Triumphator Calculator, 1954

This wonderful mechanic calculator is a Triumphator CRN1, a classic model from the 20th century that has survived to our days in an amazing condition. The machine was manufactured in Germany in 1954, as is typed on the guarantee document that comes with it, sealed with date 13.11.54. As well as this document, the calculator also comes with an instruction booklet in German, also greatly preserved. This magnificent machine works like new and will let its owner perform the four basic arithmetic operations quickly and softly.Triumphator, together with Odhner and Brunsviga, was one of the three world leader companies that manufactured pinwheel calculators. The firm was founded in 1900 as a vacuum-tube manufactured. In 1904 Otto Holzapfel, a mechanic from Brunsviga, started working in the Leipzig factory and the firm started producing calculators under the brand name Triumphator. The company introduced many improvements that enhanced pinwheel calculators performance. After decades of success, after World Wat II the government of East Germany took control of the firm, whose production came to an end in 1965.The machine comes with its original dust cover and keeps the black enamel finish in strikingly good condition. The white, red, green and golden enamel that enhances the numbers and inscriptions is as shiny and perfect as the first day of use. At the back of the machine we can see the serial nimber 18630 and model name CNR1 engraved in the metal and painted white. These data are also printed on the guarantee document.This Trumpathor CRN1 calculator is not only a very decorative item, but its exceptional condition and the documents that come with it turn it into a real collectors item.