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I haven't seen any Leica lenses without serial numbers. Just google "Leica lens serial numbers" and you'll find a number of sites that identify a lens' year of manufacture.

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Wiki section of the forum : http://www.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/index.php/Serial_Number_Links_for_Leica_Cameras_and_Lenses

 

(there is something strange in the 2012 range, I think...)

 

If you search for year of production of old lenses, keep in mind that not always a serial number ALLOCATED in a certain year was actually PRODUCED in that year... a quick example taken from our Wiki :

 

1884101 - 1885000 - Summilux f= 5 cm 1:1.4 - 1961 - 900

1897001 - 1899000 - Summilux f= 5 cm 1:1.4 - 1961 - 2000

 

My Summilux 50 is 1.884.604... and can be rather sure that it left the factory in 1961.

 

1875501 - 1876500 - 40 cm 1:5 Telyt - 1961 - 1000

2077001 - 2077500 - 40 cm 1:5 Telyt - 1964 - 500

 

I have a Telyt 40 1.876.237 ... and don't know exactly when it was built... around '62-'63, by logic.

 

... and the extreme example... :)

 

2500651 - 2501000 - 800mm f/6.3 Telyt-S - 1971 - 350

 

 

... they never reached the end of the planned batch... low and slow sales... stopped at 2500891 in 1994... no idea at all about when my 2.500.874 was made...

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You remember almost right (year is 1949, not 1954) ... Summarit is a coated Xenon and a batch planned for Xenons was completed 10 years after with Summarits (were those 103 lenses coated ? interesting question for real historicians...)

 

490001 - 492000 Xenon f= 5 cm 1:1.5 - 1939- 2000

 

491898 - 492000 Summarit f= 5 cm 1:1.5 - 1939- 103

 

740001 - 741000 Summarit f= 5 cm 1:1.5 - 1949- 1000

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Now, Leica printed the manufacture date on the M outer box, but not the lens,

 

I heard there is website I can type serial number to check manufacture date? or check if the lens has benn registered ? it ture?

 

I have never seen the manufacture date on a Leica box. Can you post an example, please?

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