Hermes baby typewriter

Hermes baby typewriter, manufactured in 1949/1950 by e.paillard & co, switzerland. Serial number 5163390. The company originally produced watches and musical mechanisms, but in 1913 paillard opened another factory in yverdon and decided to design and manufacture typewriters. The hermes baby was in production between the late 1930s and early 1940s and, due to its small size, it became the "indispensable" typewriter for novelists, celebrities and journalists of the time like ernest hemingway. Its features forever changed the design of the typewriter. This easy-to-carry enamelled gray metal machine has red trim. Once lifted, the tape cover appears to spread wings reminiscent of hermes' wings. The typewriter has a 4-row keyboard, it retains its original metal cover. Well maintained and in excellent condition, it works perfectly.

Ref. : ET5SVRED