31 Oct 2016

Continental 100

1940  |  Continental 100  |  R335945


















I forgot to mention how much I love the three-level ribbon cover. It's unique, totally unnecessary,
and very cool.

Sent from my Continental 100

16 comments:

  1. Very serious-looking typewriter with some subtle touches. I love the idea of multiple margins! Enjoy it.

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    1. It's very businesslike and commanding!

      I was hoping that if you set 4 stops that it would ring the bell at stop 2 and stop 4, but alas it doesn't. So you can set 3 stops and just manage the first column's margin by sight.

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  2. Yes very nice, I particularly like the side panels. :)

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  3. Lovely photos of a very classy looking machine. For some reason, the multiple margin sets and two-column trick reminds me of my SM3 manual's excited explanation of how you can use its half-space feature to accurately center titles. A bit fussy to do, involving first tying out the lines on a scrap, counting spaces, etc. Now I think of it, despite the popularity of the SM3, I don't think I've ever seen anyone comment on that feature. Apologies for wandering far off topic!

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    1. Half spacing has been mentioned by a few people but not sure about the centering trick.

      I've done that myself before, although just counted the spaces in my head rather than typed it out first.

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  4. I use the word "beautiful" to describe many German typewriters, but it feels appropriate to call this one "handsome."

    Didn't older Continentals have a paper rest? Is this older or newer than the Wanderer?

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    1. Handsome it is!

      Yes, they did, and this is newer. In fact they had either little paper arms or else a fold-down wire paper rest from the very beginning.

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    2. Why would they take it out? Seems like a curious omission...

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    3. The carriage is a lot thicker, which allows for the paper to rest on the carriage more than on the older models, but it still isn't enough. I really don't know why!

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    4. Yes, it is a hefty carriage. Everything about this typewriter just says "badass."

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    5. I restore typewriters and specialise in German machines. The 100 is the Seventh in the Continental portable series of typewriter, and is the premier model. The others are the ’budget’ models (34, 35, and 50); the standard machines (340, 350); the deluxe model (Klein-Continental); and then, at the top of the class, the 100. Any Continental typewriter bearing the Wanderer-Werke AG logo (a stylised “W”) is a Wanderer machine. The 100 is a superb typewriter, one of the best of its era; but it is not in the same class as the Erika M (a quite remarkable typewriter which is in a class by itself). - Typewriter Evangelist

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  5. Oh yes, that's a handsome one! Congrats (:

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  6. Congratulations on such a beautiful typewriter.

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  7. I have one Continental Model 100 for sale. Anyone interested?

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  8. Hello! Do you have the user manual?

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