Identifying this vintage Schneider Componar lens mount

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Below I've attached an image of a recently acquired Schneider Kreuznach Componar enlarging lens, it's an 80mm f4.5 and it's fit into a bayonet mount. The lens is severely scratched on both sides. I believe it's a fairly new Schneider-lens (7 digit serial number). The enlarger it came with is an Amo-Exact II that dates from the 1950's and from what I've read most enlarger from that era would've gone accompanied with a screw-mount not a bayonet. I'm slightly worried I won't find a lens with this bayonet mount, and was wondering if you could help me identify the type of bayonet mount?
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Merle
 

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The mount you got seemingly is from Veigel too, as in parts it is identical to the Veigel helicoid one. Thus your mount should be either for a Veigel autofocus or Veigel bellows model.
I do not know of a Veigel autofocus model, but there was at least one bellows model.

Quiz solved...
 
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The enlarger works with a helicoid that is built into the enlarger not the lens so you're right on that one, but when looking for a replacement lens should I be looking for a 'helicoid Veigel/Schneider lens? Also the lens itself is a 7 digit serial so it suppposedly was produced after 1991 (whereas the veigel is from the 50's) would that imply that the mount can be re-attached to a mint-condition Componar? It has no screw-fitting that can be seen.
Thanks for your reply AgX but in my mind the quiz has not been solved!
 
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I just figured out how to disassemble the helicoid mount from the componar if anyone has a helical focussing Veigel, and is interested I will happily post insctructions. If anyone has a Componar 80mm or a 105mm in mint condition that they're looking to sell, I'm your man! I'll make a new thread for that however.
 

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To substitute the lens still mounted in your enlarger you would need a lens mounted in a Veigel helicoid.
As you said you were able to take out the lens of its mount. But to just swatch the lenses proper, you would need another lens that fits to the Veigel aperture actuator and scale. I am not sure that such works with any lens.

I never came across any Veigel enlarger, but that is what I make out of this all.
 
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