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Personal recommendations from our workshop
There is no single “best” typewriter—only the one that suits your hands, your desk, your language and your budget. Find it in thirty seconds or take the unhurried ten-minute route.
The 60-second picker
Three choices. Current stock. All brands.
Choose one answer in each row.
Ask us on WhatsAppFrom our current stock
Not sure which one feels right? Ania and Jacek can help you choose.
Ask us on WhatsAppWe have no exact matches for these choices at the moment. Adjust your choices or ask Ania and Jacek to check the workshop.
Prices in EUR, including current listed reductions. Your product page uses your selected currency. Shipping is calculated at checkout. Check each listing for the keyboard, condition and preparation time.
Six ways to find your machine
Choose the way you will use it. We will find the matching machines in stock, at their current prices.
For your first page, and every page after it.
Easy controls, familiar ribbons and dependable mechanics. A forgiving first machine for letters, journals and finding your own rhythm.
Look for: Lettera 32 or 35, Olympia Splendid, Triumph or Adler Tippa.
Current stock · All brands · Your budget
Ask us about this shelfFor cafés, trains and a change of scenery.
Compact machines with manageable weight, ready to travel between home and somewhere inspiring. We check the listed weight; each product tells you whether a case is included.
Look for: Hermes Baby, Lettera 22 or 25, lighter Lettera 35 models and Tippa.
Current stock · All brands · Your budget
Ask us about this shelfFor a manuscript, a deadline, and another chapter.
Comfortable action and dependable mechanics for long writing sessions. Capable portables such as the Lettera 35 sit alongside substantial Studio and Olympia machines, including the full-size SG3.
Look for: Olympia SG3, SM3–SM9, Lettera 32 or 35, Studio 44 or 45, Hermes Media 3.
Current stock · All brands · Your budget
Ask us about this shelfFor a desk with a little more character.
Original colours, sculptural shapes and special workshop finishes, across different makers. Choose with your eye, then check the keyboard, condition and writing suitability.
Look for: original design classics, custom colours and polished or chrome finishes.
Current stock · All brands · Your budget
Ask us about this shelfFor a writing room and a machine that stays there.
Full-size office machines with weight and stability for regular work. A generous carriage and a firm place on your desk: check the dimensions before choosing.
Look for: full-size Olympia SG machines and other suitable desktop models as they arrive.
Current stock · All brands · Your budget
Ask us about this shelfFor the detail you will not find on every machine.
Unusual typefaces, early designs, special finishes and numbered editions. Some collector pieces call for gentler use; the results make this distinction clear.
Look for: cursive, Congress or Bodoni typefaces, early models and exceptional finishes.
Current stock · All brands · Your budget
Ask us about this shelfTell us a little about your writing, your space and your budget. We will help you find a good fit.
Chat with us on WhatsAppFrom our current stock
Not sure which one feels right? Ania and Jacek can help you choose.
Ask us on WhatsAppWe have no exact matches for these choices at the moment. Adjust your choices or ask Ania and Jacek to check the workshop.
Prices in EUR, including current listed reductions. Your product page uses your selected currency. Shipping is calculated at checkout. Check each listing for the keyboard, condition and preparation time.
The shortlist
Eight machines we recommend most often, what each one is actually like, and the compromise to know before buying.
The default answer, and for once the default answer is right. Light enough to move, substantial enough to sit still, with a genuinely pleasant keyboard over long sessions.
Best for: first-time buyers, journals, letters and students.
The 32's older, smaller and slightly more elegant sibling. Its reputation among writers is largely deserved.
Best for: travel, small desks and people who prefer a compact machine.
Flat, wide, German and built with the sort of precision that makes you sit a little straighter. Long underrated, which kept prices sensible.
Best for: daily writing on a budget and anyone who likes a crisp key action.
The famous suitcase machine: Swiss, thin and remarkably portable for its era.
Best for: writing away from home, and looking extremely good while doing it.
A flat portable that is quietly excellent and consistently overlooked. One of the best value-per-euro machines we handle.
Best for: Carry-On Class without paying Hermes prices.
Where portable stops being a compromise. Substantial, stable and still supplied with a case if you must move it.
Best for: long sessions, home offices and writing with a deadline.
The machine mechanically minded people often end up buying. Built as if it is expected to outlive you, and it probably will.
Best for: daily writers and people who value engineering over styling.
Later, cleaner and more overtly designed. A machine that looks like the decade it came from.
Best for: studios, photographed desks and writers with a strong eye for design.
Live stock
Choose one of the eight models above to check current stock.
No exact machines are available at the moment.
Results are checked live against current Shopify stock and availability. Product pages show the final current price, keyboard layout and preparation details.
The things nobody tells you
The practical answers usually make the decision easier.
Yes. Universal ribbons fit the overwhelming majority of machines we sell, we stock them, and they are not going anywhere. The same spools serve thousands of models. A ribbon costs a few euros and lasts for months of normal use.
Yes. Gloriously. If you share thin walls with someone, buy them a coffee first. Some machines are quieter than others and we will tell you which.
Every restored typewriter includes a one-year warranty. After that, we are still here to help. Since 2013, we have built a trusted network of technicians and repair shops worldwide, so wherever you are, we will help you find a solution.
Barely. Keep it covered, keep it away from damp and change the ribbon when it fades. Do not oil it yourself. That is the one thing that creates real work later. Our care guide covers the rest in about four minutes of reading.
Probably. We keep English QWERTY, Spanish QWERTY with Ñ, AZERTY, QWERTZ, QZERTY and a rotating cast of rarer national layouts. Tell us your language and we will explain what is possible. This matters more than colour, and many buyers discover that too late.
Buying for someone else
A typewriter is an unusually good present, which is exactly why it is worth getting right. Colour is the easy part. Language, layout, available space and whether they will use it are the details that decide whether it lives on the desk or in the cupboard.
Tell us what you know about the recipient, even if it is not much, and we will narrow the choice without involving them.
Leaving it late? Tell us the real date. We will tell you honestly whether workshop preparation and shipping can meet it. We would rather say no than ruin a birthday.
Not sure at all? Ask us about a gift card so the recipient can choose with us directly.
The unhurried route
Answer properly and we will narrow hundreds of possibilities to three or four machines that genuinely suit you, including machines that never reach the website. "I am not sure" is a useful answer. It tells us where to help.
What happens next
Ania or Jacek, personally. Not a system or AI assistant.
Showroom, workshop and the machines that have not been listed yet. That last part is often where the best finds are.
Three or four options with real photographs, prices, preparation times and an honest word about each compromise.
No pressure, countdown timer or scarcity theatre. Ask anything. Take a week if you need one.
Because the word gets used loosely
Every machine we sell as restored and ready to write is individually prepared in our Fuengirola workshop.
Outlet, as-is, decorative and unrestored machines are labelled separately and priced accordingly. We would rather tell you about a scratch than have you discover it.
The right machine makes you return to the page
A typewriter should not only look good in a photograph. It should suit your desk, your language and the way you write. Since 2013, our Fuengirola workshop has restored more than 5,000 machines for over 4,500 clients in 75+ countries. We would like to find yours.
