Swarovski Optik is part of the Swarovski group of companies. 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 (4×32) 1967 First Swarovski Optik extendable spotting scope (30×75) 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× zoomNew Swarovski Z8i riflescopes -The Firearm Blog 2017 Kahles was again brought into the Swarovski advertising and sales programs
Product Range
Binoculars
Habicht Swarovski habicht binoculars review with some history CL,Swarovski CL binoculars overview includes CL NomadSwarovski CL Nomad binoculars SLC Swarovski SLC binoculars video overview EL EL Range (green and orange) Swarovski EL O-range presentation NL Pure Swarovski NL Pure announcement AX VisioSwarovski AX Visio announcement
Spotting scopes CTC, CTS ATS, STS STRSwarovski STR presented and explained ATX, STX ATX InteriorSwarovski ATX Interior presentation BTX,Swarovski BTX articleSwarovski BTX 95mm review ATC, STCSwarovski ATC/STC official webpage ST VistaSwarovski ST vista articleSwarovski ST official webpage
Rifle scopes Z3 (American market only) Z5 (American market only) Z5iSwarovski Z5i overview X5i Z6iSwarovski Z6i 2.5-15×56 video review Z8iSwarovski Z8i press conference dSSwarovski dS overview
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