How to identify / estimate the production dates of vintage binoculars?
British:
Barr & Stround binoculars (1932 – 1971)
Barr & Stroud Binoculars (1950 – 1971)
British binoculars from the 1950s and 1960s
Vintage British binoculars from this store
German:
C.P. Goerz Berlin Trieder Binocle
Voigtlander (Note: this link is for Voigtlander lenses. Information to be updated for binoculars)
Vintage German binoculars from this store
USA:
Bausch & Lomb date code (serial number scheme)
US WW2 military binoculars from this store
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