Copies listed of Serial Numbers/brands AND also Links to Serial Numbers.
Note – Copyright – All copywrite resides with the linked web site originators – I provide copy or links as collected for reference only.
- Benrus – web – movement data 1920-1945
- Breitling – web
- Breitling – web
- Bulova – web
- Citizen – web
- Elgin – web
- Eterna – web
- Ingersoll (USA) – table
- Illinois (vintage) – table
- Gruen – web
- Gruen – web – alternative
- Hamilton– table
- IWC – web (enter your model data – and that’s it)
- Longines – table
- Omega – table – 1905 to 2009
- Orient – web
- Patek Philippe – table
- Rolex – web
- Seiko – web (identification)
- Timex – web (mechanical movements only)
- Tissot – table
- Universal Geneve – table
- Vacheron Constantin – web (to 1960)
- Vacheron Constantin – web (to 1970)
- Waltham – table
- Zenith – table
- http://www.VintageWatchRestoration.com – have serial number data on the following brands – Breitling 1944-1978, Bulova 1948-1999, Elgin 1867-1956, Gruen 1867-1956, Hamilton 1893-1954, Illinois 1872-1948, IWC 1886-1972, Omega 1895-1930, Longines 1870-1968, Patek Philippe 1845-1990, Rolex 1925-1990, Tissot 1856-1983 and Waltham 1852-1959.
- http://www.pocketwatchrepair.com/histories/sn-lookup.html – this is another excellent Serial Number reference site for number of watch brands.
Note 1 – Citizen Serial link refers to movements produced until 1967. At the end of the document there are instructions to assist in dating Citizen watches.
Note 2 – Serial Number links may change or move – Please let me know of any dead links and I’ll try and update as necessary.
Tables – a list of serial number tables from various web sources
Eterna –
Hamilton modern Serial Numbers/models – LINK
Hamilton serial numbers (vintage)– 1893 – 1942
1-2,000=1893 ; 5,000=1894 ; 10,000=1895 ; 14=1896 ; 20,000=1897 ;
30,000=1898 ;40,000=1899 ; 50,000=1900 ; 90,000=1901 ; 150,000=1902 ;
260,000=1903 ; 340,000=1904 ; 425,000=1905 ; 590,000=1906 ;
756,000=1907 ; 921,000=1908 ; 1,087,000=1909 ; 1,050,500=1910 ;
1,290,500=1911 ; 1,331,000=1912 ; 1,370,000=1913 ; 1,410,500=1914 ;
1,450,500=1915 ; 1,517,000=1916 ; 1,580,000=1917 ; 1,650,000=1918 ;
1,700,000=1919 ; 1,790,000=1920 ; 1,860,000=1921 ; 1,900,000=1922 ;
1,950,000=1923 ; 2,000,000=1924 ; 2,100,000=1925 ; 2,200,000=1926 ;
2,250,000=1927 ; 2,300,000=1928 ; 2,350,000=1929 ; 2,400,000=1930 ;
2,450,000=1931 ; 2,500,000=1932 ; 2,600,000=1933 ; 2,700,000=1934 ;
2,800,000=1935 ; 2,900,000=1936 ; 3,000,000=1937 ; 3,200,000=1938 ;
3,400,000=1939 ; 3,600,000=1940 ; 3,800,000=1941 ; 4,025,000=1942
Additional data –
Illinois –
Ingersoll –
IWC –
0-10,000=1880-1886 ; 10,001-50,000=1886-1890 ;
100,000-200,000=1890-1899 ;200,001-300,000=1899-1903 ;
300,001-400,000=1903-1907 ; 400,001-600,000=1907-1913 ;
600,001-800,000=1913-1924 ; 800,001-900,000=1924-1929 ;
900,001-1,000,000=1929-1938 ; 1,000,001-1,100,000=1938-1945 ;
1,100,001-1,500,000=1945-1960 ; 1,500,001–2 ,000,000=1960-1972 ;
1,500,001-2,000,000=1960-1972
Alternatively another (copy) listing from & Copyright of Gilbert, Engle & Shugart – Complete Price Guide to watches No.30-2010
Longines –
http://www.longines.com/watches/technical-information
Above site gives much information about movements and other Longines models data.
