DESCRIPTION: The microscope is signed on the stage: 'C. REICHERT WIEN'. It is a compound microscope with unmarked eyepiece and an objective signed: 'C. REICHERT, WIEN' and the objective is signed: 'No 3'. The stage has two stage clips to hold a slide. There is a single opening in its center about 1 cm in diameter. The round stage is about 9 cm in diameter and has three tiny cone-shaped feet screwed on from underneath. From the stage arises the two supporting struts which join a ring to hold the outer microscope tube. A lacquered brass sleeve with four expansion slots screws into the ring. Into this fits the Nickel plated optical tube. The minimum height of the microscope is about 17 cm. A nickel-plated draw tube allows increasing magnification. With it extended, and the microscope focused on the stage, the total height of the instrument extends to 27 cm. There is a knurled locking ring at the top of the lacquered brass sleeve to lock the tube in focus, although there is no provision to lock the draw tube. The optics are intact and the instrument gives good images.
Classic Reichert microscope. A fine deco style microscope signed on the tube, 'Reichert, Wein, Nr. 231790, made in Austria'. The serial number dates it to circa 1952. It stands 12' tall in closed position. Coarse focus is rack and pinion, with fine focus via dual micrometer knobs. All are working perfectly.
Reichert Microscope Serial Numbers Chart
Reichert Microscope Serial Numbers 230649
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- Many microscopes were sold in wooden boxes with serial numbers on them and finding a vintage microscope with the box enhances the value. Proud of their craftsmanship, microscope makers routinely inscribed their name and model number on instruments –making identification of the exact make and model of an antique microscope is easier than most.