Meyer serial numbers

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Part of the serial number sequence of lenses made by Meyer Görlitz according to different sources:

Year Serial nº
MFlenses[1]
Serial nº
Thiele[2]
Serial nº
Chiffres[3]
1900 2,163
1905 14,227
1910 53,203
1915 91,369
1920 155,903
1925 235,265
1930 500,000 336,157 500,000
1932 600,000
1934 700,000
1935 675,000 660,077
1936 800,000
1938 900,000
1939 1,000,000
1940 951,011
1948 1,068,113[4]
1949 1,000,000
1950 1,200,000 1,104,132
1951 1,200,000
1954 1,500,000
1955 1,600,000 1,442,000
1957 2,000,000
1960 3,000,000 2,538,910 2,500,000
1963 3,000,000
1965 3,786,130 3,500,000
1967 4,000,000
1969 4,500,000
1970 6,064,888
1971 5,000,000
1972 5,500,000

Notes and References

  1. post in mflenses forum
  2. The numbering sequence, quoted at five year intervals, reconstructed by Hartmut Thiele (without guarantee) in Thiele, Hartmut: Grosses Fabrikationsbuch Meyer-Optik (2016)
  3. Patrice-Hervé Pont, Les Chiffres Cles, Fotosaga 1994, ISBN 2-906840-06-8, p 38/39
  4. according to the source the first lens produced after WW2.