Comment by tavavex
3 days ago
The Curta is the ultimate calculator to own. I wish someone was still making modern replicas, but it seems that it's just too complex or at least too complex to bother with. So we're stuck with scavenging the ones that are still working off of individuals. I hope to buy one someday if there's still any supply of them left on the used market.
There is a wonderful teardown of it here:
https://www.vcalc.net/CU-Disassembly/
Scrolling through that makes me think it's extremely unlikely to be replicated commercially. I can't imagine how much machining all of those parts would cost.
For those unfamiliar with the Curta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta