pronatureboy
pronatureboy
Can anybody tell me a website where I can check the serial numbers for Carl Zeiss Binoculars. To be specific DDR Carl Zeiss Jena multi-coated Jenoptem 8x30w binos.
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Carl Zeiss Binos Serial Numbers List (1 Viewer)
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Hi,
Try Peter Abrahams site: http://www.europa.com/~telscope/binotele.htm
Look down the page until you get to Zeiss Binocular Production Numbers, which is a file listing the serial numbers year by year. Your Jenoptem is a Deltrintem model, which was built under that name from 1920 to 1990. You should get the build year from the serial number. Note that there was a thriving business making Zeiss 7x50 replicas, but nobody built fake Zeiss 8x30s, to my knowledge
Try Peter Abrahams site: http://www.europa.com/~telscope/binotele.htm
Look down the page until you get to Zeiss Binocular Production Numbers, which is a file listing the serial numbers year by year. Your Jenoptem is a Deltrintem model, which was built under that name from 1920 to 1990. You should get the build year from the serial number. Note that there was a thriving business making Zeiss 7x50 replicas, but nobody built fake Zeiss 8x30s, to my knowledge
wint
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You might try http://www.holgermerlitz.de/jenoptem.html - there are certainly 8x30 fakes.
pronatureboy
pronatureboy
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Thanks very much to both of you, most informative.
Thanks very much to both of you, most informative.
Hi,
Just got a pair of Carl Zeiss Jena 6X30 with serial number 1484950.
With the information from http://www.europa.com/~telscope/zeissbin.doc that means they were produced between 1928-1929 if I understand the serial number concept.
Any way the optics are pretty good with no columnation.
If I have read the serial number info wrong can someone please point me in the right direction as to dating these.
Thanks
Just got a pair of Carl Zeiss Jena 6X30 with serial number 1484950.
With the information from http://www.europa.com/~telscope/zeissbin.doc that means they were produced between 1928-1929 if I understand the serial number concept.
Any way the optics are pretty good with no columnation.
If I have read the serial number info wrong can someone please point me in the right direction as to dating these.
Thanks
John A Roberts
Well-known member
Hi superc,
I've attached a copy of the table from the Europa site that was referred to earlier.
The problem is that it implies that Zeiss numbering was for more consistent across time than it was.
And those who specialise in Zeiss binoculars are aware of exceptions.
Nevertheless, it's a starting point, as there does not seem to be a more comprehensive generally available resource.
John
I've attached a copy of the table from the Europa site that was referred to earlier.
The problem is that it implies that Zeiss numbering was for more consistent across time than it was.
And those who specialise in Zeiss binoculars are aware of exceptions.
Nevertheless, it's a starting point, as there does not seem to be a more comprehensive generally available resource.
John
As for http://www.europa.com/~telscope/ - the documents on there can still be found in the wayback machine...
web.archive.org
Joachim
Wayback Machine
Joachim
