Microscope manufacturer CBS (CBS Beck Kassel (Christoph Beck and Sons)) - microscope parts, information and statistics
This page summarises what my database holds from the manufacturer CBS: currently 9 microscope parts from 3 categories, fitting 5 CBS microscope models.
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CBS logos
The logo variants CBS put on its microscopes, objectives and eyepieces. The company mark kept changing over the decades - once you know the variants, an engraving or an imprint alone often tells you roughly how old an instrument is.
More about the microscope manufacturer CBS
What my database holds about the manufacturer CBS - the names it appears under and whatever else is recorded about it.
- OTHER NAMES THIS MANUFACTURER IS KNOWN BY
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- CBS
- CBS Beck Kassel (Christoph Beck and Sons)
- Beck Kassel CBS
- Beck Kassel CBS Germany
- Christoph Beck and Sons
Microscopes made by CBS Beck Kassel were also sold under the label "Opt. Inst. G.K.E. Schröder" (G.K.E. Schröder Optisches Institut Hamburg 36).
The company also sourced components for its microscopes from other manufacturers (OEM versions, unbranded)—for instance, from the Polish manufacturer PZO Warsaw (microscope heads) or Will Wetzlar (microscope objectives).
One interesting model produced by CBS Beck Kassel features a fine-focus mechanism modeled on that of the Lomo Biolam microscope (with the mechanism located in the base) - CBS Beck modell UG and modell UF.
The company closed in the early 1980s. It was then bought by Hertel & Reuss.
Some models images: https://antiquemicroscopes.co.uk/imagedatabaseimportantmakerscbsbeck.html
CBS part categories
The categories I use to group the microscope parts made by CBS and the parts that fit its microscopes. The number opens the table view with all the details, the arrow opens the picture list.
| Category | Fitting parts | Parts from there | Grid view |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microscope eyepieces | 5 | – | ➜ |
| Microscope illuminators | 1 | 1 | ➜ |
| Microscope objective | 22 | 8 | ➜ |
Related microscope manufacturers
Manufacturers connected with CBS - through likely compatibility, technical similarities, OEM production, joint development or a merger. Some of their parts may well fit a CBS microscope.
| Manufacturer | Parts in total |
|---|---|
| Will Wetzlar | 14 |
| PZOPolskie Zaklady Optyczne | 111 |
| Hertel & ReussHertel & Reuss Kassel (West Germany) | 37 |
| Opt. Inst. G.K.E. Schröderrecorded as a name only | – |
CBS microscope models
Microscopes and microscope elements made by CBS that I have parts of this manufacturer for. The first number counts every fitting CBS part, the second only those removed from that very model.
CBS5 models
| Model | Fitting parts | Removed from it | Grid view |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS 2 | 9 | 1 | ➜ |
| Binocular Model 01 | 8 | 7 | ➜ |
| Binocular Model 02 | 8 | – | ➜ |
| CBS monocular biological microscope | 1 | 1 | ➜ |
| Trinokular Model 01 | 8 | – | ➜ |
CBS microscope parts
Every microscope part made by CBS that I have in the database. This list holds only the parts CBS actually made - not everything that fits its microscopes. The newest ones are on top.
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