This Beautiful Stripped Down Leica M3 is Totally Worthy of the Term “Gear Porn”

It’s not often we get to use the words stripped and porn in one of our titled, but this gorgeous stripped down Leica M3 offered up one of those rare exceptions.

In a world were the term “gear porn” is used to describe pretty much any desirable piece of equipment, this camera takes it to another level by shedding its outerwear (if you will) and giving us a peek at the something that is at once incredibly intricate and beautifully simple.

Described as a “rare original factory cutaway (around serial number 800000)” of the much-beloved 35mm M3 rangefinder, it comes to us from the Leica Shop Vienna’s eBay store, and it will set you back 12,000 EUR (or about $16,000 USD) if you want to display it on your shelf:

To see higher resolution pictures or if you want to go ahead and drop some serious cash on this cutaway M3, head over to the Leica Shop Vienna eBay store and have your PayPal ready.

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Image credits: Photographs by the Leica Shop Vienna via eBay