Fully Restored Olympia Splendid 33 / SF Ultra-Portable Typewriter | Rare Factory Color & Burgundy Keys

📖 Product Overview: West German Precision in an Ultra-Slim Frame

Meet the Olympia Splendid 33 / SF—a robust West German engineering classic, professionally overhauled in our UK workshop and glowing in its exceptionally unique original factory finish. Accentuated by vibrant, clean burgundy-colored keys, this splendid example stands out as both a mechanical powerhouse and a striking vintage aesthetic piece.

Widely regarded by restorers as one of the finest ultra-portable typewriters ever manufactured, the Olympia Splendid SF combines slim travel convenience with heavy-duty mechanical reliability. Fully restored by BBC’s The Repair Shop featured experts Walid & Joujou, this typewriter is calibrated to deliver thousands of fluid manuscript pages.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Highlights

• Brand & Model: Olympia Splendid 33 / SF (Ultra-Portable)

• Manufacturer: Olympia Werke AG (Wilhelmshaven, West Germany)

• Keyboard Layout: QWERTY Layout  

• Platen Roller: Original rubber platen roller retained in excellent condition—providing sharp ink imprints, smooth paper feed, and reliable backing.

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

• Fresh Ribbon Installed: Fitted with a brand-new nylon typewriter black ribbon on standard spools, ready to write straight out of the box.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Included Accessories

• Unique Factory Finish: Features its stunning, original factory paint color—a highly sought-after cosmetic variation for Olympia collectors.

• Burgundy Keytops: The rich, burgundy-colored keys are clean, bright, and offer a crisp, luxurious visual contrast against the colorful body frame.

• Chassis Condition: Cleaned thoroughly inside and out. An excellent example cosmetically and mechanically, showing only light, authentic age marks consistent with careful historical ownership.

• Original Accessories Package: Comes complete with its original hard lid cover for safe transport and storage, as well as the original instruction manual.

✍️ Typeface & Font Details

• Typeface Style: Classic, crisp PICA Typeface (10 CPI).

• Font Pitch: 10 Characters Per Inch (10 CPI)—producing clear, bold, and highly legible text on every page.

📋 Quick Specifications Overview

Why This Olympia Splendid 33 Stands Out

The Olympia Splendid 33 is prized for its low profile and West German engineering. Finding an example in such excellent mechanical and cosmetic health—complete with its distinct burgundy keys, original lid cover, original manual, and a smooth, well-preserved platen—makes this machine an outstanding addition for any writer or collector.

🌍 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 ensure a classic ultra-portable survives international air travel perfectly, we mechanically lock down the carriage rail, insulate the outer 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 Splendid 33 arrives pre-installed with a fresh ink 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 Olympia 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 Olympia typewriters or maintaining ultra-portables? Read our complete guide: Typewriter FAQ: The Ultimate 100 Questions Answered