Hi,
I have been working on refining Voigtlander serial numbers from 1840-1878 by using the Lens Collectors Vade Mecum, Carsten Grabenhorst's book Voigtlander & Sohn, as well as other contemporary sources like Humphrey's Journal, BPJ and other periodicals. Not an easy task, especially given Grabenhorst's book is in German and I am using Google translate to read it. By the way, you can see a good sampling of this book here:
While consensus is hard to come by, there are a few confirmed dates that make me feel like the period from about 1852-1868 is pretty accurate. Please note I needed to extrapolate quite a bit to get these numbers to jive with the sources I have found. If you have more data or constructive help, please let me know. In the meantime, here is my most current posting of serial numbers based on my research to date. Please see here: http://antiquecameras.net/voigtlanderlenses.html
Thanks
Dan
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