Fully Restored Silver Reed SR 180 Portable Typewriter | Japanese Precision, Elite Typeface & Includes Original Manual

📖 Product Overview: The Ideal First Manual Typewriter Discover the sleek, compact elegance of the Silver Reed SR 180 portable typewriter. Renowned as one of the most reliable, durable, and lightweight portable typewriters ever manufactured in Japan, the Silver Reed SR series is universally recommended as one of the best first typewriters for creative writers, students, poets, and beginners starting their manual typing journey.

This mid-century machine has been meticulously overhauled at our specialized UK workshop. Weighing under 5 kilograms and featuring a highly forgiving, snappy key response, it is designed for effortless, hassle-free typing. Complete with its rare original  instruction manual and pre-installed with a fresh ink ribbon, this fully restored classic is 100% functional and ready to write straight out of the box.

📊 Technical Specifications & Restoration Data

• Brand & Model: Silver Reed SR 180.

• Origin: Precision-engineered in Japan (celebrated worldwide for high-precision, low-maintenance mechanical design).

 • Keyboard Layout: Standard QWERTY Layout (intuitive, familiar, and perfect for everyday typing practice).

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

• Professional Workshop Overhaul: Deeply cleaned, chemically degreased, segment-aligned, and calibrated. Every key lever, typebar, and carriage mechanism operates with crisp, factory-like precision.

• Consistent Print Alignment: Types with absolute confidence, delivering sharp, bold.

• Platen & Feed Rollers: Original rubber platen preserved in reliable operational condition—feeding paper smoothly and gripping tightly.

• Ribbon System: Configured with a two-colour ribbon selector (Black/Red); pre-installed with a fresh two-colour fabric typewriter ribbon on spools. Ribbon is well inked & gets better as you type. 

✍️ Typeface & Font Details • Typeface Style: Clean, crisp Elite Typeface

. • Font Pitch: 12 Characters Per Inch (12 CPI / Elite Scale)—producing sharp, tight, and highly readable character spacing, excellent for letters, creative manuscripts, poetry, and personal journaling.

🎨 Cosmetic Condition & Included Accessories

• Cosmetic Presentation: Good, clean vintage condition overall. The frame is in well-preserved shape, showing only minor, light signs of historic age and gentle use consistent with careful ownership over the decades.

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

 • Original Manual Included: Includes its authentic original vintage instruction booklet/manual—a wonderful addition for collectors and first-time users.

 • Original Protective Case/Lid: Includes its authentic original clip-on travel lid offering full, secure frame protection for storage and 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, 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 180 arrives pre-installed with its fresh ink ribbon, original manual, protective lid, 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 and your family 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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