Originally Posted by sewmuchmore
Sandy,
Could you post a picture please. I found this infro. hope it will help!
While I can’t tell you about your specific machine, The Simplex was one of many machines made in Japan, know as a "class-15 clones". Made in Japan after WW2 when the US shared western technology in an effort to help rebuild Japan. There were many made with names for American department stores, ect., but the same basic design. Most are solid, well-built machines and can still perform well.
For more information, join the Yahoo group "vintagejapansewingmachines"
Thank you for the info on the class-15 info. I searched on the web for singer and found something. It had a listing for a generic 15 and I looked on it. I found some info that was very similar and used that. I printed it out and plan on giving the machine to my daughter. I have an old Kenmore that I bought in 1971 and a portable Brother that I bought around 97?-98? My daughter has 4 little girls (6, 5, 4, and 2 1/2) and I thought that I would try to start finding them some older machines that would be easier (and hold up) for them to learn to sew on. I am a forward planner. My daughter has an older machine that I bought from a girl at work that was her mother's so I think it is from the late 60's.