Fully Restored Hermes 3000 Typewriter | Ultra-Rare English All-Caps & Japanese Katakana Keyboard (New Platen Fitted)

📖 Product Overview: Swiss Engineering Meets Rare Bilingual Typography & 3rd generation Hermes made in Hungary. 

Widely regarded by writers, collectors, and machinery historians as the "Rolls-Royce of Typewriters," the Hermes 3000 represents the pinnacle of Swiss mechanical design. This iconic seafoam-green classic is world-famous for its central margin indicators (visible right on the paper bail), buttery-smooth rotary margins, and incredibly light key action.

Fully restored by BBC’s The Repair Shop featured experts Walid Saad & Joujou, this particular unit is a true museum-grade rarity, featuring a factory-fitted dual English All-Caps and Japanese Katakana layout.

🎌 The Rare English All-Caps & Japanese Katakana Keyboard Layout

What makes this Hermes 3000 an exceptional holy grail for global typographic collectors is its specialized bilingual key set:

• Dual-Script Functionality: The key slugs are custom-cast to accommodate both English All-Caps (Capital Letters) and phonetic Japanese Katakana characters (カタカナ).

• Streamlined Typing: Standard lowercase letters are replaced by full Katakana script legends across the keytops, allowing the typist to effortlessly switch between typing bold, high-clarity English capital prose and traditional Japanese phonetic characters.

• Historical Rarity: Factory dual-script Hermes 3000 machines produced for international trade and diplomatic office use were manufactured in minute numbers, making surviving, workshop-serviced examples almost impossible to find on the market today.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Highlights

• Brand & Model: Hermes 3000  ( 3rd Generation )

• Manufacturer:   Made in Hungary 

• Keyboard Layout: Rare English All-Caps & Japanese Katakana Dual Layout

• Brand-New Platen Roller Fitted (£150 Value): We personally invested in fitting a freshly vulcanized rubber platen to this machine. This provides superior key-strike cushioning, whisper-quiet typing acoustics, and sharp ink imprints that will last for decades. ( in the Video I  mention option to add a new platen, later we decided to invest in new one ) 

• 100% Workshop Restored: Deep-flushed, chemically degreased, segment-aligned, and mechanically tuned for smooth, fluid key movement.

• Fresh Ribbon Installed: Pre-installed with a brand-new two-tone nylon typewriter ribbon , ready to type out of the box.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Included Accessories Package

• Cosmetic Presentation: Excellent original vintage condition. The body shell retains its smooth finish with only minimal authentic age marks from gentle historical use.

• Keytops & Legends: Clean, crisp, and vibrant key legends featuring both Western capital letters and Katakana syllabary symbols.

• Complete Accessories Suite: Includes its original matching top cover, original instruction manual booklet, and original Hermes cleaning brushes.

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

Why This Hermes 3000 Stands Out

Combining the unmatchable typing feedback of a Swiss-engineered Hermes 3000 with a brand-new rubber platen, original manual, brushes, and a extraordinarily rare English All-Caps / Katakana keyboard, this machine represents a premier investment for literary creators, linguistic scholars, and serious collectors alike.

🌍 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. We offer flexible, fully tracked premium shipping options calculated at checkout:

• Standard International Delivery: Safely delivered via premium air courier directly to your doorstep in 3 to 7 working days (with prompt EU dispatch and highly competitive rates to Australia and remote destinations).

• Express International Delivery Upgrade: Arrives at your door in just 1 to 3 working days for a small additional fee.

Proprietary Global Packaging Protocol: To protect this post-war 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 shipping box.

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

• Unbox & Start Writing: Your Hermes 3000 arrives pre-installed with your fresh ribbon and our primary step-by-step startup instructions designed by our workshop team. 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 Hermes typewriter.

• Lifetime Technical Partnership: Your relationship with our workshop does not end at delivery. 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 the BBC's The Repair Shop and major Netflix productions.

📖 Have questions about Hermes typewriters or machine maintenance? Read our master guide: Typewriter FAQ: The Ultimate 100 Questions Answered