Oberwerks are MIC, but they are inspected by the founder before being shipped. I hear their customer service is excellent. I have had no experience with them.
"Oberwerk is an Importer/Distributor of mostly 56 mm and bigger binocular binoculars made in China. Unlike Leica, Swarovski or Zeiss, Oberwerk does not manufacture any binoculars. They source binoculars from China and have the Oberwerk name applied. There are at least a dozen other companies in the US importing from China. Oberwerk is one of the most established and have more consistent quality control. You can think of Oberwerk as the Bushnell of the 21st Century. Oberwerk binos are an excellent value. IMO, some of the better models offer 90-95% performance of the premium brands at a fraction of the cost."
"Every Oberwerk binocular is tested and tuned to perfection in Dayton, Ohio by Oberwerk founder Kevin Busarow, and comes with a hand-written check-out list. An Oberwerk serial number is assigned and laser-engraved only after a binocular completes this quality assurance process. Over the last two decades, Kevin has tested well over 30,000 binoculars (including around, 7000
Long-Range Observation binoculars and
Binocular Telescopes), and is one of the most-experienced (and fanatical) optical techs in the business. Kevin’s testing involves numerous optical and mechanical checks, with a special emphasis on “collimation” (alignment). After training on the Navy Mark V collimator, Kevin built a collimator from a surplus spy plane camera lens. Since then, Oberwerk has obtained the real deal- an ultra-rare genuine Navy Mark V. As the world’s leading supplier of high-power binoculars, we understand how important it is that our binoculars are as perfectly-aligned as mechanically possible, in order to provide well-merged images with no eyestrain, at any IPD setting. Kevin applies the same level of precise alignment required by our high-magnification binocular telescopes across the entire product line, down to the least-expensive low-magnification models, making Oberwerk binoculars
the most perfectly-collimated binoculars on the market."
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