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Sears Tower 57A |
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Manufactured or assembled in Japan from 1961 to 1962.
Index of rarity in France: Rare (among non-specialized garage sales)
Inventory number: 12325
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Chronology of cameras Sears
Sears is to the United States what Manufrance was to France.
Following the same principle, a significant portion of what Sears sold was manufactured by other brands. The name "Tower" frequently appears in product names. This can be explained by comparing the brand's logo and historical photos of the company. The logo depicts the tower that dominated the Sears buildings in Chicago. In 1969, Sears decided to consolidate all its Chicago employees in a single building and had the tallest skyscraper in the United States (and the world at the time) constructed, known as the Sears Tower, which has since been renamed the Willis Tower.
Ce modèle d'origine japonaise a été rebaptisé pour s'intégrer à la gamme des appareils vendus par Sears, qui portent le nom générique de Tower.
Cet appareil est très complet, puisqu'il s'agit d'un télémétrique semi-automatique, à viseur collimaté, avec levier d'armement et doté d'un obturateur allant jusqu'au 1/300.
Mc Keown's évoque le Samoca 35-LE comme appareil d'origine pour cette transformation ; il semble que ce soit le 35-LE II pour être plus précis.
Samoca was a small Japanese manufacturer active in the latter half of the 1950s. Their cameras were primarily characterized by their compact size and high-quality craftsmanship.
Many of them featured built-in light meters and/or rangefinders.
Some models were rebranded by Sears in the early 1960s under the name Tower.
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