Iwc Serial Number Database

Client Care Platform - IWC. The International Watch Co. Also known as IWC or IWC Schaffhausen for the Serial numbers 10,001 through 50,000, for example, denote an IWC pocket. Brief history of the Illinois Watch Company including watch dates and serial numbers.

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CASING NUMBERS & CASING DATES CHART FROM FACTORY LIST

Serial Number	Date	Serial Number	Date
0 - 10'000	1880 - 1886	600,001 - 800,000	1913 - 1924
10,001 - 50,000	1886 - 1890	800,001 - 900,000	1924 - 1929
100,000 - 200,000	1890 - 1899	900,001 - 1,000,000	1929 - 1938
200,001 - 300,000	1899 - 1903	1,000,001 - 1,100,000	1938 - 1945
300,001 - 400,000	1903 - 1907	1,100,001 - 1,500,000	1945 - 1960
400,001 - 600,000	1907 - 1913	1,500,001 - 2,000,000	1960 - 1972

MOVEMENT NUMBERS CHART FROM FACTORY LIST

Movement Number	Date	Movement Number	Date
28,251 - 49,300	1887 - 1890	919,601 - 940,000	1930 - 1935
49,301 - 117,300	1890 - 1895	940,001 - 1,013.200	1935 - 1940
117,301 - 211,200	1895 - 1900	1,013.201 - 1,092,400	1940 - 1945
211,201 - 321,300	1900 - 1905	1,092,401 - 1,200,400	1945 - 1950
321,301 - 463,600	1905 - 1910	1,200,401 - 1,335,400	1950 - 1955
463,601 - 620,800	1910 - 1915	1,335,401 - 1,513,000	1955 - 1960
620,801 - 742,300	1915 - 1920	1,513,001 - 1,778,800	1960 - 1965
742,301 - 807,400	1920 - 1925	1,778,801 - 1,970,200	1965 - 1970
807,401 - 919,600	1925 - 1930	1,970,201 - 2,265,400	1970 - 1975

Please remember that this is just an approximate guide and can not be used as a 100% accurate outlook as per how old your watch might be.
Should you require a more conclusive valuation of your time piece then please do not hesitate to email us.
To determine the approximate age of your watch, open the case and find the serial number, usually found engraved on the movement or the case back itself, then match it up with the list on this page.
Cross reference the Movement number with the case number to find the time scale of when your watch was produced.

Serial, case and movement numbers, if available, can assist in dating your timepiece and the authentication process when purchasing. Selected production date tables and serial number projects (where a site tries to aggregate serial numbers from visitors who submit watch information) are shown below. Please let me know if there are others we should include or there are resources with more accurate information.

Benrus
Have not been able to locate information. Please contact me if you know of one.

Breitling
Current Breitling reference model Numbers explained [The Unofficial Breitling Source]
Breitling Serial Numbers from 1944 [Brittons Watches]
Breitling serial numbers for chronograph and non-chronograph [WatchesToBuy]

Bulova
Determining the Date of a Bulova Watch [watchophilia]
Bulova serial numbers [The Watch Guy]

Girard-Perregaux
Have not been able to locate information. Please contact me if you know of a third-party source of production information.

Gruen
Gruen movement and case serial numbers [Gruen Wristwatches]

Hamilton
Hamilton Pocket Watch serial number table [Pocket Watch Site]
Hamilton both pre and post-1942 serial numbers [Vintage Watch Restoration]

Heuer
Heuer Chronograph Master Reference Table [OnTheDash]

IWC (International Watch Company)
IWC casing and movement numbers [Brittons Watches]
IWC Watch Serial Numbers [Elite Timepieces]
There are also IWC web apps that can help date a particular watch, see IWC Workbook Search and Date Your IWC
IWC serial numbers [Vintage Watch Restoration]

Jaeger-LeCoultre
No public production date table known. Worth a try is sending a request (with the engraved number at the back of the timepiece, a picture of the front and back as well as the reference of the movement) to client.relations.europe@jaeger-lecoultre.com (For Europe) and client.relations.us@jaeger-lecoultre.com (For the US).

You can receive production information by obtaining an extract.

Longines
Longines Serial Numbers, 1870-1968 [WatchesToBuy]
Longines Serials [Vintage Watch Restoration]

Mido
Have not been able to locate information. Mido Watches will reply (usually) to requests for information, though it is rather hit-or-miss in terms of detail provided. Please contact me if you know of a third-party source of production information.

Movado
The only source I have found is this Movado identification site. If you happen to know the source book used for these images, please contact me.

Omega
ilovemyspeedmaster (Moonwatch calibers 321, 861 and 1861 only)
Omega Speedmaster Evolution (Case, Calibre, and Serial Numbers) [Chronomaddox]
Omega Serial Numbers by Year [Chronomaddox]
Omega Vintage Watches [Omega]

Patek Philippe
Patek Philippe [Vintage Watch Restoration]

Rolex
Rolex production dates [Oysterworld via Vintage Rolex Forum]
Rolex Case Numbers and Case Number Project (button at top, via Vintage Rolex Forum). Case numbers by production date are shown at the bottom of the ‘Rolex Serial Number Project’ button. [Vintage Rolex Forum]
Rolex serial numbers with production dates [QualityTyme]

And some bonus reading on bracelets:
The Fascinating (And Totally Geeky) Story Of The Rolex Oyster Bracelet [Hodinkee]
Rolex C&I Bracelets, USA Made Oyster and Jubilee Bracelets [Rolex Vintage Forum]

Iwc Serial Number Database Sql Server

Tissot
Tissot Serial Numbers

Iwc Serial Number Database Search

Tudor
Tudor Serial Number Project (button at top, via Vintage Rolex Forum). This only includes the project information, held in Google docs format. [Vintage Rolex Forum]
Tudor serial numbers with production dates [QualityTyme]

Iwc Serial Number Database Lookup

Universal Geneve
Universal Genève Information [Dre on omegaforums] through 2.57.
Universal Geneve, as with most other manufactures, does not provide information on serial number dates (we are left to figure this out via known extracts) nor production figures.

Vacheron Constantin
The below table is one commonly found on the internet. However, I am unable to match the dates in this table against known production dates (from Vacheron) against a set of watches from the 1940s. I have not reviewed this table more widely against other references across time.
Vacheron Serial Numbers [WatchesToBuy]
There is an alternative Vacheron serial number table that some use. I have however, found the top table from publised at WatchesToBuy to be more accurate. If you find otherwise, please give me a shout.

Iwc Serial Number Database Query

Zenith
No public production date table known. Please let us know if there is one we should include. You can receive production information by obtaining an extract.