Mitchell Reel Forum

Thankyou to forum member for my last post looking to see if I can obtain the user manual for The quartz 330 again looked high and low and nothing plenty pictures of the front covers but not what’s inside. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated.

Rockape52,
I think you were lucky to find someone that had a copy of the schematic you needed since most of the mates here are into the older model Mitchells. It must have been an owner of one, since I did take a look on the net and couldn't find even one.
By the way to the Mitchell Reel Museum.

Regards,
Ted Lanham

Lucky I guess was looking on eBay and managed to pick one up for £16 . It arrived and looks like it has had little use. The only thing was a shim was missing which I have sorted and it’s a smooth reel for its age . You can still get parts for them but from Italy or France.

Rockape52,
I've seen a lot of pictures of the Quartz 330 Gold, but that one I hadn't seen that much of. Were they just sold in France/England? I can't understand quartz in watches, but in fishing reels?

Regards,
Ted Lanham

I have no idea if this type of 330 was sold in France or the Uk only. As for quartz in the reel think this was just a name for the reel. I think it’s a smart and very functional reel for float fishing as for feeder fishing the concept spool must be an aluminium alloy with a line stop on it. Will need to do research on it.

Hello,
The Quartz reel series is on the catalog (sea 3
photos) and on the Service After Sale of 1997.
These reels were sold in France. In UK I don't know.
A K7 advertising video intended for sellers was also distributed the same year (photo attached of this K7 that I have): advertisement of about two minutes running in a loop over the duration of the tape.
The first photo: "97 Fishing enters the Quartz era - With Line Control a secret weapon emerges from the shadows"
Second photo: "Quartz technology" with explanation of the Line Control system
Third photo: "The Quartz range 6 reels to satisfy all types of fishing"
This is all I can say about the Quartz series
Best regards,
Christian
PS: on the last page of the catalog the list of distributors in the World, for the USA: JWA 1936 Willow Road STURTEVANTWI 53177