Walther Calculator

Decorative Walther Brand Calculator Model WSR 18, ca. 1950. Magnificent calculating machine with original military green lacquered case with different numbering registers in white and red located on the front right side. It is well preserved aesthetically and technically it works perfectly. It has some scratches on the casing, witnesses of the passage of time and that it is a totally genuine machine. Machine equipped with a crank mechanism or windlass that can be seen on the right side with a glossy black knob. The numbers in cream and deep red enamel, and the levers are in excellent condition, and make this machine a very beautiful piece aesthetically. On the upper front it has a decorative small plate with the logo with the name of the brand: WALTHER, with gold lettering on a dark green background. Also, on the back it has a black rectangular plate with the name of the brand, the model, and the serial number: 11658. It is overhauled and in good working order. This type of machines are objects for science lovers. They have their origin in the XVII century, when the first adding machines were built, characterized by using a gear-based operation, which arise to alleviate the work activity of those people engaged in accounting work. The Walther company was founded in 1886, when the founder Carl Walther set up a gunsmith's business in Thuringia. By 1908 it was already a company with a worldwide reputation. The company survived the war of 1914-18, and later the great economic crisis. In 1924 the company decided to introduce calculating machines to expand the product line into civilian areas. Walther's first calculator was a hand-cranked example based on the Odhner design. They would be a great success and, by 1939, the brand produced up to 17 different models, with exports of them to many countries. During the Second World War it would concentrate on the manufacture of weapons, but without ceasing to innovate in terms of calculator models. The first post-war calculator was another very successful pin-wheel machine, which was improved over the years. They continued to manufacture during the 1960s accounting machines, optical print character recognition systems and data collection systems for computer processing. Magnificent and decorative calculating machine perfect for very discerning science nostalgics.