Matilo's vintage telephone page

21/10/2026

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21/10/2026

NIKKO ND-560. An enormous telephone from Japan. Introduced in 1977, this one is made in 1982.
It is almost identical to the Italian Telart Viareggio, but the reason for this I do not know.
Nikko also made onyx telephones, just like telart.
This telephone works perfectly and is if good & complete condition.
Unfortunately I could not find much info about it, nor about Nikko and what the connection with Telart is.
Does anybody know?

15/10/2026

Stromberg Carlson 1212 Fatboy. Got this years ago from the son of a deceased collector here in the Netherlands.
It is in excellent condition, with good cords too.
It was donated or purchased form somebody else who put typed stickers on the base, marking the occasion. I left them on.
Not sure when it was made. One of the stamps says I42. Jan 1942?

28/09/2026

When you find that nice colour matching accessory to your Mokka brown T65....
For only e 2,50.
It's an index for telephone numbers. In case you forgot your mum's number.
Do you collect accessories and add ons for your telephones too?

25/09/2026

Mix & Genest Weltruf C 6097 from the late 1930s: actually the first Weltruf I ever bought. I bought it because I had never seen one before. Unfortunately the upper bakelite housing and cradle are damaged and missing bits and the original dial had been replace with a BTMC dial. See pic 2 for the before state.
Later I was able to buy a donor phone (pic 3, a cv version).
I stumbled across the 3 button verion the other day and thought it would be a great opportunity to some work and research on it. So I gave it a good dusting, replaced the upper housing and cradle and found a good replacement dial, that was true to the original. In any case, it was the best one I had.
So now I have 4 versions of the Weltrug. Normal desk phone, black, normal desk phone with earthing button in red, CB version with earthing button and this multi line office phone. Looks a lot better now, don't you think?

21/09/2026

Picked up this pretty little wall phone at the Braderie de Lille.
Bought it of a collector friend, who had a market stall there. (Forgot to take pictures of it)
It is an RTT 70 B made by Bell Antwerp (BTMC).
Clearly a derivative of the BTMC/SEL Assistent. Did not have this model yet, or any other Assistent wall variant.
it is in very good condition and needed only a little cleaning and polishing.
Could not find a clear production date, but it may be from 1970.

16/09/2026

My blog about traveling to Poland about trying to a find a vintage Polish telephone. I did not expect this outcome!

Blog about finding telephones in Poland Krakau Warschau Gdansk Wroclaw RWT St Dominiks Fair Flea markets and of course a museum

14/09/2026

Spektr-3 for every home
Promotional photo from the soviet union ca 1989.

11/09/2026

Finally wrote that article about this lovely telephone from South Africa I got a few years ago.
It's a TMSA model DISA from the mid 1980s.
I bet you do not have one of these! If so, share a picture!

TMSA model DISA uit Zuid Afrika. Kunststof druktoetstelefoon uit de jaren 80. Geheel uit kunststof vervaardigd.

08/09/2026

Looks familiar? It is probably not what you think. It is not an Ericsson model 700 but a Nordicofon MC 700. It is of course a copy (fake, knock off, replica, immitation).
Not sure if it is a licenced version. It is somewhat lighter than an Ericofon.
Bought it at the braderie de Lille last weekend.
Do not know where and by whom it was made. Does anybody know?