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Wikipedia Leica M1 - Production era - 1959-1964

M1 M2 Instructions in Brief 11-36b/Engl. Courtesy of Joe Chan

• Variants - Early models had a button rewind but this was changed to a lever at serial number 966730. jcb

[edit] Leica M1 Serial Numbers

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year built	Batch
950001	950300	Leica M1	1959	300
952016	952500	Leica M1	1959	485
956501	957000	Leica M1	1959	500
966501	967500	Leica M1	1959	1000
979501	980450**	Leica M1	1959	950
980451*	980500*	Leica M1 green paint*	1959	50*
1017001	1017500	Leica M1	1961	500
1028001	1028600	Leica M1	1961	600
1035401	1035925**	Leica M1	1961	525
1035926*	1036000*	Leica M1 green paint*	1961	75*
1040001	1040066**	Leica M1	1962	66**
1040069**	1040070**	Leica M1	1961	2**
1040072**	1040094**	Leica M1	1961	23**
1040097**	1040600	Leica M1	1961	504**
1046001	1046500	Leica M1	1962	500
1050001	1050500	Leica M1	1962	500
1060001	1060500	Leica M1	1962	500
1067501	1067870**	Leica M1	1963	370
1074001	1074500	Leica M1	1963	500
1085001	1085500	Leica M1	1963	500
1091001	1091300	Leica M1	1964	300
1098001	1098100**	Leica M1	1964	100**
1098101*	1098183*	Leica M1 green paint*	1964	83*
1098184**	1098300	Leica M1	1964	117**
1102001	1102500	Leica M1	1964	500
1102801	1102900**	Leica M1	1964	100
Total	assigned	serial numbers	1959-1964	9,650

. * Serial numbers and batch total from Gandy's List
** Serial numbers from Serial Numbers Leica Cameras with computed batch total.
Unmarked SN's match between both lists and Gandy's batch total was used without recalculation.