Shop now Nikko produced high quality binoculars for the Japanese Navy during WWII, such as the 20 X 120 straight through model. They...

Shop now The German military used the Zeiss Periscope for surveillance at the Berlin Wall during the Cold War from 1965 to 1989. ...

Shop now Nikko and Toko represent the two prominent brands of binoculars in Japan during WWII. These Japanese military giant big eye...

Shop now On the 25th of July, 1917, three leading optical manufacturers (Fuji, Tokyo Keiki Seisaku Sho and Iwaki Glass) joined together...

Before 1917, Japan imported most of their optics from Germany and wanted to create a reliable national source, especially since the start...

Objective lens straight thru binoculars These 150mm diameter objective lens straight through binoculars are a rare treasure that were...

Kollmorgen 20 X 120 is known as one of the most massive “Navy Big Eyes” ship binoculars used by the U.S. Navy. U.S. Navy ships would...

In 1936, Germany put out requests to optical companies to manufacture large observation binoculars to be easily used on land and at sea....

Shop now Little has been written about the invention and development of the 20 X 110 Russian BMT binocular and how they were used by the...

Germany became a leader in optical design, technical innovation and manufacturing of optical instruments during the 1940’s, specifically...