It's made in America, I think all the straight stitchers with curvey aerodynamic features where. It has a relation to the National line of "rotary models" and should behave similar. The rotary movement is a bit different than a Singer 201; the bobbin is set vertically and the parts are sort of hinged under there, there's no meshing gears. I have only seen these in in books and on the web, but apparently they run very smoothly.