Swarovski Optik

Swarovski Optik

Company type	Private
Industry	Optical engineering
Founded	1949
Headquarters	Absam (Innsbruck-Land District), Austria
Products	Binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes
Revenue	€158.7 million euro (2019) [1]
Number of employees	1000 [1]
Website	swarovskioptik.com

Swarovski Optik is a division of the Swarovski group of companies, manufacturing optical instruments, tts headquarters are located in Absam, Tyrol, Austria. ^[1]

History

Wilhelm Swarovski, son of the original founder, was born in 1918. In 1935, with the help of his father, he developed a prism fabrication and grinding process that he used in the design of his first 6×30 binocular. ^[2] In 1949 he founded SWAROVSKI OPTIK KG in Absam, Tyrol, to produce the Habicht 7×42 that it continues producing today.^{[ citation needed ]}

Swarovski CL 8×25 binoculars

• 1935 First Swarovski binoculars, which was a 6×30
• 1949 Formation of Swarovski Optik
• 1959 First Swarovski Optik rifle scope (4×32)
• 1967 First Swarovski Optik extendable spotting scope (30×75)
• 1974 Kahles was purchased by Swarovski Optik ^[3]
• 1977 Kahles became a branch of Swarovski Optik ^[3]
• 1989 Kahles Limited again became an independent company within the Swarovski group ^[3]
• 1991 First AT 80 telescope
• 1993 First hunting rifle scope with reticle illumination
• 1995 First rifle scope with integrated laser range finder
• 1999 First binoculars with wrap-around grip, named EL
• 2007 First Swarovski rifle scope with 6× zoom
• 2016 First Swarovski rifle scope with 8× zoom ^[4]
• 2017 Kahles was again brought into the Swarovski advertising and sales programs ^[3]

Product Range

Binoculars

Swarovski Habicht SL Porro prism binoculars

SLC 10x42 WB roof prism binoculars

• Habicht ^[5]
• CL, ^[6] includes CL Nomad ^[7]
• SLC ^[8]
• EL ^[9]
• EL Range (green and orange) ^[10]
• NL Pure ^[11]
• AX Visio ^[12]

Spotting scopes

• CTC, CTS
• ATS, STS
• STR ^[13]
• ATX, STX
• ATX Interior ^[14]
• BTX ^[15]
• ATC, STC ^[16]
• ST Vista ^{[17] [18]}

Rifle scopes

• Z3 (American market only)
• Z5 (American market only)
• Z5i ^[19]
• X5i
• Z6i ^[20]
• Z8i ^[21]
• BTX ^[22]
• Ds ^[23]

References

1. "Figures, Data, Facts". Swarovski Optik KG. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
2. "Swarovski Optik History". Swarovski Optik. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
3. "SHOT Show 40th Anniversary Blast from the Past: Swarovski". Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
4. New Swarovski Z8i riflescopes -The Firearm Blog
5. Swarovski habicht binoculars review with some history
6. Swarovski CL binoculars overview
7. Swarovski CL Nomad binoculars
8. Swarovski SLC binoculars video overview
9. Palmer, Roxanne (26 August 2015). "Birding in the Digital Age: A Primer". The Wall Street Journal .
10. Swarovski EL O-range presentation
11. Swarovski NL Pure announcement
12. Swarovski AX Visio announcement
13. Swarovski STR presented and explained
14. Swarovski ATX Interior presentation
15. Swarovski BTX article
16. Swarovski ATC/STC official webpage
17. Swarovski ST vista article
18. Swarovski ST official webpage
19. Swarovski Z5i overview
20. Swarovski Z6i 2.5-15×56 video review
21. Swarovski Z8i press conference
22. Swarovski BTX 95mm review
23. Swarovski Ds overview

External links

• Official website