This is a page of vintage binoculars for sale from my collection. Most are compact high quality Japanese made binoculars from the post WW-II period, some even marked "Made in Occupied Japan". The majority are palm size units with excellent optics following the design by Mikron dating back to the 1920's, under the Nippon Kogaku corporation, and later named Nikon, maker of the famous cameras. They followed an earlier German design, see the link below for further information. They must have had loose patent laws in Japan during that time as there were quite a few brand names with nearly identical products. Each set is described with regard to the cosmetic and functional condition. They have been cleaned, and in some cases the prisms have been realigned to converge the images properly. This is called collimation, and is responsible for your eyes seeing the images as one, rather than 2 images that are not aligned properly. They date mostly to the 1950's and 1960's so keep in mind they are about 50 years old and are used. Nikon has reintroduced this line of compact binoculars and they are priced between $200 and $300 and look to be exactly the same product as they made 50 years ago.
For more accurate and complete information visit the Miniature Binocular page at miniaturebinoculars.com
Mikron Binocular History Link to the Nikon company history page with a short history of them compact binoculars. Oops, looks like Nikon discontinued that page. Will update when it is available.
