Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/15
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Hello Emmanuel,
Shortly after I wrote you about the letter "W" on my M4-P, Arthur
Krick who was with the companies mentioned, sent the following information
to me. He is currently visiting with Tom Abrahamsson in Vancouver and
passes his greetings on to the members of the LUG that he knows.
On to more exciting things now though as the sun is shining again
and Songkran is on in full swing here in Bangkok. Not a good day outside
for Leicas but fine for my waterproof Canon.
Ian Stanley,
Bangkok, Thailand
>Williams of Hove Ltd. had its own Leica workshop facility which was located
>some 6 miles from the shop. Anything that was serviced at this facility
>would, on having the small seal on the face of the lens mount reinstated, be
>stamped on this seal with the letter "W".
>
>On the demise of W of H, this service facility was taken over by Hove Camera
>Company Ltd. and the letter "H" used to mark the seal.
At 07:51 AM 14/04/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>The number 92 stamped at the 12 o'clock position on an M camera lens mount
>means it
>was last serviced by Don Goldberg. Someday someone will write an esoteric
>monograph
>on the runic seals of Leica service stations in the 20th century!
>
>Emanuel Lowi
>Montreal