Both binoculars have the same actual fields of view and both were introduced and discontinued the same years.
Its build appears identical to that of the Leitz Binuxit 8X30 (see ) except the Binuxit has wide-angle three lens oculars while the Bidoxit 6X30 has two lens ones. This is a superb binocular and beyond doubt one of the best performing 6X30’s in the collection. Notes: The Leitz Bidoxit 6X30 was introduced in 1927 and manufactured until 1962 when Leitz discontinued all of its Porro prism models in favor on the roof prism Trinovids.
#E LEITZ WETZLAR BIDDOX SERIAL#
Serial #/Year of Manufacture: 590369, estimate manufactured late 1950’s – early 1960’s My understanding is that Kern Instruments and Wild-Heerbrugg / Wild-Leitz Technologies remained separate corporations under common ownership until being merged with Cambridge Instruments at the creation of the Leica conglomerate.Manufacturer/Model: Leitz Wetzlar, Bidoxit 6X30įield of View: 8.5 deg = 149 m/1,000 m APFOV 51 deg
Peter Kern conditionally accepted the offer, but insisted that ownership of Kern Instruments be transferred to the OWNER of Wild-Heerbrugg, NOT to Wild-Herrbrugg. On learning of that, the then-owner of Wild-Heerbrugg offered to buy Kern Instruments. When Peter Kern, the ?-generation owner of Kern Instruments was ready to retire, none of his children wanted to take over the business. Wrapping up, PeteM did forget one company that was merged into Leica: Kern Instruments of Aarau, Switzerland. Leitz using the Leica name for their photography equipment for 50 years.
#E LEITZ WETZLAR BIDDOX PLUS#
In announcing the merger, they offered what I thought to be a simply silly explanation of the derivation of the new corporate name: the LEI from Leitz, plus a the CA from Cambridge equals LEICA. To solve that problem, the owners of Wild-Leitz Technologies bought Cambridge Instruments, and merged it with Wild-Leitz. In short order, they merged, using a new name, Cambridge Instruments.Īs Cambridge Instruments struggled, the ownership of Wild-Lietz Technologies was worrying that they would potentially be subject to European Union (EU) tariffs since Switzerland was not an EU member. In any case, the Wild-Lietz Technologies headquartered in Switzerland.Īt about the same time, the English subsidiaries - both of Cambridge, England - of the U S microscope makers 1) Bausch & Lomb and 2) American Optical - both of Rochester, N Y - were spun off, and lost money by the bucketfulls. As I heard the story, Wild's owners were cash rich, while E. It can be reasonably argued that today's Leica corporations were born in the early 1980s (IIRC) with the "merger" of Wild Heerbrugg and E. Leica Microsystems, which deals primarily in microscopy and micro-scale measurement systems, is a subsidiary of Danaher. Leica Geosystems, which deals primarily in cadestral and industrial measurement systems and software, is owned by Hexagon AB of Sweden. The two Leicas are today under different ownership. The Leica conglomerate was split into 1) Leica Geosystems and 2) Leica Microsystems.
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