Petrovich007

Surprisingly, I received a feedback from Vixen. Thank you guys! Hopefully this info would be useful for somebody: (1) Vixen Ultima 8x42 s/n 002H2493 - Year 2000 (2) Vixen Ultima 8x42 s/n 811H4098 - Year 2008

Franklin, thanks a lot! What is remarkable is "620g" for 8x42. I can't read the Japanese so not sure if this is net weight or gross. Both samples I have are ~570g net and 890g gross (bino + case + straps, covers). So probably they didn't come from the batches corresponding to this catalogue but were manufactured later (well, on the other hand sometimes weight grown after improvements or some optimization ). P.S. Frankly speaking, I'm puzzled. In my understanding, you attached 1992 and 2004 catalogues, and both provide 620g for 8x42. Really interesting...

Franklin, thanks for this information. Here is the way the case looks. Actually, since posting the initial message I purchased another 8x42 identical to the first one (at least, visually identical). The case is also identical. The serial is 811H4098.

Hello, I bought on occasion a Vixen Ultima 8x42 which turned out to be a very good device. So I tried to find out when it could be manufactured but didn't succeed. The general impression is like it could be 1980s. The "Mikiko" signature doesn't look like factory print, so it must be a previous owner name/marking. Probably someone owns this model and could share any information on manufacturing history. I would really appreciate any ideas. Thank you! The s/n is 002H2493.