Hello,
is the owner of the 60 mm Tremel telescope still here? he posted his Tremel scope in 2016 here I think?
Thanks and best wishes,
Michael
Here's the thread on the 60mm.
Also found:
"In 1936, Anton Kutter succeeded in arranging with the optical-mechanical workshop of Georg Tremel, the successor of Merz Optics in Munich, to develop a capable amateur telescope. Merz optics had come into contact with the Brachyt design in 1918, when one such instrument had been turned for repair to Paul Zschokke, the workshop's owner at that time. In the following, Zschokke had constructed a Brachyt of 16 cm aperture by himself; unfortunately, this instrument - later in the Deutsches Museum, Munich, suffers from unrepairable coma."
And this:
"Traded Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Georg Merz (d.1867) leaves business to sons Sigmund & Ludwig. Sigmund becomes director. After Sigmund dies, cousins Jakob and Matthias Merz assumed business in 1883, sell it in 1903 to Paul Zschokke, former director of Steinheil. Zschokke d. 1932, company bankrupted but continued until WWII by employees Georg Tremel and August Loesch."
Also found a thread about an 80mm, but the pictures are in the thread starters' gallery here.
"The text on the rim of the objective lens is "G. Tremel. Munchen". After doing some web searching I found this little blurb on a German optician involved in making telescopes: "In 1936, Anton Kutter succeeded in arranging with the optical-mechanical workshop of Georg Tremel, the successor of Merz Optics in Munich, to develop a capable amateur telescope." So Georg(e) Tremel was apparently making telescopes in Munich in the Mid '30s. The objective on this scope shows no hint of a coating, which would suggest the lens was made pre-WWII. Here's a series of photos of the scope and the case it came in..."
Another link, might as well list it too while I'm at it.
"The mounts used came from the Astro-Optical Workshop [of] Georg Tremel in Obermenzing, near Munich, which is the successor to the world famous Merz [whose reputation] had [already been] successfully established in amateur circles. Precisely when these mounts were [originally] developed by Tremel can no longer be reliably dated from today's perspective. However, it can be assumed that these specimens were already [in] existence in the 1920s when Tremel was still employed at Merz. Various advertisements of the KOSMOS company in the author's own books (e.g. Henseling's Astronomical Handbook, [vol.] 2., 1925 edition) confirm this. With the bankruptcy of the Merz plant in 1932, production ceased [and was subsequently] continued by the company setup by Tremel [as] the Astro-Optical Workshop of Georg Tremel and August Lösch."
Great job restoring yours and thanks for posting this beauty!
Edited by Sky King, 23 January 2025 - 04:34 PM.
