Originally Posted by miriam
Originally Posted by irishrose
luce321, my understanding is that Necchi didn't keep very good records. If yours says, "Made in Italy" you can join the Yahoo group for some info. The best I could find out about mine was that it is pre 1950 because it has a VN, not just a N. Then the block N was modernized and that's another marker, but I don't the year on that. My number 600630 and it's a BF, so it only straight stitches.
Newer Necchi machines were made in Japan. I think it is a crap shoot whether one is any good or not. I think you want a high end OLD Necchi if you want a Necchi unless you are just collecting machines.
I have 2 BUs. Both are good machines. Only straight stitch but will sew through just about anything. The first seller gave me a demo on the machine of what his DGM used to sew. She sewed leather and so did he and then proceeded to do some pieceing with 100% cotton fabric. Moved easily between the two and he used the same needle. I wouldn't have but he did to demo the machine and try to make a selling point. Both of my serial #s begin with "U" and both made somewhere before 1953 I think. They might be pre-1950s.