The Mikiphone – a highly collectible Swiss-made pocket phonograph, known as the world’s first portable record player (ca. 1925) [2800 x2000]
by SashSegal
The Mikiphone – a highly collectible Swiss-made pocket phonograph, known as the world’s first portable record player (ca. 1925) [2800 x2000]
by SashSegal
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Resembling a large pocket watch (approx. 11.5 cm diameter), this wind-up device features a hand-crank motor and a metal resonator, designed to play 78 RPM records without electricity. The Mikiphone was created by Hungarian designers Miklós and Étienne Vadász, and produced by Swiss company Paillard. Approximately 100,000 to 180,000 units were made, making them desirable to collectors today.