Found a pair Zeiss Wetzler Binos

[Volcom686]

I don't know much about these, anyone know if these might be worth looking into getting repaired? Pretty rough shape.

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[RVTECH]

Well, I'd say they are beyond 'getting repaired' but if they were mine I might consider disassembling the two halves, try cleaning them up and if the image appears to be clean and non - distorted I might consider finding an eye cup for the right side 'ocular' eyepiece BUT that right side objective lens looks bent and off - center and that might 'kill' the whole idea.

 

[Nutty4Guns]

 

[Knobgoblin]

Be kinda cool in a shadow box.
Maybe with some other period correct stuff.

 

[gmerkt]

Not worth repairing to put back into practical use.

BUT: When I first saw the word, "Wetzler," it got my attention. Because that is a city in western Germany and the actual spelling is Wetzlar. With the final vowel being an A.

Zeiss is a respected German maker of optics. Which got broken up after WW2, and that resulted in two parallel Zeiss firms. Operating on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Zeiss had a subsidiary company called Hensholdt in Wetzlar that made binoculars with their and the Zeiss brand on them.

However, I don't think the binoculars shown in the original post were made in Germany. I think they were probably made in Japan after WW2, playing on the word "Wetzler" to try to fool buyers into thinking they were getting a real Zeiss product.

 

[Airgunner II]

Go to Deutsche Optik they always have these and other cool stuff..........

 

[Volcom686]

Not worth repairing to put back into practical use.

BUT: When I first saw the word, "Wetzler," it got my attention. Because that is a city in western Germany and the actual spelling is Wetzlar. With the final vowel being an A.

Zeiss is a respected German maker of optics. Which got broken up after WW2, and that resulted in two parallel Zeiss firms. Operating on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Zeiss had a subsidiary company called Hensholdt in Wetzlar that made binoculars with their and the Zeiss brand on them.

However, I don't think the binoculars shown in the original post were made in Germany. I think they were probably made in Japan after WW2, playing on the word "Wetzler" to try to fool buyers into thinking they were getting a real Zeiss product.

Cool thanks for history