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History
The history of the Quick Standard spinning reel (according to D.A.M. ‘the oldest German spinning reel’) began as far back as 1937 with the introduction of the first prototype of the ‘Quick-Rolle’ (Quick reel). This prototype is not marked with a brand name and the housing is made from a solid piece of metal.
In 1939 the first production model of the Quick reel (catalogue number 15) appeared with a housing made of cast aluminium. On the side cover of the housing it has the marking ‘Stationär Rolle Quick D.A.M. Berlin SW68’ in relief lettering. Just as the 1937 prototype, this reel has a half bail and does not incorporate an anti-reverse system. The Second World War brought an end to the production of this reel in 1943.
At the end of 1948 D.A.M. resumed the production of reels and introduced the ‘Quick model 49’ (catalogue number 250) in spring 1949. This reel also doesn’t incorporate an anti-reverse system, but it has a full bail arm (according to D.A.M. ‘The first German reel with the really perfect automatic line pick-up.’). In 1950 D.A.M. released a version of this reel with a manual pick-up which was named Quicki model 50 (catalogue number 251).
In 1950 the Quick model 50/51 was introduced with a full bail and for the first time an anti-reverse clutch. With the introduction of the Quick Junior reel in 1951 D.A.M. introduced the name ‘Quick Standard‘ (first used in an ad in a German magazine from December 1951 called ‘Die Fischwaid’). The Quick reel thus became the Quick Standard № 250 (which had been the catalogue number since 1949).
In 1954 the Quick Standard model 54 (catalogue number 250/A) was introduced. This model has the marking ‘Stationär Rolle Quick Standard D.A.M. Berlin SW68’ in relief lettering on the side cover. The last version of the Quick Standard reel was produced in 1956. This reel is a variation of the Quick Standard № 250/A with a plastic brake nut.
For a collector it is interesting to see the development of the Quick Standard reel from the first prototype in 1937, to the last version in 1956.
In November 1956 the Quick Standard was succeeded by the Quick Finessa 280, which was followed by the Quick Finessa 285 in 1960. The Quick Finessa 285 eventually became the Quick Finessa 330 in 1967. This reel was the basis of the famous Quick Finessa 110-550 series of the sixties.
Models [for pictures scroll down to the section in German]
Of the Quick Standard reel the following models can be distinguished:
1. Quick-Rolle № 15, with half bail, without anti-reverse, Quick marking on side cover (1939-43).
2. Quick model 49 № 250, with full bail, without anti-reverse, Quick marking on side cover (1949).
3. Quicki model 50 № 251, with manual pick-up, without anti-reverse, Quick marking on side cover (1950).
4. Quick model 50/51 № 250, with full bail and anti-reverse, Quick marking on side cover (1950-53).
5. Quick Standard model 54 № 250/A, with full bail and anti-reverse, Quick STANDARD marking on side cover (1954-56).
Quick-O-Mat
Next to these models there is also a Quick-O-Mat № 260. Unlike what many collectors believe the Quick-O-Mat is not a separate reel model. The Quick-O-Mat is a side cover for a Quick Standard reel with a built inn line counter. The line counter can be used for measuring the water depth or the casting distance. The Quick-O-Mat was introduced by D.A.M. in 1954 and was produced with a line counter in meters or in yards (the latter for export purposes). It was available together with a DAM Quick Standard reel, model 54 (with the catalogue number 250/B), or as a separate part (catalogue number 260). All Quick Standard reels from 1951 or later can be equipped with a Quick-O-Mat.
Variations
The Quick Standard models have many different variations (see list below). There are differences in housings, flanges, spools, bail arms, brake nuts, crank arms and handle grips. There are also less significant differences in details. Especially between 1950 and 1954 there are many differences and variations. For the collector with an eye for details this can be quite interesting.
Keep in mind that during their existence Quick Standard reels can have been altered by fishermen and collectors (and also by those people who are only interested in making a profit!). As all parts are interchangeable, this is relatively easy to do. Knowing this it’s sometimes difficult to establish if a reel is 100% original.
