The Solaross range of binoculars was the last made by this great British company. ‘Enbeeco’ derives from the previous Newbold & Bulford Company. This excellent Ross 13圆0 ‘Enbeeco’ binocular used the same basic body as the ‘Stepruva’ above but with different eyepiece optics and larger object lenses and barrels. Companies such as Ross, Kershaw and Wray were bought up only to be asset stripped, mainly for the land they stood on. If one asks why did most of the excellent British companies disappear, the answer in a word is ‘betrayal’. All the faults have been cured and the image is now crisp and bright, they are now a pleasure to use – like a new instrument. I’d aquired them in cosmetically good condition, however the centre pivot had seized almost solid and the internal optics were cloudy and marred by fungus. As Ed Castle, owner of the Stepruva said: ‘Many thanks for the excellent work you have carried out on my 1950s Stepruva binoculars…. Elektron body castings, phosphor-bronze prism straps) and were a pleasure to use. Sometimes underrated, such British designs had excellent optical specifications and layouts, were made of first class materials (e.g. Top: Ross 9x35 (7.3° field) ‘Stepruva’ and, Bottom: Kershaw 8x30 (8.7° field) ‘The Olympic’, both pre-war designs but continued after the war in improved form into the 1950s. Two excellent examples of British binoculars that recently went through the Optrep workshop: IJN 180mm binoculars in the Optrep workshop. The UK for repair and will then be returned to (country of origin).” Overseas customers should enter clearly on theĬustoms form something like: “This Instrument is entering Nitrogen, this being standard practice at Optrep for sealed instruments. Once serviced, this giant binocular was filled with Use this binocular is 1.04m (41 inches) long and weighs a heftyĦ4kg (141 lb). Turrets that can be rotated to present the eyepieces required for ![]() The 180mm IJN binoculars have the two-power eyepieces mounted on WW2 Imperial Japanese Navy 22.5-30x180mm binocular. ![]() Widely differing instruments serviced include a Send us details, especially photos, for our offer. especially WW2 types from size 7x50 up to the very largest.Īlso, very large modern binoculars are of interest.
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