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1988 ........ Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel-in-Chief of the Corps of the Royal Engineers, looking through a Theodolite during her visit to the 42 Engineer Regiment at Denison Barracks in Hermitage, Berkshire.
I didn't think the TC1010 was released yet in 1988, but the memory banks are a little fuzzy going back that far. I remember that the 1010 and 1610 replaced the T/TC1000 & 1600 sometime in the late '80's or early 90's. I guess it was the first 1100s that were released when I started with Leica in '95.
Lee D, post: 335813, member: 7971 wrote: I didn't think the TC1010 was released yet in 1988, but the memory banks are a little fuzzy going back that far. I remember that the 1010 and 1610 replaced the T/TC1000 & 1600 sometime in the late '80's or early 90's. I guess it was the first 1100s that were released when I started with Leica in '95.
Well...it's Wild and not Leica. So when did they become part of Leica; does anyone remember? It seems like we had a Wild T2000 right in the 1989 timeframe.
Indeed for the T2000, I used it in 1990 and it was at the company for some years
http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/77B6/production/_85364603_ 1998.jpg
The source pic says 1998 not 1988. Dunno if that matters.
I know in 1991 there was the t1000. That's what we used then.
YOUR OTHER LEFT YOU NINCOMPOOP! WE ARE NOT AMUSED!
Dave Karoly, post: 335930, member: 94 wrote: YOUR OTHER LEFT YOU NINCOMPOOP! WE ARE NOT AMUSED!
Even with 28X magnification, the commoners are too damn close
http://www.meyerinst.com/html/wild/&apos ;">WILD HEERBRUGG AND LEICA TIMELINE
[INDENT=1]1849: Carl Kellner founds an Optical Institute in Germany.
1869: Ernst Leitz becomes sole proprietor of the Optical Institute.
1892: A sales office is opened in New York City.
1920: Ernst Leitz II takes over the business, which is transformed into a public limited corporation.
1924: Ernst Leitz II decides to mass produce the Leica camera.
1951: Canadian operations commence.
1971: A production facility for stereo microscopes is established in Singapore.
1972: Wild Heerbrugg buys 25 percent of Leitz.
1986: Ernst Leitz Wetzlar GmbH and Wild Heerbrugg AG merge to form Wild Leitz AG.
1990: Wild Leitz Holding AG merges with The Cambridge Instrument Company; Wild Leitz AG becomes Leica Heerbrugg AG.
1992: Management buyout of the Leica camera business.
1997: Leica group is split into Leica Microsystems and Leica Geosystems.[/INDENT]
[INDENT=1] [/INDENT]
I think [USER=3]@Kent McMillan[/USER] has a little more insight on this; maybe he will chime in....:angel:
Here is an interesting site. http://www.wild-heerbrugg.com/theodolites.htm&apos ;">Wild history Says tc1010 was produced from 1992-1995
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34150885&apos ;">it was 1998
Sorry,my typo as if look at source it was the 1998 pic of QE2 as thereis one for each yea of her reign . Thanks John Giles..
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