Description
Butcher’s Watch Pocket Carbine
The model – an Ica Icarette model 1(type 495) – was made from 1912 to 1926 and then continued by Zeiss Ikon as their Icarette 493.
Butcher’s Watch Pocket Carbine
Circa 1913
lens: Aldis Uno
focal length: 3 inches
apertures: f/7.7 to f/32
focus range: 3 ft to infinity
lens fitting: fixed
shutter: Lukos II
speeds: 1/25, 1/50, 1/100, B, T
flash: No
film size: 117
The model – an Ica Icarette model 1(type 495) – was made from 1912 to 1926 and then continued by Zeiss Ikon as their Icarette 493. Various revisions help to narrow the date somewhat. More useful is the fact that Ica made this camera for Butcher’s in the UK. As a result of hostilities in WWI, Butchers were no longer allowed to trade with German companies. This gives a date for this camera between 1912 (date of introduction) and July 1914 (the outbreak of World War I). Information from other camera collectors suggests that the “C” serial numbers date from 1913 – just a suggestion, mind, as “C” could have run from late 1912 to early 1914.
Lukos
The Lukos was a simple two-blade shutter made by the German ICA company for British camera maker Houghton. The light Everset shutter was made of aluminium and hard rolled brass.
Source http://camera-wiki.org
