Autoknips / self timer system

Haka Auto Knip model 1, Germany, aluminium case

Haka Auto Knip model 1, Germany, Plastic case

Haka Autoknips Mod.1 zelfontspanner, Fabrikant: Heinrich Klapprott Autoknipsfabrik. Plaats van creatie: Hamburg, Duitsland. Datum van creatie: jaren dertig. Camerasluiter zelfontspanner "Haka-Autoknips", mechanisch, veeraangedreven, met vertraging van de ontspanknop, wordt gebruikt voor aansluiting op een camera via een ontgrendelingskabel. Maximale gebruiksduur van de zelfontspanner – ongeveer 1 min. In een metalen, rechthoekige behuizing is een veermechanisme geplaatst. Op de voorwand bevindt zich een roterende strip die eindigt met een ronde rotatie-indicator. Op de strip zijn twee knoppen gemonteerd om de veer op te winden. De veerontgrendelingshendel bevindt zich op de linkerzijwand. In de bovenwand bevindt zich een intrekbare strip met een tandwiel, eindigend met een handvat voor het bevestigen van de trekkerslang. Na het bevestigen van de slang en het loslaten van de veer trekt de strip zich terug door op het uiteinde van de slang te drukken totdat de sluiter wordt losgelaten.

Haka Auto Knip model 2, Germany, aluminium case

Haka Auto Knip model 4, Germany, plastic case

This is a very early and rare Swiss mechanical self-timer , produced under the model name PhotoClip A The device was made around 1923 by the manufacturer Müller & Vaucher (M&V) in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. It is designed in the shape of a classic pocket watch.

Müller & Vaucher Autoknips

This item is a vintage mechanical self-timer for cameras, specifically the Photoclip "B" model. The device was manufactured in Switzerland from the 1920s by the firm Müller & Vaucher (M&V) from Biel. At that time, many cameras did not yet have a built-in timer.

Kalimar Self Timer, Japan

Dit object is een vintage mechanische zelfontspanner (vaak aangeduid als een autoknips of self timer), uitgebracht onder merknamen zoals Kalimar

 

TSO, selftimer, Japan

TSO Japan (often referred to as TSO, Japan ) is indeedthe specific manufacturer or brand name behind the mechanical self-timers built in this distinctive style.It is one of the well-known Japanese brands from the heyday of analog photography (1950s to 1970s), just like brands such as Kalimar, Kopil, and Signal. During that period, Japanese precision engineering factories produced millions of these reliable accessories for export all over the world

 

Selbst Ausloser, weimar Germany

This object is a vintage mechanical self-timer (Selbstauslöser) for vintage or analog cameras, produced by VEB Feingerätewerk Weimar in the former GDR (German Democratic Republic).

Photoclip "B" model.

This item is a vintage mechanical self-timer (also known as a selftimer or selbstauslöser) for classic cameras.  This specific model, the Photoclip, was produced in Switzerland around the years 1910–1920 by the firm Müller & Vaucher (M & V) from Biel/Bienne.

 

Signal Self Timer, Japan

Dit object is een vintage mechanische zelfontspanner van het merk "Signal", geproduceerd in Japan in de jaren 1950.

Rokuwa, Selftimer, Japan

In the 1970s and 1980s, this device was used as a substitute for cameras and camcorders lacking a built-in self-timer: a mechanical self-timer that screwed into the camera's cable release socket. It was manufactured by Rokuwa in Tokyo, Japan.

 

 

 

 

Kopil Selftimer, japan

This model (the Kopil Self-Timer Mod. II) was produced in the 1950s. The first versions of the Kopil timers appeared on the market around 1951. This specific series, featuring colored plastic storage cases (including this yellow one), reached its peak popularity in the mid-to-late 1950s (around 1957).

Selbst Ausloser, weimar Germany

This device is a vintage mechanical self-timer (German: Selbstauslöser) for analog cameras. This specific model was produced in East Germany by VEB Feingerätewerk Weimar.

Kodak Auto-Release , USA, 1918

The Kodak Auto-Release was introduced around 1918 and was primarily produced and sold in the 1920s.  The front bears the text "PAT. PEND." (Patent Pending), indicating that this specific example is an early model from the first years of production, likely made between 1918 and the early 1920s.

Framex

This is a vintage Framex mechanical self-timer (model 1) with the original metal storage box, made in Germany around the 1950s.