PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an observation optical system unit for endoscopes allowing a user or the like to appropriately acquire a size of an observation object in magnification observation.SOLUTION: The observation optical system unit comprises: an observation optical system that includes a tip-end stationary lens 51a capable of coming into contact with an observation site of a subject, and enabling focus at a depth of field including the tip-end stationary lens 51a on a cellular level for magnification observation; and a graduation 70 provided at a tip end face of the tip-end stationary lens 51a so as to locate within the depth of field in the magnification observation for indicating a real scale of the observation site.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4