First M3

[PeLu]

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10 hours ago, 250swb said:

So you spoke to the person who serviced the camera and used the Brandt seal a few weeks ago, hmm. Well it serves me right, I shouldn't have bothered but what can anybody do when the story comes out with all the chapters in the wrong order, enjoy your camera. 

Here you have the guy.

https://ksc.nu/english/

Use the link and then you can speak with him yourself. I can’t understand what the fuzz about a camera being serviced in Stockholm or not? It’s just a regular m3 not Mona Lisa. Does that really matter? Sometimes things are a coincidence. I have 5 old Leicas so talking to a service guy is not that strange? I learned about service marks after this thread started. I don’t know about you? But isn’t that watch this forum is all about. Sharing and learning. 
 

Now. Give Mr Kosnar a call and talk to him yourself. 😊

Edited Sunday at 07:08 PM by PeLu

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[luigi bertolotti]

Isn't simpler to ask Wetzlar who was the first recipient of this M3? Being so fine, looks it has not passed in so many hands... and that "E" smells really a lot about Cordoba...

Edited Sunday at 08:46 PM by luigi bertolotti

[Dr Monochrom]

Enjoy your camera @PeLu! A great find

[like-r]

Am 22.10.2025 um 21:26 schrieb PeLu:

similar sagas

English is not my native language, therefore I would like to ask: do you mean "similar stories" or "similar explanations"?

I think it is definitively a weak spot, also on the other side of the body where the bottom is hooked in.

[like-r]

Am 23.10.2025 um 12:29 schrieb PG Black nickel:

The M3 may have been repaired in Stockholm.

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Where can I find this overview in the Wiki?

[PG Black nickel]

https://wiki.l-camera-forum.com/leica-wiki.en/images/3/3e/Leica-puts-pocket-book.pdf

[PeLu]

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3 hours ago, like-r said:

English is not my native language, therefore I would like to ask: do you mean "similar stories" or "similar explanations"?

I think it is definitively a weak spot, also on the other side of the body where the bottom is hooked in.

Similar cameras. Damn autocorrect… (or was I on the wine?)😊

[250swb]

On 10/26/2025 at 7:08 PM, PeLu said:

Here you have the guy.

https://ksc.nu/english/

Use the link and then you can speak with him yourself. I can’t understand what the fuzz about a camera being serviced in Stockholm or not? It’s just a regular m3 not Mona Lisa. Does that really matter?

No it doesn't really matter about where it was last serviced, unless there is an emotional involvement in wanting 1 + 1 to equal 2 that gets hard baked into the record. I'm an 'old man' like you repairer I guess, and old men's memories aren't  necessarily forgetful but are necessarily selective in that 'oh it's an E' becomes 'oh it's an ε'. This is the historical forum, why it matters is history, so if you bring up a point and it gets debated and qualified one way or another until somebody else contradicts it everybody works on that belief.

Edited 9 hours ago by 250swb