Serial numbers
Since 1952 all Quick Standard reels were produced with an on-going serial number stamped in the reel foot (the older models had no stamped serial numbers). Because there is coherence between the development of the different models and variations of the Quick Standard reels and the serial numbers, it is possible to establish the year in which the reel was produced (and consequently what it’s supposed to look like!). The lowest stamped serial number I’ve seen is 01 041 (010041) on a model № 250 from 1952, and the highest is 092188 on a model № 250/A from 1956. The serial numbers from 100000 on were used by D.A.M. for the Quick Finessa 280 (the succeeding model of the Quick Standard).
Information requested
• The highest serial number on a Quick Standard reel known to me is 092188. Does anyone have a Quick Standard reel with a higher serial number?
Quick Standard spinning reels
Quick (prototype) [1937]
- without marking, housing made of solid metal, without anti-reverse, metal spool, half bail
Quick (without serial number) [1939-42]
- Quick marking, housing made from cast aluminum, without anti-reverse, oil hole above crank arm, metal crank arm with fixed grip, painted arrow above crank arm (to indicate turning direction), half bail
- unpainted reel housing, axel with small ratchet wheel
- unpainted flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings and fixating screw
- bakelite spool with clockwise numbering
- (small) round handle grip
- without oil hole above crank arm
- with oil hole above crank arm (later model)
- with ribbed plug screw (first model)
- with plain plug screw (later model)
Quick model 49 (without serial number) [1949-50]
- Quick marking, without anti-reverse, oil hole above crank arm, metal crank arm with fixed grip, aluminium spool without clockwise numbering, long bail stop slide, full bail
- unpainted reel housing, axel with small ratchet wheel
- unpainted flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- grey-black aluminum spool
- (small) round plastic handle grip
- housing with black crinkle paint, axel with large ratchet wheel
- unpainted flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- black painted aluminum spool
- (small) round plastic handle grip
- Quick marking, with anti-reverse, oil hole above crank arm, metal crank arm with fixed handle grip, aluminium spool without clockwise numbering, long bail stop slide, full bail
- housing with black crinkle paint, axel with large ratchet wheel
- unpainted flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- black painted aluminum spool
- (small) round plastic handle grip
- grey flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- black painted aluminum spool
- grey aluminum spool
- (large) round rubber handle grip
Quicki model 50 (without serial number) [1950]
- Quick marking, without anti-reverse, oil hole above crank arm, metal crank arm with fixed grip, axel with small ratchet wheel (same as model 49), manual pick-up
- unpainted reel housing
- unpainted flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- bakelite spool with clockwise numbering
- (small) round handle grip
- housing with black crinkle paint
- unpainted flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- bakelite spool with clockwise numbering
- (small) round handle grip
- grey flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- brown spool made from pressed material (so called ‘Preßstoffmaterial’)
- (large) round rubber handle grip
Quick model 50/51 (without serial number) [1950-51]
- Quick marking, with anti-reverse, oil hole above crank arm, altered bail, aluminium spool without clockwise numbering, metal crank arm, long bail stop slide, altered flange
- housing with black crinkle paint, same axel as model 49 with large ratchet wheel
- grey flange, grey spool
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- crank arm with fixed (large) round rubber handle grip (standard version)
- crank arm with fold-able (large) round rubber handle grip (also available as extra part nr. 255 in catalogue of 1952)
Quick/Quick Standard № 250 (serial number on reel foot) [1951-53]
- Quick marking, with anti-reverse, oil hole above crank arm, bail same as model 50/51, aluminum spool without clockwise numbering, altered metal crank arm with fold able handle grip
- housing with black crinkle paint, altered axel with large ratchet wheel
- grey flange, grey spool
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with sloped wings
- long bail stop slide
- round rubber handle grip
- short bail stop slide without notch
- round rubber handle grip
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings (altered April 1952)
