I got to honest with you, Mike, it doesn't make sense! The fieldsccopes numbering started from I, the new EDG is the EDG II, the successor to the Nikon "E" binoculars is the EII, the successor to the compact Nikon 8x23 Venturer was the Venturer II.
Clearly, starting with "7" must have some significance. The 8x42 is almost 7" long (6.8"), which has to be a record for this configuration in modern roofs. Or perhaps there are 7 pro staff members including yourself?
Seven is considered a Lucky Number, and it was also Mickey Mantle's number, which is retired from the Yankees. Historically, "7" has had cosmic and spiritual significance:
Seven colors in the spectrum.
Seven notes in the musical scale.
Seven features on the human head.
Seven vowels in the Greek alphabet.
The seventh day after birth the umbilical cord falls off.
Flowering plants of a pure strain have seven outside petals. The lotus is one such flower.
There are seven major chakras, or energy points, in the human body.
The ziggurat, or ladder to heaven, has seven steps.
In Babylonian, Judaic, and Christian genesis, the universe was created in seven days.
And let's not forget, there were seven dwarfs in "Snow White".
I was really puzzled by all this, so I downloaded the Nikon Prostaff 7 video to my recorder and accidentally played it backwards, and at the beginning of the video, I could hear the recording engineer whispering, "Number Seven, Number Seven, Number Seven."
I guess it was the seventh take.
Well, whatever the reason, Good Luck! with your new product launch.
Brock