Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/06/01

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Serial #'s
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1998 16:21:55 -0400
 
At 08:13 PM 01-06-98 +0100, Lucien wrote:
>
>As always with Leitz and Leica, it is not clear.
>I will say between 1 710 000 and 1 720 000.
>Black 1 710 838 is Solms (1986 nr)
>(Leica brochure 910 384 VII/88/DY/B)
>Black 1 726 790 is Solms (1987 nr)
>(Lager vol. II)
>Chrome 1 712 255 is Wetzlar (1987 nr)
>But the change normally occurred in 1988.
>And the first 1988 number allocated to a M6
>that year is 1 738 451 !!
>You see what I mean...
>
>
I must have one of the last of the Wetzlar M6s.  Mine was purchased in
1988, and has serial number 1704484.

Dan C.