Hermes 3000

(1)

Yet another portable typewriter, this time from Switzerland!

Fact sheet:

Model: Hermes 3000

Manufacturer: Paillard S.A., Yverdon, Switzerland

Serial number: 3109005 (year of production 1962)

The Hermes 3000's design changed several times over the years, starting with the classy rounder shape at first production in 1958 (various sources on the internet). Our machine is from that time. In the late 1960s, a new design was introduced (source: mrmartinweb.com), with at least two slight variations yet again in the 1970s and 1980s (see mrtypwriter.tripod.com for details & pictures). Read more on Hermes typewriters on Will Davis' site.

more photos here

Quellen / sources:

(1) Robert Walter KUNZMANN, Hundert Jahre Schreibmaschinen im Büro. Geschichte des maschinellen Schreibens, Merkur Verlag Rinteln, 1979, p. 164.

(2) Schreibmaschinen Seriennummern Datenbank, http://www.tw-db.com (visited 14.2.2010)

Siehe auch: Leonhard DINGWERTH, Die Geschichte der deutschen Schreibmaschinenfabriken, BoD - Books on Demand, 2008