Produced from introduction in 1979 to around May 1980, these were the original 110’s. The only distinguishing mark is that the white ASAHI on the pentaprism. 

Serial numbers in the collection start at 1019162 and end at 1028039, although there is one in California with a serial number of 1011767 which must be a very early model. The first black ASAHI I have starts at 1030697 but please let me know if you have an earlier one!

Pentax dropped the “ASAHI” name over a number of years, I’ve not found out why yet........