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Al Brown
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About 100 yers ago, Leitz company issued a set of theatre binoculars in gold (BINAR and BITUR, according to Laney). It was a thing of class and the luxury edition adorned  their catalogue until the WW

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But highlighting 'gold plated' does accentuate the necessary level of tackiness. Like gold bathroom taps, a golden flush for the toilet, a golden shower.

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I guess you mean "finger ring"?

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Here is a gold Sekonic meter to go with your gold Leica's:

 

 

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Found a golden M4-2 "Barnack" anniversary on the back cover of my Lager's ILLUSTRATED GUIDE III.

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A golden Leica is the perfect camera making photos from Goldilock :) 

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Seems like some folks still like the bling bling of golden cameras - I found a store with a brand new Lomo "Diana" in golden finish, made for 110 cartridge film, incredibly portable at 51g and comes with the golden chain.

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Sold for€32,000 at the Wetzlar Camera Auction in October.

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Tiranty related from 1957. Lot No 119 if anyone wants to get further details.

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Fairly rare 24k gold plated Leica IIF in this configuration with genuine red lizard skin.

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I think that somebody did really use this golden M4-2

as here we can see the ring around shutter release 'not new' 🙂

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image taken from present selling in Leica Store Paris, this link to the seller's site

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Or, if you lack 5 grand, here is a gold Minox Leica thingy from an auction down on the 'bay.

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I bought an interresting Leica M3 gold plated.

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5 hours ago, dubois pierre said:

I bought an interresting Leica M3 gold plated.

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It looks exactly like the one Meister Kamera still lists, it even has the same serial number...

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Here is a very nice reskin from Arte.

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Hi Al, his gold plated copy of Leica M3 from Arte is partially done there are many unplated details. To carry out this work it is necessary to find 2 professionals. One who will ensure the disassembly of the camera and the reassembly and the second to carry out the plating. A camera is made up of different metal parts (steel, brass, aluminum). And the treatment of these metals requires different steps, for example dechroming. The M3 that I bought and after verification by my expert confirmed that the 2 screws (self-timer and lens lock) were not actually gold plated but simply painted which contradicts the seller's description. I had to give these 2 elements to a professional for 14 carat gold plating. For the lens the operation is more delicate.

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My fake Leica Luxus 1a, if for an enlightened amateur that we are it will not be complicated to see this replica as a fake, for a novice it will be more complicated.

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A very unique golden Leica MP with a 50mm Elmar being auctioned at the 40th Leitz Photographica Auction.

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Leica Luxus Ia replica under the spring sun.☀️😏

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