VINTAGE ZENITH TEMPEST PRISMATIC COATED 12x50 JAPANESE BINOCULARS NO 90814 IN ORIGINAL BEIGE LEATHER CASE

A POST WAR MID TWENTIETH CENTURY ZENITH TEMPEST PRISMATIC COATED 12x50 JAPANESE MADE BINOCULARS IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. COMES IN ORIGINAL BEIGE LEATHER CASE.
 
This 12x50 binoculars  magnifies 12 times larger than normal unaided vision and has a 50mm diameter of the objective (front or larger) lenses. So the "zoom difference" would be an increase of 20% in the magnification from a 10x42 to a 12x50. These binoculars are great for bird watching, nature observation, and sporting events.
 
This high quality binoculars was made ca. 1970's in Japan. Zenith means the point in the sky directly above you and also means the time when something is most powerful. Zenith brand binoculars was hence named to indicate it is the strongest and most powerful binoculars.
 
With the Zenith prismatic coating which reduce the light reflected from lenses, thereby increasing the light transmitted through the lens, you get brighter images than with binoculars with uncoated lenses. 
 
MARKINGS:
ZENITH TEMPEST PRISMATIC COATED
12x50 Field 5 NBT No 90814
JAPAN ON THE HINGE AXIS WITH EXPORT NUMBERS JB81 ON ONE SIDE
Various Japanese manufacturers like Omori Sogo, Meiji Seiko,Tokuhiro, Akebono, Tochihara, & Tanaka and others produced huge numbers of binoculars in different brand names.
Binoculars with a JB code on them like ours post date the US occupation period from 1952 to 1959. "Most Japanese binoculars from the 1960s and several decades later, carry one or two tiny marks on the body, about 2 mm in height, frequently adjacent to the hinge axis on the rear, between the objectives.  'JB' and two or three digits identifies the manufacturer of the finished binocular, and 'JE' identifies the maker of the body.  The J symbol has a small horizontal line extending from the middle of the J, and features on all binoculars manufactured for export in Japan since November 1959."
 
SIZE: 18CM LONG

CONDITION: ALL LENS CAPS IN TACT. THE PLASTIC CAP WHERE IT IS WRITTEN JAPAN IS CRACKED AND HAS BEEN REPAIR GLUED. THIS DOES NOT AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BINOCULARS. BINOCULARS APART FROM A FEW SCRAPES IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION. OPTICS STILL VERY GOOD AND EASY TO GET IN FOCUS. LEATHER STRAP ON VINTAGE CASE BROKEN.
 
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