Nikon 10x Jewelry Triplet Loupe Jeweler Pocket Round Magnifier

by Nikon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0007M6GW2
• Item model number: 6947
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #30 in Camera & Photo > Accessories > Light Boxes & Loupes > Loupes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Nikon 10x Jewelry Magnifier (round) 6947

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely pleased!, November 8, 2010

By 

Sean (Lebanon, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nikon 10x Jewelry Triplet Loupe Jeweler Pocket Round Magnifier (Electronics)

I own a chain where we buy precious metals and diamonds. I bought this loupe for myself and all of my people. I have to say, it's wonderful despite it's size. I can look through this thing for hours when it comes scrap time and I don't have a headache after wards. I've had it around my neck for about six months and it doesn't even think about falling open. Which brings me to my next point that will be important to anyone looking to buy one for similar reasons as myself.

It has a ring at the top that is just the perfect size to slip one of those ball style chains through (like on a ceiling fan or toilet tank) which you can buy for practically nothing at a hardware store. It's lined with metal, which is nice, so no worries of it wearing down like a cheap bale. Also on here, since I can't mention other product names in this review, you can spend about five bucks and get a hole sizer for round stones (very accurate, don't care what any bean counter says), knock the rivet out and put it right beside your loupe. Do yourself a favor though and use a vice (clamp down on the bulk and leave the rivet just barely above, the blank pieces on the outside work greak for protecting the good bits), a screw driver to break the splayed end and a little punch to push it out. I learned this the hard way.

There is another loupe that's a little more, which I bought as well to compare, by a major German name in optics (I'm sure you know who I'm talking about if you're looking at this). It's a great loupe as well, but it won't fit on any kind of sturdy chain. No complaints other than that.

Yes, it's pricey, but if you're going to have one of these glued to your face for any length of time I'd strongly suggest you clench your cheeks and spend the cash.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Quality but a little too pricy, December 31, 2011

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Tobias - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Nikon 10x Jewelry Triplet Loupe Jeweler Pocket Round Magnifier (Electronics)

Despite being made of plastic this loupe is not that easy to break. It is sturdy and the loupe STAYS put inside the flip portion of the cover when not in use. There IS a slight difference when comparing to the cheap $10 loupes. ALL of those cheap metal loupes that say 20-30x are only 10x. Why? I have no clue. Maybe thier using a bloated scale like the TV companies do when they say "Weve got a Much higher CONTRAST ratio than the other guys!" In any case this is the loupe to get but I just wish the company would bring the price down to about $40 which I think is fair.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for diamonds, November 10, 2011

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R. Sippel "Chef" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nikon 10x Jewelry Triplet Loupe Jeweler Pocket Round Magnifier (Electronics)

My wife and I recently got into rock collecting and my sister an avid hound said we needed a loupe. We bought this one and it works great for diamonds bbut is hard to use for rocks , hence the 4 star instead of 5. It is high quality and maybe some of our problem is the newness to this type of device.