Antique Binoculars.

These are kind of neat. They still work really well. The client believes they are from the early 1900's but isn't positive the initials on the case don't match the binoculars so they may not be original to the case. Still neat.

 

excellent brand name..if I'm reading it correctly carl zeiss with I think 4 x magnification

 

Yes that is what it says. I didn't realize that was the brand. LOL! Thanks.

 

D.R.P equals Deutsches Reichspatent equals German Empire Patent

I believe these were made in 1896 are are 4 x mag.

D.P.R. was last used in 1919

 

@Kasperscuriosities @Shangas

Will you ship to the Land Down under?

 

Something like this, sure. It would be easy enough to pack up.

 

Kasper,

Shangas collects binoculars and opera glasses and well, a whole bunch of neat stuff LOL

 

The reason the stuff I collect is neat is because I spend a lot of time lookin' at it. I don't buy anything unless I can hold it in my hands and check it out, or unless I'm really certain.

And these look like they're missing eyepieces.

 

Good eye for detail, there. The threads are obvious once you look at them.

 

When you look at as many trashed antiques as I have, you learn to spot these tiny little details.

 

Ya well,,,It was nice of D-Fun to think of you!!

 

Interesting not something I would have noticed and I was looking through them. LOL! I am sure they will find a loving home with someone. ;-)

 

As AF said, you can see the threads where they would've screwed in.

A lot of old pairs of binoculars were horribly abused. They have cracked and broken lenses, dents, missing parts, or people don't put them back together properly and they jam and break. I bought a pair of French binoculars once which some numbskull had pulled apart, cleaned and then put back the wrong way around. As a result I had to pull them apart entirely and flip half the pieces around before they would operate!

 

Hell????

 

I'm flattered that you think I'm that diabolical.

 

Value of these has a lot to do with condition of the optics-is the image perfectly clear and collimated (both sides aimed at same exact point.). Zeiss was definitely the best for a long time and especially when these were made.

Initials on case were those of an owner, put on after he got them.

 

Thanks

When looking through them they are very clear. I was pretty impressed. I didn't think they would work very well when she pulled them out but they do. I could see at distance with these just as well as with my modern binoculars. I even noted it when I was examining them. No scratches on the lenses. It looked as I would think it should have.

 

One of the biggest issues with old binoculars is that dust gets inside the mechanisms and grits up the glass. Often you have to completely disassemble these things to blow out the dust, wipe down the lenses, clean them, lubricate them and then reassemble them for them to work properly.

Dust gets in through the minute gaps in the mechanism. The only real way to prevent this is to keep them in their cases, but that doesn't always work.

 

@Kasperscuriosities

This is what a pair of binoculars from that era are supposed to look like, complete with the missing eyepieces. The ones in this eBay listing are from around the same era (1890s-1910s).

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Antique-...778140?hash=item4affd5bf5c:g:VmUAAOSwR5dXRASj