SME 309 Tonearms: Production Years and Variations

I believe the coloured SME logos are older than the black and white, since all six tonearms I own are relatively modern and came with the B&W logo. I'm surprised to see that they all say "tone-arm" on their sides as I would have expected the hyphen to have been lost rather than gained.

Of the five SME arms I own, only the most recent, a 309 purchased during the year before they stopped selling arms, has the coloured logo.  It is also the only one with serial # information on the box, stickered on.

My arms go back to the 80s.

The 2 IVs, the IV.Vi, and the 309 all include the hyphen.  The other arm, a series 3, does not apply.

Bill

Perhaps I'm wrong about the coloured logo, then. You could always ask the ever helpful Elaine Wratten at sales@sme.ltd.uk

I have my 309 arm since 1999 and it came in the black and white box.