I wouldn't be surprised if that was their thinking. After all, at some point prior to the war, they had something like 80+% market share, why would the Japanese offer them competition?
I would probably have clicked on it to be snoopy, that's it... depending on price.
Machines after somewhere in the mid-50s usually have something on them that will say their model number. In the case of this machine it's a 15-. They won't usually say the submodel if there is one, like 15-90, 15-91, 15-125 etc, that part comes with research and experience. But, the badge is always to be trusted as far as the model, unless someone changed it, but I can't see a reason to. At some point (late 50 early 60s) they moved the label to the stitch selector on some machines, like the 401A, 503J, etc.
Last edited by ArchaicArcane; 07-19-2013 at 08:05 AM.
Reason: Ugh,.. I can't type - 80+% market share, not 90%