I can not provide a production date but to my knowledge the reason for this ist Simplex licensing different manufacturerers in Europe to produce their shifting gear. There are also Simplex shifters and rear mechs around marked "D" for being made in Germany (Deutschland). The italiean omes should be marked "I" if I am not wrong. I have seen a couple of these. The german licensee was PWB - Päzisionswerke Bielefeld. I have a wooden spare parts cabinent clearly mrked Simplex and PWB - I got this off ebay for the horrible sum of 1 Euro, since it was advertised in the wrong category. It werves me well im my living room for stashing all those little bits like cuff-links, watches and also some cycling related parts.
Michael Schmid Oberammergau Germany Tel.: +49 8821 798790 Fax.:+49 8821 798791 mail: schmid@zunterer.com http://www.zunterer.com
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] Im Auftrag von Wayne Davidson Gesendet: Montag, 1. September 2008 08:22 An: CR Betreff: [CR]Re Italian made simplex shifters
Hi all, while going thru my stash I found that the twin shifter set made
by Simplex, is marked made in Italy. All I can find out is probaly from early 50's, anyone else got a date range?.....regards wayne davidson Invers NZ........