Who are Mr & Mrs Vintage?
About Us | Meet Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters
A Decade of Master Restoration, Mechanical Preservation, and Uncompromising Craftsmanship.
Welcome to Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters—the premier UK restoration workshop dedicated to conserving, servicing, and supplying world-class manual typewriters to writers, poets, film productions, and discerning collectors across the globe.
Founded and operated by husband-and-wife restoration duo Walid & Joujou Saad, our workshop was built on a simple, uncompromising philosophy: every vintage typewriter that enters our hands is a piece of living history that deserves to be restored to flawless mechanical precision and ready to write for another century.
🛠️ Our Journey: 10 Years of Mechanical Heritage
Over the past decade, what began as a deep passion for mid-century mechanical engineering has evolved into one of the world’s most trusted vintage typewriter restoration studios. Operating from our specialized workshop in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, we have spent ten years perfecting the delicate art of vintage typewriter conservation.
Restoring a vintage typewriter requires far more than surface polishing. It demands a master-level understanding of intricate escapement linkages, segment tolerances, carriage mechanics, and acoustic dampening. Over the last 10 years, our workshop achievements include:
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Restoring & Dispatched Thousands of Typewriters: Hand-servicing thousands of iconic European, American, and Japanese portable and desktop machines—from rare 1920s folding classics to precision 1970s author machines.
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Mastered Complex Conservation Protocols: Developed proprietary deep-cleaning, chemical degreasing, segment realigning, and custom platen-recovering techniques that restore factory-smooth key action and quiet typing acoustics.
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Engineered Global Delivery Safety: Built our proprietary international transit packaging protocol, allowing delicate mechanical antiques to travel safely by air to writers on every continent.
📺 Television Feature & High-Profile Restorations
Our workshop's dedication to mechanical authenticity and historical preservation led to our television debut in 2018, when Walid & Joujou were featured on the BBC’s hit television series & Award winning show, The Repair Shop restoring a historical 1920s Corona 3 folding typewriter.
Since that iconic first appearance, our partnership with the program has grown significantly—we have now filmed 4 featured episodes with The Repair Shop on the BBC, bringing our workshop's painstaking restoration standards and mechanical expertise to millions of viewers across the United Kingdom and around the world.
Beyond television broadcasting, our workshop has proudly supplied, restored, and consulted on authentic period-accurate typewriters for major international film sets, Netflix original productions, historical theatre productions, and high-profile private collections around the world.
🏛️ What Sets Our Workshop Apart?
In an online market filled with untested "as-is" estate sales and cosmetic-only cleanups, Mr & Mrs Vintage Typewriters represents the gold standard of professional mechanical conservation.
1. Complete Workshop Overhaul ( Multiple Hours Per Machine)
Every single typewriter listed on our site undergoes a rigorous, multi-step workshop restoration. We completely dismantle the frame, chemically flush decades of hardened oil and dust, align individual segment levers, inspect feeding rollers, and hand-polish every keycap.
2. Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee 🛡️
We stand firmly behind our craftsmanship. Every typewriter sold from our workshop includes our Comprehensive 1-Year Mechanical Guarantee, covering all internal mechanisms, moving linkages, and carriage assemblies. Each machine is logged in our digital workshop registry under its unique serial number for full long-term support.
3. Pre-Paid Global Tariffs & Frictionless Shipping
We believe buying a classic typewriter should be seamless, no matter where your writing desk is located. We provide FREE, all-inclusive shipping to the United States and the United Kingdom. Furthermore, all US import tariffs and customs duties are fully prepaid by our workshop—ensuring zero surprise fees, border holds, or extra taxes at your doorstep.
Working on adding to the list of countries soon.
4. The "Ready-to-Write" Support Package
When you open your box, your typing journey begins immediately. Every machine arrives pre-installed with a fresh, premium ink ribbon, original user manual or guide, and access to our Video Learning Academy, featuring direct video tutorials on how to operate, adjust margins, and care for your specific model.
From the award winning movie, "Mank".
✍️ Meet Your Restorers: Walid & Joujou
"A manual typewriter is the ultimate distraction-free creative tool. In an era dominated by screens and notifications, a finely restored typewriter offers a tactile, rhythmic connection between your thoughts and the paper." — Walid & Joujou
As a family-owned business, we pride ourselves on building lifetime partnerships with our clients. Whether you are buying your very first Silver Reed for daily journaling, acquiring a museum-grade script Olympia, or seeking expert advice on maintaining your heirloom machine, you receive direct technical access to the artisans who restored it.
Thank you for supporting traditional mechanical craft and preserving the timeless joy of analogue writing.
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Other Media Appearances:
1- In July 2018, we filmed part of an episode of BBC One’s “Money for Nothing” with master upholsterer and TV presenter Jay Blades, who collaborated with us on saving an Underwood 3 Bank Typewriter from being skipped. Episode 7 is available on iPlayer.
2- We were featured on a podcast on BBC World Service’s “Outlook” with Emily Webb, where we discussed how we started our typewriter restoration business and our passion for these magical machines.
Listen here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csyhhn (Minute 36 of the podcast).
3- In May 2018, we were featured in “The Simple Things” magazine, which highlighted our work and how these machines transformed our lives. View the full article here PDF Copy.
