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Originally Posted by LeicaTom
Eduardo,
Getting a precise production number might be a bit of a problem now, because the Leitz archives have been locked and will remain closed to public access for an indefinite period
(the new CEO has put it all in Lock Down  very sad news for anyone who`s doing research)
*I`m doing research for a book project about Leica IIIC`s*
...... and this situation has really placed a damper on things and has put a halt to my serial number and historical research, while sadly no one has any information out about the era of cameras I`m researching, not even Leica Historian Jim Lager..........
I do know that #920000 is a very good number to go by, while the oldest known surviving production lens is #920026
I`ve personally owned lenses in the #92xxxx and #98xxxx serial number ranges from these "Radioactive" 50 Crons
I`d be safe to say if anything turns up made BEFORE #920000 it`s a prototype lens
Tom |
Uhm... are you sure about 920.026 ? Years ago (1999) I took note (if they didn't mistake in typing) that Leicashop of Wien had for sale 920.008 ... At that times their "for sale" were simply excel sheets and I saved them for the record... I still have a number of them (interesting some prices of that years... in 1999 also, a Noctilux f1 for 1580 US$, and in 2000, an Hologon for 8400 US$)