There are no emblems on the instrument? I know that there are several Chinese manufacturers that copy the design of well known brands but they always put their brand on them.
I don't know anything about emblems on the instrument. My friend shared a picture and a blurry video of it with me. I offered to research it for him. He's thinking about buying it as a backup instrument.
As others have stated, it looks to be a Leica, but due to the lack of any identifying labels what you may have is stolen equipment. All manufacturers go to great lengths to mark their equipment with serial numbers, including the circuit boards. A guy at the repair shop once told me when an instrument comes in for service, the first thing they check is the serial number. I imagine if no exterior or interior battery cover labels remain that would send up a red flag.
In any event, someone at an instrument shop should be able to answer your question
Definitely not stolen. Something that was sitting around in a garage. They sent a short video and a pic to my friend. I suggested to my friend to base what he would pay for it on an evaluation from an instrument repair person.
Our stolen instrument showed up...it was "sitting in a guy's garage." Completely innocent don't you know.
Supposedly, a dude found it in his dead relative's junk. Called the lable on it (local equipment dealer) and asked what it was and what it was worth...that call ended up with it back at the dealer (how it didn't end up in police custody, I have no idea), and now we are figuring out if we want to buy it from the insurance company.
But the dead relative and everyone is completely innocent...hard to buy, but I suppose...
Point is the guy selling it may have no real idea of the true origin.
