Carl Zeiss serial numbers
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| The serial number of a Zeiss Triotar 7.5cm f/4.5 fitted in this Art Deco Rolleicord image by Dirk HR Spennemann (Image rights) |
Carl Zeiss Jena
Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Carl Zeiss Jena [1]
| Serial nº | Year |
| 137,418-200,520 | 1912 |
| 208,473-249,350 | 1913 |
| 249,886-282,739 | 1914 |
| 282,800-284,500 | 1915 |
| 285,200-288,100 | 1916 |
| 289,087-298,157 | 1917 |
| 298,215-322,748 | 1918 |
| 322,799-351,611 | 1919 |
| 375,194-419,823 | 1920 |
| 433,273-438,361 | 1921 |
| 422,899-498,006 | 1922 |
| 561,270-578,297 | 1923 |
| 578,297–631,501 | 1924 |
| 631,500-648,500 | 1925 |
| 666,790-703,198 | 1926 |
| 722,196-798,251 | 1927 |
| 903,100-908,150 | 1928 |
| 919,794-1,016,885 | 1929 |
| 922,488-1,239,697 | 1930 |
| 1,239,699-1,365,582 | 1931 |
| 1,364,483-1,389,279 | 1932 |
| 1,436,671-1,456,003 | 1933 |
| 1,500,474-1,590,000 | 1934 |
| 1,615,764-1,752,303 | 1935 |
| 1,674,882-1,942,806 | 1936 |
| 1,930,150-2,219,775 | 1937 |
| 2,267,991-2,527,984 | 1938 |
| 2,527,999-2,651,211 | 1939 |
| 2,652,000-c2,678,000 | 1940 |
| 2,678,326-2,790,346 | 1941 |
| 2,800,000- ? | 1942 |
Post-War Production
| 3,000,000-3,200,000 | 1945-1949 |
| 3,200,000-3,470,000 | 1949-1952 |
| 3,470,000-4,000,000 | 1952-1955 |
| 4,000,000-5,000,000 | 1955-1958 |
| 5,000,000-6,000,000 | 1958-1961 |
| 6,000,000-6,000,000 | 1961-1964 |
| 7,000,000-8,000,000 | 1964-1967 |
| 8,000,000-9,000,000 | 1967-1970 |
| 9,000,000-10,000,000 | 1970-1975 |
Carl Zeiss Oberkochen
Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Zeiss after World War II at Oberkochen/ West Germany [1]
| Serial nº | Year |
| 10,000-500,000 | 1946-1951 |
| 500,000-1,100,000 | 1951-1953 |
| 1,100,000-2,600,000 | 1953-1959 |
| 2,600,000-3,000,000 | 1959-1961 |
| 3,000,000-4,000,000 | 1961-1965 |
| 4,000,000-5,000,000 | 1965-1969 |
| 5,000,000-6,000,000 | 1969-1971 |
| 6,000,000-7.300,000 | 1971-1975 |
