Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>My black M6 has a number outside of your range. It is1917569. It is obviously the oldest M6 known to this group! << One of my M6's is #1668293 - never been serviced, still works perfectly despite many years of heavy use. I think I got it in 1986 or 1987. Bryan - -----Original Message----- From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 HM Serial Numbers... Short! >My black M6 has a number outside of your range. It is1917569. It is >obviously the oldest M6 known to this group! I bought it brand new less >than two years ago (!) from an official Leica agent in Hamburg, Germany. I >got about 25% off the list price because it was a 'demonstrator' and 'a >couple of years old'. I called the Leica factory asking them when it was >manufactured. They said it was 'approx. five years old'. I guess they knew >better. However, the camera was spotless and came with a full two year >factory guarantee and the original box. As I not only have a car with a >starting crank, but also a motor bike which I kick start (BMW 75/6), I am >not worried the M6 is old, but I do keep a spare battery as it has no >equivalent to the starting crank/kick starter. > >-- >christer almqvist >eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 >14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58 > >