre-installed with a fresh 10-meter purple ink ribbon on correct spools, this eye-catching machine strikes cleanly and is 100% ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Silver Reed Silverette II Portable Typewriter.

 • Manufacturing Origin: Made in Japan (renowned for light touch and reliable alignment).

• Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout featuring crisp black keycaps.

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional & Serviced. Mechanically flawless—keys respond with a smooth, snappy action and zero sticking.

 • Fresh Purple Ribbon Fitted: Pre-installed with a brand-new purple fabric typewriter ribbon, producing vibrant, distinctively styled print on every page.

• Platen & Feed Rollers: Original high-density rubber platen, thoroughly deep-cleaned and conditioned to ensure smooth paper feed and crisp text density.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Clean, highly legible vintage Elite Typeface.

• Font Pitch: 12 Characters Per Inch (Elite Scale)—offering razor-sharp alignment, excellent clarity, and ideal page density for manuscripts, poetry, daily journaling, and correspondence.

🎨 Cosmetic Presentation & Accessories

• Visual Presentation: Very good vintage condition. The bright electric blue enameled frame is exceptionally clean and retains brilliant surface luster, displaying only minor, honest surface marks consistent with authentic historic care.

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

 • Carrying Case/Lid Included: Supplied with its matching snap-on carrying lid for safe storage and effortless travel.

📋 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 vintage 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 Silver Reed Silverette II arrives pre-installed with its fresh purple ribbon, protective lid, 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 typewriter 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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