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Your movement serial number may not be in exactly the same location as the one in the photo, but you are looking for the serial number that is on the watch mechanism itself. You usually have to take the back off the watch case to see the movement serial number which may appear anywhere on the watch movement. Cases and watches were often made by different companies and each usually has its own serial number. not the serial number from the watch case. the working part with the wheels and gears. You must use the serial number from the MOVEMENT of the watch. Since your serial number falls between those two numbers, you know that your watch was made in 1917 or 1918. ![]() ELGIN SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP SERIAL NUMBERSLooking at the table of Waltham serial numbers (see example below), you can see that number 20,900,000 was made in 1917 and 21,800,000 was made in 1918 (marked in red in the table below). Not all movements will have a serial number but most will. You must use the serial number on the movement itself NOT the case. Note that we're using the serial number from the watch movement, not from the watch case. This tool decodes the serial number from a Waltham watch, pocket watch or clock to give its date of manufacture. Let's say you have a Waltham watch with serial number 21,607,210 as shown in the photo below. ![]() So to determine when your watch was manufactured, you will need to find where your serial number fits within the range of numbers. Storage space or technical access is strictly necessary to enable the use of a particular service expressly requested by the customer or user or for the sole purpose of transmitting communications over an electronic communications network. that would make some really long pages! Our serial number tables list RANGES of serial numbers. Many watch companies made hundreds of thousands of watches, and some companies made millions of watches! It would be impractical to list the individual serial numbers of EVERY watch made. Can't find YOUR exact serial number in our lookup tables? Most vintage Swiss pocket watches did NOT have serial numbers and can't be dated by this method. As of August 2010, serial numbers for new Rolex watches are randomized, making it impossible to use the numbers for dating purposes. ELGIN SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP SERIESSome American watch brands did not use a consistent series of serial numbers, but most of the big manufacturers did. The model reference is engraved in the same place at the 12 oclock end. Not all vintage watches can be dated using the serial number. You should consult the serial number table for the specific brand of watch movement you are trying to date by selecting a company from the menu on the left. The example below uses information from the American Waltham Watch Company, but that is just an example. This page contains INSTRUCTIONS for using the serial number look-up tables that are found on many of our watch company history pages. ELGIN SERIAL NUMBER LOOKUP HOW TODetermine the Age of your Vintage Pocket Watch How to Use our Vintage Watch Serial Number & Date Lookup Tables Instructions for using our serial number look-up tables ![]()
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