Originally Posted by
bkberries
Hello all! I was gifted a lovely old girl, serial number W45511, ....
Do any of you have any idea how to date her? (Not talking about a bottle of wine and roses, lol!) I'll post pictures when I figure out how to do this from my phone! Many thanks in advance!
It appears, as indicated by the first post of this thread (on previous page) and SteveH's post above & quoted below, that these are difficult to date. You might also want to check
http://needlebar.org/nbwiki/index.php/Wheeler_&_Wilson
It appears that the Yahoo group that SteveH has referenced has
moved per
https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/...-Machines/info
to
https://groups.io/g/Wheeler_and_Wilson-Sewing-Machines
Originally Posted by
SteveH
Unfortunately dating by serial number is NOT an option on the Wheeler & Wilsons. The EARLIER curved needle versions there is an approximate chart based on the production numbers published, but W&W lost a LOT of records in a fire and the rest Singer thrashed when they bought them in 1905. I strongly recommend joining the W&W Yahoo group. They are compiling known machines serial numbers with receipts. Manuals are available for free as well
Have fun getting 'her' running smoothly.
Janey - Neat people never make the exciting discoveries I do.