International Sewing Machine Collectors' Society

Fostering the collecting of, and research into, sewing machines.

Singer Sewing Machine Dating

How old are your Sewing Machines?

A Singer Slide Chart for dating W Series Machines

Comprehensive Singer Serial Number Charts
Find out when your Singer Sewing Machine was made using data direct from Singer
Very Early Singer Serial Numbers Database
From Krisi Santilla's research into some of the very earliest serial numbers.
Pre-1900 Singer Serial Numbers Database
From the research of John Langdon and Robert Leininger, clarification and identification of Singer Sewing Machines before the year 1900.
Let Singer Date your Machine for You
Manufacture Dates
Singer New Family
by numbers
Serial Number Chart ~ with dates
Why two serial numbers?

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