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I was impressed with it, for sure, but I already have a really nice Fujinon 16x70 binocular. I looked through this a few times to check out star images and enjoyed the views very much. This binocular is in remarkable shape considering how old it is - looks like it didn't get used much at all.
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So, the strap doesn't hold onto one side of the case now but of course this could be repaired fairly easily by anyone who knows how to work with leather. The strap also was of thin leather and one end of the strap broke off.
It stays on, but you could either repair this leather piece, or if you are more a collector, you may not want to alter the original leather part. Since I bought these, the leather hinge holding the top onto the back side of the case gave out and so the top fits nicely but isn't firmly held on. Due to age, the thin leather parts have become somewhat fragile. The attractive, high quality light brown leather case is in excellent condition with no serious wear visible. I think you could find some rubber eyeguards or eyecups to fit over them, but the eye relief isn't at all long so additional eyeguards would interfere, I think, with seeing the whole field of view. The people designing binoculars back in these days apparently didn't think rubber eyeguards were needed, because these have hard eyeguards, possibly made of 'Bakelite' plastic material. What I was impressed with is how Sharp and clear the views are. I'm guessing that it's only the outer surfaces. The lenses are MgF2 coated but I can't tell how many surfaces are coated - maybe some inner lens surfaces, maybe not.
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Note that Neither of these auctions offered a case and the buyer had to pay a 23% premium in addition to the winning bid! My price of $250 is extremely low considering these auction prices plus the fact that you and I have never seen one of these in this condition, if you have ever seen one in any condition at all, and you likely won't see one this nice ever again.
It was made in the war years, 17 years or older than mine. One of these sold for 300 Euros (about $400, only in 'Good' condition at best with a /lot/ of brassing and paint wear) and another for 800 Euros (about $1070!), which was in Very Good condition but still had some noticeable brassing and wear.
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NOTE what I just found as I was writing this description: I found only two 7x50 Marsept binoculars sold at auction on a professional auction site! That's all, for who knows how many years. It's not absolutely perfect, but it is darn close - it's in really great condition. I've never seen one like this example, ever.
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Usually the body is missing cover pieces, eyeguards are missing, pieces are cracked or missing, corrosion is common, lenses are very dirty or scratched, collimation is way off, case is usually missing or is in terrible condition, etc. These come up for sale sometimes but they are almost always in /terrible/ condition (search for images of 'Marsept 7x50' to see the usual awful examples you're likely to find!). Mine was /very/ gently used and I think it looks and works great for a binocular that is over half a century old. The Leitz Marsept binoculars I've seen on another site during the last eight years or so look terrible, like they were used in WWII, and some of them probably were, from the looks of them. MY BINOCULAR LOOKS A LOT BETTER, BUT I HAD TO USE IMAGES OF THIS OTHER MARSEPT EXAMPLE SINCE I CAN'T POST MY NORMAL DIGITAL CAMERA IMAGES HERE ON A-MART NOTE: please send a PM to me so I can send up to 28 images of this binocular to you by email. ***Rare Leitz Wetzlar 7x50 'Marsept' binocular in Excellent condition***