Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. In the 1920s, the Imperial Japanese Navy was the world’s third largest maritime service, behind Britain’s Royal Navy and the United States Navy. During the Pacific War of WW2, it was the principal opponent of the Western Allies.
On Japanese warships, naval binoculars were positioned on towers 90 feet high, with a primary mission to spot Allied ships. The aim of such huge binoculars is to funnel in as much light as possible. These huge brass-and-steel instruments (many of them built by Nippon Kogaku, a supplier that became Nikon) are often large enough to fit a human head inside, with lenses that absorb up to 980 times more light than the human eye, offering a view of objects up to 20 miles away. The 100mm, 20x instruments designed by Nikon became the templates for ones used on British warships until the turn of the 21st Century.
These “big eyes” aren’t nearly big enough to fit your head inside of, but they are still quite large constructed of heavy brass, steel and what appears to be aluminum. They optics still retain the original data plate which identifies this as 八糎双眼望遠鏡 8cm Binoculars and dated 1934. There are components missing such as the eyecups and the pedestal, but with some minor creativity, a display base could be easily made! There is no significant damage present and much of the original paint has been retained, although it appears to have been repainted at some point.
These are an incredible find and are seldom seen on the market anymore. Comes more than ready for further research and display.
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