![]() I don't think these add much to the debate, as they're all within the known envelopes. My early serial numbers are: 8x20 Feldstecher: flat top, no ipd scale, signed in script, S/N 1634 12x25 Feldstecher: sloping top, ipd scale, signed in script, S/N 9481 5+10x Marine-Glas mit Revolver: ipd scale, signed in script, S/N 117. I know Hans has been an avid collector of early Zeiss serial numbers for some time, so he may already have the answer to your question. John Gould noted some early serial numbers (including an 8x20 with the enviable S/N of 3!) in his 1986 ZH article. The point that early serial numbers are model-specific has also been made by Larry in his 1990 ZH article, and by Hans Seeger in his `Feldstecher'. A few comments, together with the serial numbers under 250000 in my collection, as you requested: 1. ![]() Your list of serial numbers and Larry's production figures are both most illuminating. Zeiss numbering & trademark, Aluminum restoration, Teleater variation = Subject: Early Zeiss binocular serial numbers From: Fred Watson I read your piece in Binocular List #49 with great interest. 1 Archives of an email list on the history of binoculars.
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