Details of Swarobright Introduction on Swarovski Binoculars
Swarovski’s optical devices are not marked to indicate the presence of Swarobright.
However, when introduced on various product lines, the box labels were for a time marked indicating the addition of Swarobright.
The following list is what I've observed from box labels, indicating:
(not observed on) first observed on, at the latest date by.
And for Swarovski numbering during the period:
• the first two numerals are the year of manufacture, add 1930, and;
• the next two numerals are the week of the year, from 01 to 52.
On SLC Models
8x56 (D6826 12329) D6847 22646, late 1998
10x50 (D6829 13770) D6851 24452, late 1998
7x42 (D7027 61277) D7033 62504, mid+ 2000
10x42 (D7039 65033) D7103 70724, early 2001
15x56 (D7138 82393) D7148 00624, late 2001 *
8x50 (D7101 70093)
D7210 03016, early 2002
8x30 (D7204 84805) D7305 88434, early 2003 **
* In late 2001, the cumulative numbering used on all the SLC models - except the x30 ones - was reset.
The x30 models continued to use the original numbering series.
** On the 8x30, Swarovski describes the Swarobright version as the Mk IV, see post #11 at:
Slc 8x30
In relation to the 7x50
Production/ demand seems to have been very low during the period, so I don’t have any images of box labels
to be able to indicate when Swarobright was added.
In relation to the 7x30
The 7x30 was discontinued in 2001 and never had Swarobright coating. For more detail, see post #12 in the above link.
On Pocket Models
10x25 (E7112 77339) E7142 81957, late 2001
8x20 (E7121 78943) E7217 86375, early 2002
On EL Models
10x42 (L7140 36497) L7145 38586, late 2001
8.5x42 (L7116 27961) L7207 43659, early 2002
Although Swarovski doesn’t talk in any detail about their Swarobright coatings, as indicted in the previous post,
the use of dielectric coatings has been substantially refined over the last 25 years.
John
