Swarovski Optik
Swarovski Optik is a division of the Swarovski group of companies, manufacturing optical instruments. Its headquarters are located in Absam, Tyrol, Austria.
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. In 1949 he founded SWAROVSKI OPTIK KG in Absam, Tyrol, to produce the Habicht 7×42 that it continues producing today.- 1935 First Swarovski binoculars, which was a 6×30
- 1949 Formation of Swarovski Optik
- 1959 First Swarovski Optik rifle scope
- 1967 First Swarovski Optik extendable spotting scope
- 1974 Kahles was purchased by Swarovski Optik
- 1977 Kahles became a branch of Swarovski Optik
- 1989 Kahles Limited again became an independent company within the Swarovski group
- 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
- 2017 Kahles was again brought into the Swarovski advertising and sales programs
Product Range
Binoculars
- Habicht
- CL, includes CL Nomad
- SLC
- EL
- EL Range
- NL Pure
- AX Visio
Spotting scopes
Rifle scopes
- Z3
- Z5
- Z5i
- X5i
- Z6i
- Z8i
- dS