Interesting Schmidt & Bender 3 draw telescope

[webley701]

This is an interesting telescope, has anyone seen others like this by S&B?

I’m familiar with the two draw S&B instruments but not the (very Gray & Co looking) 3 draw version.
Ignore the case which is a tacky later addition. The telescope was for sale on a US website.

 

[Rory]

This is an interesting telescope, has anyone seen others like this by S&B?

I’m familiar with the two draw S&B instruments but not the (very Gray & Co looking) 3 draw version.
Ignore the case which is a tacky later addition. The telescope was for sale on a US website.

Not familiar with that tbh, but as it's marked 'Germany' rather than 'West Germany', meaning it's no more than ~30 years old, it might be an idea to get in touch with S&B and ask them about it.

 

[webley701]

Here’s another.



Incidentally, the telescope being marked ‘Germany’ doesn’t in itself mean it was made after reunification; the marking conventions weren’t as cut & dried as that generally & certainly not so for S&B judging from the mix of identity styles they adopted in the 1970’s to 2000’s.