The Archive
Ex-Display & Briefly-Owned
Mechanically 100%
Two-Year Warranty
Thirty-Day Returns
The Archive Program
How the Archive Program works.
Ex-display, photographed, or briefly-owned units. Inspected in Wilmington, certified to specification, and offered at a working discount — minor cosmetic marks, mechanically as-new.
What an Archive unit is
Plainly — scratch and dent.
The bench, photographed, briefly lived with. Inspected, certified, and offered with the marks of that history intact.
Every Archive winder is a single, identified unit. Some have spent a week on a showroom shelf; others were photographed for the catalogue; a few were owned, exchanged within their thirty-day window, and routed back to Wilmington for certification. They are not refurbished mass-stock and they are not imperfect goods — they are individual pieces with individual histories.
- iCosmeticMay show light marks — surface scratches, faint dents, small finish inconsistencies. Disclosed where photographed.
- iiMechanicalInspected, cleaned, and tested to current Orbita specification. Every motor, gearbox, and module bench-verified.
- iiiProvenanceEach unit ships with its inspection card. Single owner from this point forward.
- ivQuantityOne only. When the page reads sold, the unit is gone.
The Terms
What you receive, what's covered.
iWarranty
Two years
Same as new — mechanism, motor, and electronics
iiReturns
Thirty days
Risk-free, full refund if it isn't right
iiiDiscount
10–25%
Off the current retail price, set unit by unit
ivShipping
Complimentary
Insured, signature on delivery, U.S. continental
The Bench Process
Every unit, four stations.
i
Intake
Logged, photographed, and condition-graded against the original spec sheet.
ii
Service
Disassembled, cleaned, lubricated, and rebuilt with current-spec components.
iii
Verification
Run on the bench for the equivalent of seven days; turns counted, current measured.
iv
Listing
Photographed honestly, including any cosmetic marks. Listed as a single unit.
Each Archive unit is identified, inspected, and finite. When it's gone, it's gone.
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