Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]See below: > From: "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net> > > I am curious as to the progression of Leica lens serial numbers. > Has there been just one number series since the first lens, or is > there more than one series of numbers? > If there is only one series there must be allotments or breaks for > different lenses down through the years. > Can anyone, and I am certain many can, enlighten me as to the > progression of lens serial numbers: please. > Lens serial number source: Identifying Leica Lenses, Ghester Sartorius, 1999, ISBN 0-8174-4027-5 156 001 - 195 000 1933 195 001 - 236 000 1934 236 001 - 284 600 1935 284 601 - 345 000 1936 345 001 - 416 500 1937 416 501 - 490 000 1938 490 001 - 538 500 1939 538 501 - 565 000 1940 565 001 - 582 294 1941 582 295 - 593 000 1942 593 001 - 594 880 1943 594 881 - 595 000 1944 595 001 - 601 000 1945 601 001 - 633 000 1946 633 001 - 647 000 1947 647 001 - 682 000 1948 682 001 - 756 000 1949 756 001 - 840 000 1950 840 001 - 950 000 1951 950 001 - 1 051 000 1952 1 051 000 - 1 124 000 1953 1 124 001 - 1 236 000 1954 1 236 001 - 1 333 000 1955 1 333 001 - 1 459 000 1956 1 459 001 - 1 548 000 1957 1 548 001 - 1 645 300 1958 1 645 301 - 1 717 000 1959 1 717 001 - 1 827 000 1960 1 827 001 - 1 913 000 1961 1 913 001 - 1 967 100 1962 1 967 101 - 2 015 700 1963 2 015 701 - 2 077 500 1964 2 077 501 - 2 156 300 1965 2 156 301 - 2 236 500 1966 2 236 501 - 2 254 400 1967 2 254 401 - 2 312 750 1968 2 312 751 - 2 384 700 1969 2 384 701 - 2 468 500 1970 2 468 501 - 2 503 100 1971 2 503 101 - 2 556 500 1972 2 556 501 - 2 663 400 1973 2 663 401 - 2 731 900 1974 2 731 901 - 2 761 100 1975 2 761 101 - 2 809 400 1976 2 809 401 - 2 880 600 1977 2 880 601 - 2 967 250 1978 2 967 251 - 3 013 650 1979 3 013 651 - 3 087 000 - 1980 3 087 001 - 3 160 500 1981 3 160 501 - 3 249 100 1982 3 249 101 - 3 294 900 1983 3 294 901 - 3 346 200 1984 3 346 201 - 3 383 200 1985 3 383 201 - 3 422 890 1986 3 422 891 - 3 455 870 1987 3 455 871 - 3 478 900 1988 3 478 901 - 3 503 150 1989 3 503 151 - 3 540 467 1990 3 540 468 - 3 583 830 1991 3 585 831 - 3 610 680 1992 3 610 381 - 3 644 475 1993 3 644 476 - 3 677 030 1994 3 677 031 - 3 730 290 1995 3 730 291 - - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html