Re: dating M6's

[beamon@primenet.com (Roger L. Beamon)]

At 10:19 AM 5/18/96 -0400, leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:
>Eric wrote:
>
>>Did you add that 0 by accident? Mine is 177277, and they were only made for
>>several months, or so I'm told. I think it was built in the early 90s, or
>>late 80s.
>
>My M6 (1904860) was purchased used in 1992, and was told by the previous
>owner that it was purchased new in 1991.
>
>Cheers, Blair

I think Eric's eyes missed a digit if his was indeed manufactured in late
80's or early 90's. In fact, Eric, if your serial no. is what you say it is,
you own a IIIa manufactured in 1935! (According to Rogliatti's "Leica-The
First Seventy Years".)

Your number, Blair (again, according to Rogliatti) is a black M6 made in 1991.
My black M6 is from an earlier production run also in 1991 and carries
serial no. 1795783. 
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