The ISMACS serial number tables contain dates and models for over ninety six million Singer sewing machine heads manufactured 1850 - 1971. The Singer serial number tables at the International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society (ISMACS) website are the result of a cooperative effort between Singer and the Veritas Club 1995 - 2002: How accurate it is, I don't know, but it's way better than a sharp stick in the eye.įor anybody who has one of the Singer domestic model 9W sewing machine heads regardless of whether it has a "W" prefix serial number or one of the no prefix Weeler & Wilson heritage serial numbers, it's probably best to stick with International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society's (ISMACS) age estimate, that is, 1909 - 1913, with the no prefix serial number ones being older. The "W" prefix serial numbers were lost for reasons unknown however, in 2018, a relative of one of the leatherworker dot net forum members found a circa-1960 Singer slide chart tool with "W" serial number ranges:
However, a lot of vintage sewing machine enthusiasts are skeptical about this information and even the author admits that it's speculative, so 'buyer' beware.īRIDGEPORT SINGER FACTORY W PREFIX SERIAL NUMBERS
Somebody has done some research and come up with some estimates: The single "C" character prefix serial numbers from the Wittenberge Singer factory were lost as a result of WWII and the Cold War. WITTENBERGE SINGER FACTORY SERIAL AND MODEL NUMBERS There are a couple of resources for those who aren't satisfied with "Beginning %X%." Serial numbers with those two prefixes are problematic, because most of the records for them were lost. However, there are some caveats: it appears to return "Beginning 1908" for all single "C" character prefix serial numbers and "Beginning 1911" for all "W" prefix serial numbers. I've used the android version and it appears to work well overall. Here are two smart phone apps for Singer serial number lookup: SINGER SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP SMART PHONE APPS Here are some links to various resources for looking up Singer sewing machine head serial numbers in order to find approximate ages and models. However, even Singer's records are neither complete nor entirely accurate. Singer is probably the best documented of all the vintage sewing machine companies.
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