Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I cannot tell you exactly but I have seen Leitz on serial no. 1725853 (1987) and Leica on serial no. 1757614 (1988). Of course I noticed that little extra glow from pictures taken with the camera with the Leitz red disk. That little indefinable something extra that only we cognoscenti would notice. John Collier > From: Cummer Family <cummer@asiaonline.net> > > I am the original owner of a Wetzlar made M6, serial # in the 170 range > (Leitz on the red roundal year of manufacture 1986/87). I have checked > Stephen Gandy's site about serial numbers and can't find when the serial > number range on the M6s changed to indicate the move from Wetzlar to Solms > and the change from Leitz to Leica on the camera. Grateful if someone could > help with the answers, >