Find great deals on eBay for singer sewing machine serial numbers and singer sewing machine. Shop with confidence. We are often asked. I have an old Singer sewing machine and I wonder if you could help me with its value and maybe you can tell me something about its age. Dating Singer Sewing Machines From Serial Number. Where your Singer has two serial numbers always choose the larger of the two to date your machine. For sewing machines manufactured since about 1990, look for the model number on the handwheel side of the machine near the on/off switch or the electric cord receptacle. 1970 - 1989 You will find the model number on the front panel of machines manufactured in the 1970s and 1980s.

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The story of Isaac Merritt Singer will blow your mind, his wives and lovers his castles and palaces all built on the back of one of the greatest inventions of the 19th century. For the first time the most complete story of a forgotten giant is brought to you by Alex Askaroff. This is a simple guide to dating your early Singer sewing machines. Bosch Wtl 5410 Manual.

I do hope you find it useful. Where your Singer has two serial numbers always choose the larger of the two to date your machine. Singer machine serial number dating Guide Please note this is only a guide, not gospel! Some people mail me to say they have a receipt from 1950 so how could my guide have their machine as made in 1948 or 1949? Well, the production runs at factories like Kilbowie were complex and long. The castings were marked with the serial number right in the earliest stage of manufacture. The machines were miles from completion, packing and delivery.

Then there is depot storage and shop sales. They all effect the purchase/receipt date, but not the date of manufacture. For example during WW2 it is a well know fact the Singers were making guns and bullets as well as sewing machines.

Only when they could spare the time would they continue with sewing machine production. I have come across a woman who bought her machine brand new in 1946 yet the casting was clearly made in 1939 just before the outbreak of WWII. All Singers up until 1900 have no letter prefix and came from several factories around the world. The company cleverly managed their production from all factories to coincide with the serial number flow. Very early Singers from the 1850's up until the start of prefix letters in 1900 had two serial numbers.

There is a lot of controversy over why there were two lots of numbers. The most likely answer is that the larger number was the total number of machines produced by Singers when they only had a few factories and could keep up with and control the production output from Britain and America. The lower number may be the total production run up until that number of that particular model range.

Singer's have never manage to shed light on these two numbers especially as many have the last three digits the same! Note: when two serial numbers are on the machine use the larger of the serial numbers. Anyway here goes nothing.

I do hope you find it useful. N - Elizabeth, New Jersey USA O - No idea? P - Clydebank, Scotland P - Podolsk, Russia R - Clydebank, Scotland S - Clydebank, Scotland S- Podolsk, Russia SJ - S aint -Jean -Sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada T - Podolsk, Russia T - Taiwan U - Industrial, Japan V - Clydebank, Scotland W - Bridgeport, Connecticut USA W - Wittenberge, Germany X - Clydebank, Scotland Y - Clydebank, Scotland Some Singer model numbers made at Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland, Great Britain from 1900.