Garymh - nothing like being where the action is taking place. Hope you aren't inundated with all kinds of Zeiss related queries, but I happen to have one. Are you game for a response?
My story. When Zeiss still made their outstanding 15x60 B porro, I bought one (new) and have protected it like it was one of the crown jewels of binocular land. Here in the wilderness of central Montana, not many folks have heard of this model, much less looked through one. But as the word gets around, occasionally someone stops by for a peek.
About a month ago while at the local gun range (I don't hunt anymore but spot targets for shooters), a fellow asked to use it at the range, and since I'm an obliging kind of guy, I said, "sure."
Well anyway, when it was returned in the custom leather case made for it several hours later, I was unaware that the little round disc with the serial number on it was missing. I discovered that after returning home and frantically drove back to the range to try to find it. But to no avail. And of course the fellow using it didn't remember anything about the disc.
So now I have this lovely piece of optics which looks mutilated when I use it, and no way of finding out what the serial number was because my record keeping revealed nothing. At age 80, the porro will be changing hands in the not too distant future. It was serviced once by Zeiss. It was registered in my name when I first bought it, and I assumed that there would be a record of that.
So I called Zeiss USA, and a very pleasant woman said not to worry, the guarantee was good regardless of the missing serial number. And she said there was no record of my initial registration and later service.
I realize that we are not talking about a Bentley automobile, but I thought Zeiss would keep registration records. Any advice you can give me?
Thanks.
John
John
