The Collection: Triumph Perfekt

I forgot to mention the weight of this behemoth: 8.3 kg in the case, 6 without.

The Collection: Triumph Ierfekt In the series "The Collection". published every Vriday, we present the newest machines in the hoard of maschinengeaohrieben. In this issue, it’: the 1961 Triumph Ferfekt. Solid office '.'rcr1'cr In 1909. Triumph. a comepny manufacturing bikes, bought an insolvent typewriter factory. Until the 19508, TI'iLl.'3?h 511‘ T1; ‘l'.yf,‘e\'.')‘i1.er3, bicycleg and motorbikes. in 1957. Graig bought Triumph ‘and Adler, both independent companies. In 1958. they were unified to Triump-Adler. All business areas except the typewriter dcpartement were abrogated. In this period, this bulbous Triunnh Ferfekt was made. It features a round design which somehow resembles of the legendary Voss. which is a bit older. I don't think they're re- lated, though. This might have bust been a popular design these days.- The Triumph Perfekt is 13 cm high, but despite that size, the Triumpi-Adler) engineers didn't manage to include segment shift in the feature list, In my opinion. that's a major disadvan- tage, especially since every shifting inter- rupts the writing flow. because the Triumph types very light overall, also the carriage return feels like pushing it over an air cushion. but the sflting is rather hard and heavy. As mentioned hefore. the touch of this machine is light. snappy and I could imagine writing longer text with this machine. but the drawback is the unconvenient sflfting. To be recommended with ceflmin limitations. nsschinengeschrisben.blogspot.com Triumph Perfekt 1203326 - 1951