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penny22
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Reged: 04/13/08
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Hi
Can anyone help me to find out more info or history about this binoculars?
It do not say where was made ( no stamp) may be Japan ???
I was looking up and down on the net. I have all the info about other carl family product but not Carl Wetzlar product?
It say nautilus on the right side. Is it waterproof ?
The photo are above
Thank you very much for help out
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KennyJ
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 10146
Loc: Lancashire UK
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Hello Penny ,
You will find a lot of information about the identification code system of many Japanese made binoculars by clicking on to the following link .
http://www.europa.com/~telscope/jbcode.txt
Carl Wetzlar is one of those deliberately Bavarian SOUNDING names , used by several companies over the past half century or so , presumably to try to give the impression of the items being of superior quality .
Unfortunately for you , perhaps , quite the opposite is usually true !
Centre - focus binoculars of that style and vintage are very unlikely to be waterproof .
Regards , Kenny
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Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
Various eyepieces barlows tripods mounts etc.
Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ5 digital camera
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penny22
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Reged: 04/13/08
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hi Kenny
you are wonderful.
it is japan binoculars :
left side (the manufacturer of the finished binocularis) JB 43 Tozaki Kogaku Kogyo Co. Ltd.
Right side (maker of the body)is JB 32 Miyako Seiki Co. Ltd :
Anyone know the year ?
Thank you
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KennyJ
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 10146
Loc: Lancashire UK
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Hi Penny ,
I'm sure I'm not really THAT wonderful , but pleased I could help you in some small way .
Sorry I cannot help you with identifying the year , although there ought to be a clue in the serial number .
Regards , Kenny
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If everyone is thinking the same thing , no-one is thinking - General George S.Patton
Zeiss 7 x 42 BGAT
Captain's Helmsman 7 x 50
Nikon 10 x 42 Superior E
Swift Audubon Kestrel 10 x 50
Helios 15 x 70 Observation
Strathspey 20 x 90
Televue 76 APO
Zeiss 85 Diascope
Helios 102 f5 refractor
Various eyepieces barlows tripods mounts etc.
Panasonic Lumix DMC - TZ5 digital camera
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brentwood
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Reged: 11/04/05
Posts: 637
Loc: BC Canada
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Copy & pasted from my original reply in Beginners Forum. Sort of same as Kenny said.
Carl Wetzlar were/are? one of the original 'Confuzaname' Japanese binocs of the 50s, 60s,70s. By using Carl Zeiss's first name and the city where they are made, they hoped (and succeeded) in attracting buyers thinking they were buying something of high quality. Most of their stuff was low end Bushnell type quality, but I understand they did have a few higher quality lines. I think the 'Aviation' line was good, maybe the 'Marine' was as well.
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Ridiculous binocular collection
I've cut it twice and it's still too short.
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mclewis1
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Loc: Colorado
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I had (might still have ... somewhere) the same pair. They were given to me for Christmas in the early 70's. They were quite well built and stood up to most of the bad handling I subjected them to, I did have to have them collimated once.
The coatings were poor by today's standards and the fov was fairly limited but the views were quite good. Not high end good but probably better than most sub $100 binoculars sold today.
I still remember the amazing views of comet West in 1975 in these binoculars ... and the smudge that was Halley in '86.
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Mark
C11, C6, APM/TMB115, and AT80ED
Tandem mount CGE and CG-5A, WO EZ-Touch and AT Voyager
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Modded 350D, SPC900, Mallincam
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penny22
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Reged: 04/13/08
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yes I think the view is good. I use it for bird watching which is fine.
Bad side is too big and heavy close to 3.5-4 lb I think.
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