Longines Serial numbers – 1870 to 1982
1870 20,000 1871 36,000 1872 52,000
1873 68,000 1874 84,000 1875 100,000
1876 121,425 1877 142,850 1878 164,275
1879 185,700 1880 207,125 1881 228,550
1882 250,000 1883 291,670 1884 333,340
1885 375,010 1886 416,680 1887 458,350
1888 500,000 1889 550,000 1890 600,000
1891 650,000 1892 700,000 1893 750,000
1894 791,100 1895 832,766 1896 874,432
1897 916,098 1898 957,764 1899 999,430
1900 1,124,715 1901 1,250,000 1902 2,083,333
1903 2,916,666 1904 1,500,000 1905 1,750,000
1906 1,850,000 1907 1,950,000 1908 2,100,000
1909 2,250,000 1910 2,375,000 1911 2,500,000
1912 2,750,000 1913 2,900,000 1914 3,075,000
1915 3,250,000 1916 3,375,000 1917 3,500,000
1918 3,625,000 1919 3,750,000 1920 3,815,217
1921 3,880,434 1922 3,945,651 1923 4,047,100
1924 4,148,549 1922 3,945,651 1923 4,047,100
1924 4,148,549 1925 4,250,000 1926 4,500,000
1927 4,625,000 1928 4,750,000 1929 4,886,360
1930 4,959,088 1931 5,031,816 1932 5,104,544
1933 5,177,272 1934 5,250,000 1935 5,333,330
1936 5,416,660 1937 5,500,000 1938 5,750,000
1939 5,850,000 1940 5,950,000 1941 6,140,900
1942 6,331,800 1943 6,522,700 1944 6,713,600
1945 6,904,500 1946 7,106,750 1947 7,309,000
1948 7,511,250 1949 7,713,500 1950 7,915,750
1951 8,225,535 1952 8,535,320 1953 8,845,105
1954 9,183,125 1955 9,521,145 1956 9,859,165
1957 10,201,415 1958 10,543,665 1959 10,885,915
1960 11,211,988 1961 11,538,061 1962 11,864,134
1963 12,368,962 1965 12,621,376 1966 12,873,790
1967 13,839,112 1968 14,834,158 1969 15,***,***
1972 50,841,*** 1974 52,216*** 1977 53,478,***
1980 53,902,*** 1982 55,300,***
Omega Serial Numbers – 1905 – 2009
Patek Philippe Serial numbers – 1840 – 1990
Tissot
1-3,056=1853-1856 ; 3,057-19,905=1857-1870 ; 19,906-36,187=1871-1875 ;
36,188-51,101=1876-1880 ; 51,102-79,299=1881-1885 ; 79,300-96,836=1886-1890 ;
96,837-100,200=1891-1896 ; 10,960-51,325=1897-1906 ; 51,326-58,206=1907-1910 ;
58,207-83,778=1911-1912 ; 83,779-112,866=1913-1916 ; 112,867-139,446=1917-1918 ;
139,447-201,644=1919-1920 ; 201,645-250,622=1921-1922 ; 250,623-290,984=1923-1924 ;
290,985-365,000=1925-1926 ; 365,001-434,500=1927-1928 ; 434,501-465,400=1929-1930 ;
465,401-511,700=1931-1933 ; 511,701-727,500=1934-1936 ; 727,501-1,052,800=1937-1939
1,052,801-1,128,616=1940 ; 1,128,617-1,188,976=1941 ; 1,188,977-1,324,418=1942 ;
1,324,419-1,450,276=1943 ; 1,450,277-1,549,720=1944 ; 1,549,721-1,675,720=1945 ;
1,675,721-1,746,530=1946 ; 1,746,531-1,940,110=1947 ; 1,940,111-2,140,000=1948 ;
2,140,001-2,293,210=1949 ; 2,293,211-2,432,999=1950 ; 2,433,000-2,621,999=1951 ;
2,622,000-2,810,999=1952 ; 2,811,000-3,118,999=1953 ; 3,119,000-3,289,999=1954 ;
