Product Details
ZEISS, JENA
A RARE PAIR OF ASTRONOMICAL 12-24-42x60 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION BINOCULARS, MODEL 'STARMORBI', serial no. 1534,
circa 1925 and designed for astronomical observation, of roof-prism design with jointed barrels with central bar and peg mount, the ocular lenses housed on rotating mounts, each mount sporting an individually focusing eye-piece for 12, 24 and 42 magnifications, the central mount marked with the Carl Zeiss Jena trademark above 'STARMORBI' and the serial number, the barrels and prism housings finished in a black stippled covering, the remainder in gloss black, retaining their original spring steel objective lens caps, original hard rubber cups for the ocular lenses and contained in a later possibly custom made leather carry-case, overall length of binoculars 19in., weight without case approx. 14lbs. and complete with a 'Velbon' aluminium tripod adapted for same
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Estimate £1,000-1,500