Fully Restored Silver Reed SR 200 Portable Typewriter in Rare Apple Green | Techno Cubic Typeface & German QWERTZ

📖 Product Overview: Mid-Century Japanese Precision in a Rare Retro Finish

Discover the standout retro style and Japanese mechanical precision of the Silver Reed SR 200 finished in its original and extraordinarily rare apple green colour. Manufactured in Japan during the golden age of portable typewriter engineering, the SR 200 is celebrated for its lightweight frame, snappy key action, and rock-solid mechanical reliability.

This specific machine is a true collector's gem, featuring a German QWERTZ keyboard layout with original umlaut keys (Ä, Ö, Ü, ß) and an uncommon, highly stylized Techno / Cubic typeface. Meticulously overhauled at our specialized UK workshop, this mid-century portable weighs under 4.5 kilograms and delivers an effortlessly smooth, forgiving typing response. It is 100% functional and ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Silver Reed SR 200.

• Origin: Made in Japan (celebrated worldwide for high-precision, low-maintenance mechanical engineering).

• Keyboard Layout: German QWERTZ layout with original German characters (Ä, Ö, Ü, ß).

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

• Mechanical Condition: 100% Fully Functional. Fully serviced, recalibrated, and stress-tested to ensure a smooth, fluid keystroke with every single line.

• Professional Workshop Overhaul: Deeply cleaned, degreased, segment-aligned, and calibrated. Every key lever and carriage mechanism operates as smoothly as the day it left the factory.

• Consistent Print Alignment: Types with absolute confidence, delivering sharp, bold, clear characters without skips or double-strikes.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Uncommon Techno / Cubic Typeface—featuring sharp, geometric, modern square-styled character definitions.

• Font Pitch: 10 Characters Per Inch (10 CPI / Pica Scale), producing bold, striking, and highly distinctive type—ideal for modern poetry, creative manuscripts, statement letters, and design projects.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Included Accessories

• Cosmetic Presentation: Excellent vintage example. The rare original green frame is in clean, vibrant shape, showing only minimal, minor age marks consistent with light past care.

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

• Original Protective Lid: Includes its original clip-on travel lid offering full, secure frame protection for travel and storage.

• Included Extras: Complete with its authentic original factory user instruction manual.

📋 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, Singapore & 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 Silver Reed SR 200 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ink ribbon, original user manual, and our primary step-by-step startup instructions. Simply unbox, release the carriage lock, and begin typing immediately.

• Video Learning Academy: Your purchase includes a direct link to our step-by-step YouTube video tutorial, showing you exactly how to type on, care for, adjust the margins, and easily change the ribbon on this specific Silver Reed 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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