Triumphator C Calculator, 1927

Lovely German Triumphator C calculator made in 1927. This is an accurate calculating machine with pinwheel system, also known as Odhner system. This vintage calculator works perfectly and keeps its original protecting case, with the lock and the key. It comes with an instruction leaflet in Spanish and with an etching depicting the machine and its different parts; each part has a text with its name and description in Portuguese. Triumphator was one of the three world famous companies which manufactured pinwheel calculators in the first half of the 20th century. The other two were Odhner (whose founder developed the pinwheel system) and Brunsviga. The company started in 1900 in Leipzig as a vacuum tube manufacturer.Otto Holzapfel, a mechanic from Brunsviga, started working for the firm and the first Triumphator calculating machine was launched in 1904. The company was the first to commercialize its calculators worldwide. After the II World War the East German government took control of the company and started producing calculators only for the communist bloc, until in 1965 the production came eventually to an end. The calculator we are looking at was made some years before but has survived to our days in excellent visual and functional order. The machine rests on a solid wooden plank with a nice reddish finish, that even showing some signs of the trace of time is in good condition and can be easily restored.The black metal cover and has the logo printed in big golden letters. It keeps the original lock and key. The calculator is also well preserved and its black-lacquered finish looks as soft and deep as the first day. The inscriptions with the name of the machine, the numbers and the operations are still clearly enameled in white. The metal components and the bakelite handles are all original and work fluidly, so the calculator can be used to perform arithmetic operation just like new.This calculating machine is a real collectors item, perfect to decorate a nice desk and still serving the function for which it was conceived.Measurements: Width (with wooden plank): 340 mm. Height: 150 mm.