3,290,000-3,476,999=1955 ; 3,477,000-3,713,999=1956 ; 3,714,000-3,999,999=1957 ;
4,000,000-4,334,999=1958 ; 4,335,000-4,559,999=1959 ; 4,560,000-4,867,999=1960 ;
4,868,000-5,197,999=1961 ; 5,198,000-5,932,999=1962 ; 5,933,000-6,498,999=1963 ;
6,499,000-7,039,999=1964 ; 7,040,000-8,280,999=1965 ; 8,281,000-8,864,999=1966 ;
8,865,000-9,910,999=1967 ; 9,911,000-10,492,999=1968 ; 10,493,000-11,594,999=1969 ;
11,595,000-13,046,119=1970 ; 13,046,120-13,996,999=1971 ; 13,997,000-16,173,999=1972
16,174,000-16,811,999=1973 ; 16,812,000-18,902,999=1974 ; 18,903,000-19,397,999=1975 ;
19,398,000-20,030,999=1976 ; 20,031,000-21,093=1977 ; 21,094-21,515=1978 ;
21,516-22,097=1979 ; 22,098-22,857=1980 ; 22,858-23,238=1981 ; 23,239-23,596=1982 ;
23,597-23,905=1983 ;
Tissot identification tips – HERE
Waltham –
50=1852 ; 400=1853 ; 1,000=1854 ; 2,500=1855 ; 4,000=1856 ; 6,000=1857 ;
10,000=1858 ; 15,000=1859 ; 20,000=1860 ; 30,000=1861 ; 45,000=1862 ;
65,000=1863 ; 110,000=1864 ; 180,000=1865 ; 260,000=1866 ; 330,000=1867 ;
410,000=1868 ; 460,000=1869 ; 500,000=1870 ; 540,000=1871 ; 590,000=1872 ;
680,000=1873 ; 730,000=1874 ; 810,000=1875 ; 910,000=1876 ; 1,000,000=1877 ;
1,150,000=1878 ; 1,350,000=1879 ; 1,500,000=1880 ; 1,670,000=1881 ;
1,835,000=1882 ; 2,000,000=1883 ; 2,350,000=1884 ; 2,650,000=1885 ;
3,000,000=1886 ; 3,400,000=1887 ; 3,800,000=1888 ; 4,200,000=1889 ;
4,700,000=1890 ; 5,200,000=1891 ; 5,800,000=1892 ;6,300,000=1893 ;
6,700,000=1894 ; 7,100,000=1895 ; 7,450,000=1896 ; 8,100,000=1897 ;
8,400,000=1898 ; 9,000,000=1899 ; 9,500,000=1900 ; 10,200,000=1901 ;
11,100,000=1902 ; 12,100,000=1903 ; 13,500,000=1904 ; 14,300,000=1905 ;
14,700,000=1906 ; 15,500,000=1907 ; 16,400,000=1908 ; 17,600,000=1909 ;
17,900,000=1910 ; 18,100,000=1911 ; 18,200,000=1912 ; 18,900,000=1913 ;
19,500,000=1914 ; 20,000,000=1915 ; 20,500,000=1916 ; 20,900,000=1917 ;
21,800,000=1918 ; 22,500,000=1919 ; 23,400,000=1920 ; 23,900,000=1921 ;
24,100,000=1922 ; 24,300,000=1923 ; 24,550,000=1924 ; 24,800,000=1925 ;
25,200,000=1926 ; 26,100,000=1927 ; 26,400,000=1928 ; 26,900,000=1929 ;
27,100,000=1930 ; 27,300,000=1931 ; 27,550,000=1932 ; 27,750,000=1933 ;
28,100,000=1934 ; 28,600,000=1935 ; 29,100,000=1936 ; 29,400,000=1937 ;
29,750,000=1938 ; 30,050,000=1939 ;30,250,000=1940 ; 30,750,000=1941 ;
31,050,000=1942 ; 31,400,000=1943 ; 31,700,000=1944 ; 32,100,000=1945 ;
32,350,000=1946 ; 32,750,000=1947 ; 33,100,000=1948 ; 33,500,000=1949 ;
33,560,000=1950 ; 33,600,000=1951 ; 33,700,000=1952 ; 33,800,000=1953 ;
34,100,000=1954 ; 34,450,000=1955 ; 34,700,000=1956 ; 35,000,000=1957
Zenith Serial Numbers –