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Dan

TV EPs are entirely made/assembled by sub-contracted factories to TV in either Japan or Taiwan (dependent on which particular model of EP - for example T6 Nags - Japan, Panoptics - Taiwan). Thereafter, every single EP is sent over to TV in the US and each EP is thereafter QC/tested by TV in their own workshop to check that each EP is to their specs and standards.

However, with the exception of the great mystery as to where the refractor glass is actually smelted (from Japan but precisely which manufacturer) every other element of making their refractors is done in TV's own facility in the US. I should add that they now use feathertouch focusers but previously made their own.

They also have a quite unique production process which involves a single craftman assembly system. So, the production process doesn't involve the common A-B-C-D-E stepped passage production line from multiple workers specialising in a particular step but a single craftman who makes the entire scope from start to finish and thus undertakes each step (i.e. one person does all steps A through to E).

Via this process when any TV scope comes in for a repair/clean etc they can identify who made each particular scope by the serial number and it is then given to that same craftman who will undertake any necessary work etc - hence their claim about each scope is genuinely hand-made.