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Here you can look up your serial number and find out when your Singer Sewing Machine was made as well as identify what model you have.
The simple guide to dating your early Singer sewing machines. (Where your Singer has two serial numbers always choose the larger of the two to date your machine) Singer machine serial number dating Guide. (Brace yourself it's tricky!) Please note this is only a guide, not gospel!
Dating Singer Machines. These tables are taken from Singer publications; they show the dates. for a particular range of serial numbers for the given plants. PLEASE NOTE: R-series was issued before J-series. V-series was issued before F-series.
Finding the model number should be much more simple. The model number will be printed on the plate at the back, side or even on the front of the sewing machine. It will usually be a 3 or 4 digit number. However, the serial number may start with a letter. Some sewing machine may have a name EG. Concerto, Merrit or Samba.
If your sewing machine, accessory, or ephemera has a name on it, this is the place to start. If we don't have a listing for the name, please use the search function to see if there is any mention of it on our site.
You can date your Singer sewing machine using its serial number. The serial number is typically found on the machine’s base or under the needle plate. You can use the International Sewing Machine Collectors’ Society database to look up your serial number and determine the year of manufacture.
You can use the serial number as an identifier to determine the model number, the year your machine was made, and even how much it is worth! The International Sewing Machine Collectors Society provides a database of all Singer serial numbers.
Look for the serial number, usually stamped on a metal plate on the machine’s bed or arm. The serial number can be used to determine the year of manufacture by referencing a Singer serial number chart. If there is no serial number, you can try to date the machine by its design or features.
The Singer serial number database at ISMACS tells you the model number, as well as the date the serial number was issued. Your machine will have been built somewhere between that date & the date the next batch of serial numbers was issued for that model.
For machines made after 1900 (which all have serial numbers starting with one or two letters), what you may often find represented as being serial number data, are just when numbers were pre-allocated in large batches for the purpose of pre-production planning.