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37 Leica IIIc Betriebskamera no.250 with Leica-Motor €40.000*prototype ex. Leitz Museumno. 250, c.1950, condition A/B € 80.000 – 90.000An extremely rare and highly sophisticated clockwork motor, designed after WWII by the Leitz engineer and Head of Camera Research Willi Wiesner as a replacement for MOOLY. This prototype’s most distinctive feature is round, detachable clockwork housing. Is equipped with two controls—one switch for single exposures and serial photos, one for detaching the motor. Exactly this motor is shown and described in L. Netopil ‘Prototype Leica’ on pages 249–253, only a few of these motor drives are known to exist, only two are completely finished and working. Included with this amazing prototype is a beautiful Leica IIIc Betriebskamera no. 250 (engraving with the matching number inside on the chassis), and a special Elmar 3.5/5 cm no. 603930* (marked with an asterisk after the serial number).