Hamilton Production Dates
to date your watch use the serial number of the movement!
| 1893
1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942
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3,000 15,000 20,800 50,000 75,000 100,000 125,000 150,000 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 625,000 750,000 920,000 1,085,000 1,180,000 1,291,000 1,330,000 1,365,000 1,400,000 1,458,000 1,516,000 1,582,000 1,648,000 1,714,000 1,780,000 1,850,000 1,950,000 2,050,000 2,150,000 2,250,000 2,300,000 2,350,000 2,400,000 2,450,000 2,500,000 2,520,000 2,581,000 2,591,000 2,601,000 2,611,000 2,621,000 2,900,000 3,200,000 3,400,000 4,000,000 4,250,000 4,500,000 |
992Bwith first
letter of C 1940
1941
1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
C11,000 C41,000 C75,000 C85,000 C115,000 C145,000 C169,000 C210,000 C250,000 C290,000 C325,000 C345,000 C365,000 C396,300 C416,000 C435,000 C455,000 C475,000 C495,000 C510,000 C511,000 C513,000 C515,000 C517,000 C519,000 C521,000 C523,000 C525,000 C529,169 |
950B with first letter of 2B
2B701 - 2B800
950B with first letter of S 1941-1946 Sept 1947 Dec 31 ,1948 1954 1965 pro end
Production numbers for the 4992B 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1952 1956 1966 End of production in 1969??? |
Oct-Dec 1943
S001-S3400 S4000 S4495 S21,100 S25000 S29400
4C28,000 4C58,000 4C75,000 4C94,806 (at end of war) 4C116,262 4C139,000 serial number> 4C142,000 |
NOTE: 2,655,301 to 2,900,000 were not made... the numbers were never used.
NOTE: 3,100,001 to 3,460,900 were made sometime in 1935-1947
NOTE: 3,460,901 to 4,000,000 were not made... the numbers were never used.
NOTE: 4,000,000 to 4,523,000 were made sometime in 1928-1947
NOTE: Watches with letter code serial numbers that are not found on this
page are wrist watches or 12s or smaller pocket watches, I hope to add a list
for them in the future.
and some more Hamilton information:
The 999B list is as follows:
2B001-2B700 Nov.1943 to March 1944
1B001-1B450 May 1943 to May 1944
1B451-1B1100 May 1943 to ??? 1945
1B1101-1B4000 1945 - 1947
1B4001-1B8208 Dec 31,1948
1B23,500 1953
1B27,500 1954
1B27,501 and higher, till end of production in the mid '60's.
In addition here is some info on the 992B family of watches...
All 992B had a serial number starting with C
All 2974B had a serial number starting with K, or 2K, total production in excess of 16,095...
2974B production was from 1941 to ??? 2974B production at the end of WWII was 15,563
All 3992B had a serial number starting with 3C, total production of 2497 or maybe a little more...
3992B production was from 1943 to1945
All 4992B had a serial number starting with 4C, total production of 142,000 and higher..
4992B production was from 1942 to 1966?. 4992B production at the end of WWII was about 95,000 more were made during the cold war,and even 'Nam.
The myth about the "Officer's Model" 4992B in the Coin Silver Case, is just that, a Myth. in April 1943 the spec's were changed to allow the use of a "non-critical" alloy, in order to conserve Nickel, the major component of "Base Metal". Remember the Steel Pennys made in 1943? same deal, trying to save copper there... All 4992Bs in silver cases should have serial numbers from "43 ... and over 11,000 were made...
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