First off i'd like to say hi to everyone i love your forum "Wicked" Right i was clearing a friends shed and i found this: Power 7 Telescope For High Gun I know its a telescope for a WWII HIGH ANGLE GUN an Anti Aircraft Gun i think, the maker is W. OTTWAY & Co LTD, Ealing, London, the PATT NO is G350, it was made in 1933, it also has 2 other numbers on it No 45 NP 33 and another stamp of a W AT (With the A over the T). it still works and the barings in the focus move as smooth as the day it left the factory. I have hit the internet and have only manged to find out the above information and a mix of info about the manufacture, please if anyone can tell me anything please post, i have a feeling there is a story behind this scope, i would like to find out weather it was on a ship, land anything. I know this is alot to ask on my first post but needs must thank you peeps for any help Mr V
Mr V, Welcome to the forums, unfortunately I'm not able to assist with your request. There's good news... lucky for you, there are plenty of rogues on this site that will be happy to assist. Good luck on your request, and once again, welcome special
Just a supposition, not a fact but W. Ottway was specialized in Maritime gunsighters as early as 1640. here are some others items made by that company and they are mostly naval. They also made astral telescopes and much more (see below). Maker:Â*W. Ottway & Co. Ltd - National Maritime Museum "W. Ottway & Co was established in 1640 at Orion Works, Ealing in London. They became well established opticians and by the late 1800s were manufacturing a wide range of different scientific instruments. According to Ottway's catalogue in 1899 they were manufacturers of; "Naval and Military Gunsighting, Telescopes, Theodolites, Tacheometers, Levels, Miners' Dials, Prismatic Compasses, Heliographs, Equatorials, Driving Clocks, Filar Micrometers, Coelostats, Transits, Mirrors, Flats, Naval, Military and Astronomical Telescopes, Prismatic Binoculars, Sextants, Auto Collimators, Star Image Collimators, Focometers, Clinometers, Clinometer Testing Instruments, Spectrometers, Spectroscopes, Ships' Electric Logs, Workshop Microscopes and Optical Measuring Tools, Brass Copper and Nickel Silver Mandrel Drawn Tubes" http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=97400
