Semper Designer mystery machine
 

Greetings, all!! I'm really quite the noob, but with a sense of humor, so feel free to pick away. On a trip to the antique shop yesterday looking for machines with which to tinker, I came upon a nondescript black and grey box on the floor. Opening it revealed the mystery at hand. I'm sorry, I can't seem to get a photo to upload, but it calls itself Semper Designer. I'll describe it best I can. It is green. Olive green. Very Olive green. The pedestal and arm are squarish, reminding me of perhaps late fifties or sixties. The head cover is polished chrome, I'd say shaped like a singer 15. It has a big, blocky, bright chrome stitch width and position control assembly on the arm. A veritcal stitch regulator is on the pedestal. It has a knob on the base to retract the dogs. The handwheel is chrome-rimmed, with a bobbin winder mounted so as to remind me of a singer 127. It has a motor
mounted with a bracket on a boss below the handwheel on the pedestal. The only data plate is on the motor. It is English and says Necchi type 211. There are no other data plates to be found. On top of the arm is a decal "Semper designer". It looks to have been overcoated with a yellowish sealer of some sort. The machine is as heavy as it is green, 47pounds! It runs more smoothly and quietly than any I've seen before, and for twenty dollars, how could I not? I have searched every which way I can think of, and I cannot find a shred of information on this pretty thing. Anybody ever even heard of it? I would dearly love to know more about it.

Sorry for the terrible verbosity. Thanks for reading!!

This is a Necchi Olive Green unit. Is it similar? https://amandawynn.files.wordpress.c...09/esperia.jpg

https://amandawynn.com/2014/09/15/necchi-love/

The handwheel, belt shroud, and chrome footplate look almost, if not, identical. The regulator and bobbin winder look very similar. The color of mine is a bit more vivid. I really wish I could get a photo to upload. It's probably this blasted Android device that I should never have bought. I wonder if it might be some private-labeled Necchi.

Necchi did make private label (badged) machines, but I have not heard of this particular one. Necchi machines are exceptionally engineered, and have very close tolerances. It will be important to keep your machine oiled regularly. They are the Italian Sports Car of sewing machines (here is mine: https://www.quiltingboard.com/vintag...a-t295306.html)

Photos have to be really small to upload. There are instructions on the board here: https://www.quiltingboard.com/qb-hel...s-t168819.html

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Ok. Let's see if it posts.

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Here is another shot. I learned how to crop images. Woohoo!

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And one more just for grins.

Treadle&gears, I just reviewed the photos of your (very pretty) Nora. The data plate on your motor looks identical to mine, for what that's worth.

Semper is a fitting name for a machine that lasts that long!

That is a beautiful machine.