Carl Zeiss serial numbers
Pre-war Zeiss Triotar 7.5cm f/4.5 fitted in this Art Deco Rolleicord image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Post-war Zeiss lenses from Jena image by Dennis Leonardo (Image rights) |
50mm f1.7 Planar #6909264 (1970ies) for the Contax/Yashica mount made by Carl Zeiss Oberkochen image by BlueTsunami (Image rights) |
Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Carl Zeiss Jena [1]. After the war Carl Zeiss separated into two branches and lens production resumed both in Jena (East Germany) as well as in Oberkochen (West Germany)[1].
Years | Serial nº from | Serial nº to | Years | Serial nº from | Serial nº to | |
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Pre-war production in Jena | Pre-war production in Jena | |||||
1912 | 137,418 | 200,520 | 1937 | 1,930,150 | 2,219,775 | |
1913 | 208,473 | 249,350 | 1938 | 2,267,991 | 2,527,984 | |
1914 | 249,886 | 282,739 | 1939 | 2,527,999 | 2,651,211 | |
1915 | 282,800 | 284,500 | 1940 | 2,652,000 | 2,678,000 | |
1916 | 285,200 | 288,100 | 1941 | 2,678,326 | 2,790,346 | |
1917 | 289,087 | 298,157 | 1942 | 2,800,000 | 2,900,000 | |
1918 | 298,215 | 322,748 | Post-war Carl Zeiss Jena (E.-Germany) | |||
1919 | 322,799 | 351,611 | 1945-1949 | 3,000,000 | 3,200,000 | |
1920 | 375,194 | 419,823 | 1949-1952 | 3,200,000 | 3,470,000 | |
1921 | 4332,73 | 438,361 | 1952-1955 | 3,470,000 | 4,000,000 | |
1922 | 422,899 | 498,006 | 1955-1958 | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |
1923 | 561,270 | 578,297 | 1958-1961 | 5,000,000 | 6,000,000 | |
1924 | 578,297 | 631,501 | 1961-1964 | 6,000,000 | 7,000,000 | |
1925 | 631,500 | 648,500 | 1964-1967 | 7,000,000 | 8,000,000 | |
1926 | 666,790 | 703,198 | 1967-1970 | 8,000,000 | 9,000,000 | |
1927 | 722,196 | 798,251 | 1970-1975 | 9,000,000 | 10,000,000 | |
1928 | 903,100 | 908,150 | Post-war Carl Zeiss Oberkochen (W.-Germany) | |||
1929 | 919,794 | 1,016,885 | 1946-1951 | 10,000 | 500,000 | |
1930 | 922,488 | 1,239,697 | 1951-1953 | 500,000 | 1,100,000 | |
1931 | 1,239,699 | 1,365,582 | 1953-1959 | 1,100,000 | 2,600,000 | |
1932 | 1,364,483 | 1,389,279 | 1959-1961 | 2,600,000 | 3,000,000 | |
1933 | 1,436,671 | 1,456,003 | 1961-1965 | 3,000,000 | 4,000,000 | |
1934 | 1,500,474 | 1,590,000 | 1965-1969 | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 | |
1935 | 1,615,764 | 1,752,303 | 1969-1971 | 5,000,000 | 6,000,000 | |
1936 | 1,674,882 | 1,942,806 | 1971-1975 | 6,000,000 | 7,300,000 |