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    Bin Identification

    So at least two such glasses, both with serial numbers indicating 1980 production. Despite the JENAUTIC label on the right prism cover, neither has any elements of a nautical glass. Maybe a private venture customization by a CZJ retailer?
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    Bin Identification

    Well, it gets more complicated, because apparently CZJ did sell technology and designs to Asian manufacturers, so there were knock offs that look pretty real and consequently were easy to give Zeiss labels to. The Jenoptem name came into being after Zeiss West Germany was able to persuade the...
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    Bin Identification

    Jenautic is a new CZJ model for me and I am not confident that this is really a CZJ product. The serial number indicates a 1980 production item. The DDR did not have much humor, so a nautical model without waterproofing would have been hard for the hierarchy to approve. I'll hope to hear...
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    Bin Identification

    Not to complicate matters, but afaik there is/was a thriving business creating fake CZJ style binoculars, externally indistinguishable from the originals. This glass has a CZJ 1980 production serial number, as recorded by Peter Abrahams here: http://www.europa.com/~telscope/binotele.htm Of...
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