- short bail stop slide without notch
- round rubber handle grip
- short bail stop slide with notch
- round rubber handle grip
- round plastic handle grip
- Quick marking, with anti-reverse, without oil hole above crank arm, bail same as model 50/51, aluminium spool without clockwise numbering, metal crank arm with fold-able handle grip, short bail stop slide with notch
- housing with black crinkle paint, axel with large ratchet wheel
- grey flange, grey spool
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with narrow round shaped wings (altered)
- round plastic handle grip
- Quick marking, with anti-reverse, without oil hole above crank arm, altered bail (same as model 54), metal crank arm with foldable handle grip, short bail stop slide with notch
- housing with black crinkle paint, axel with large ratchet wheel
- grey flange, grey spool
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with narrow round shaped wings
- aluminum spool without clockwise numbering
- round plastic handle grip
- flattened plastic handle grip with relief (same as model 54)
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings
- aluminum spool without clockwise numbering
- round plastic handle grip
- flattened plastic handle grip with relief (same as model 54)
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings
- altered aluminum spool (shaped as spool on model 54, but without clockwise numbering and with raised edge around brake nut)
- flattened plastic handle grip with relief
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings with red arrow
- aluminum spool (shaped as spool on model 54) without clockwise numbering
- aluminum spool (shaped as spool on model 54) with clockwise numbering
- flattened plastic handle grip with relief
- 3-wing aluminum brake nut
- aluminum spool (shaped as spool on model 54) without clockwise numbering
- round plastic handle grip
- flattened plastic handle grip with relief
Quick Standard № 250 (serial number on reel foot) [1953-54]
- Quick STANDARD marking, with anti-reverse, without oil hole above crank arm, bail same as model 54, metal crank arm with fold-able flattened plastic handle grip with relief, aluminum spool, axel with large ratchet wheel, short bail stop slide with notch
- housing with black crinkle paint
- grey flange
- 3-wing aluminum brake nut
- grey spool without clockwise numbering
- grey spool with clockwise numbering
- black spool with clockwise numbering
Quick Standard model 54 № 250/A (serial number on reel foot) [1954-56]
- Quick STANDARD marking, with anti-reverse, without oil hole above crank arm, metal crank arm with fold-able flattened plastic handle grip with relief, aluminum spool, axel with large ratchet wheel, short bail stop slide with notch, spool with clockwise numbering
- housing with black crinkle paint
- grey flange
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings and red arrow
- grey spool
- black spool
- black flange with crinkle paint, black spool
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings and red arrow
- housing with black crinkle paint and rim
- black flange with crinkle paint, black spool
- 4-wing aluminum brake nut with broad round shaped wings and red arrow
- 3-wing plastic brake nut
- grey brake nut
- red brake nut
For the Quick Standard there is an aluminum tournament spool (1951)
Quick-O-Mat № 260 [1954]
- side cover for Quick Standard with QUICK-O-MAT marking and black crinkle paint, with line counter in
- meters
- yards (export version)
The Quick Junior spinning reel
History
In December 1951 D.A.M. introduced the Quick Junior № 240 spinning reel as a cheaper alternative to the Quick Standard reel (a difference in price of 25.00 German Marks was a considerable amount of money back in those days). The Quick Junior is a spinning reel that was built in a simpler way and was derived from its predecessor the Quick Standard. This is clearly noticeable as the spool of the Quick Junior reel has the same dimensions as the spool of the Quick Standard reel. The first model, the Quick Junior model 51/52, has a full bail that operates with a simple external bail trip. In 1953 the model 53 was introduced which has an altered bail with automatic internal bail trip mechanism. In 1954 the model 54 was introduced with an altered housing. All models of the Quick Junior reel have an anti-reverse clutch.
In 1952 D.A.M. also introduced the Quicki Junior № 230 spinning reel. This even cheaper version of the Quick Junior reel has a half bail. The Quicki Junior № 230 was initially meant for export purposes only (according to a UK D.A.M. catalogue of 1951/52 the Quicki Junior reel was: ‘A reel specially designed for the Eng
