Croton Watch Serial Number Lookup

Croton Watch Serial Number Lookup

First, enter the serial number off the movement of the watch. Along with a lot of other information about your watch, toward the bottom will be a link to the search eBay logs for the same grade as your watch. This list will give you a general idea of what prices similar watches have brought on eBay in the past. The vintage watch collecting market is now hotter than it’s ever been, and a lot of lesser-known brands—Universal Geneve, Enicar, and even vintage Movado watches—are starting to be worth. Note that we're using the serial number from the watch movement, not from the watch case. Looking at the table of Waltham serial numbers (see example below), you can see that number 20,900,000 was made in 1917 and 21,800,000 was made in 1918 (marked in red in the table below). Watch Serial Number- as mentioned before, we often assume the model is a serial number which is a unique, one-of-a-kind number Chronometer Certificate- while definitely valuable to the watch, the number on the certificate will not help you search for or identify a particular watch. A serial number might also be inscribed here, but that is the serial number of the case, not the watch itself. Look for inscribed markings on the back of the watch mechanism, under the cuvette. This is where many manufacturers inscribed the name and location of the factory that produced the watch. Pocket watches were invented in the 16th century, and they remained popular until World War I. Although pocket watches have largely been replaced by wrist watches in modern society, a number of watch manufacturers continue to produce pocket watches. There are two main types of pocket watches: open face and hunter-case. All you need is your watch's reference number or its make and model. You can usually find the reference number on the dial, case back, lugs, or in the watch's papers. Can't find the reference number or model name? Use the Watch Scanner in the Chrono24 app. It can recognize 15,000 watches and tell you their current market value with a single photo.

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Date your watch

Dating your Accutron is really quite a simple procedure.
Bulova mark there dates using a date code system . This can be found on the back of the case and on the movement. No need to worry about long serial numbers on these!

The code consists of one letter and one number, eg. M7. They used the letter M to signify the decade 1960 to the end of 1969, and the letter N to indicate 1970 to the end of 1979. The digit represents the actual year in that decade. Therefore, M7 is interpreted as 1967.

L=1950s, M=1960s, N=1970s example: L3=1953, M4=1964, N5=1975, etc.

It is possible that you may have a watch in which the date code on the movement is different to the date code on the case. That is common, however, it has been known to never seen an original watch that had a variation of more than one year. If you see one that has three or more years difference in the date codes, I suggest that the watch has been re-cased or made from 2 separate watches. This probably doesn't really matter unless you are a serious collector and are only interested in completely original items.

The dates codes started in 1948 with'A8' and carried on in sequence with a few exceptions , they missed O out I suppose because of the confusion with zero and then missed 'Q,R and S' out for what reason I don't know maybe someone at bulova just didn't like those letters , after 1999 to my knowledge they reverted back to the 'A' series numbers again I'm not a 100% percent sure but I had a very modern quartz bulova which clearly beared a date code of 'A0' so that's what I'm baseing it on

LIST OF DATE CODES FOUND ON BULOVAS FROM 1948 UNTIL THE MODERN DAY

A8 = 1948	N5 =1975
A9 = 1949	N6 =1976
L0 = 1950	N7 =1977
L1 =1951	N8 =1978
L2 =1952	N9 =1979
L3 =1953	P0 =1980
L4 =1954	P1 =1981
L5 =1955	P2 =1982
L6 =1956	P3 =1983
L7 =1957	P4 =1984
L8 =1958	P5 =1985
L9 =1959	P6 =1986
M0 =1960	P7 =1987
M1 =1961	P8 =1988
M2 =1962	P9 =1989
M3 =1963	T0 =1990
M4 =1964	T1=1991
M5 =1965	T2 =1992
M6=1966	T3 =1993
M7 =1967	T4 =1994
M8 =1968	T5 =1995
M9 =1969	T6 =1996
N0 =1970	T7 =1997
N1 =1971	T8 =1998
N2 =1972	T9 =1999
N3 =1973	A0 = 2000
N4 =1974	A1 = 2001

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, the serial number should be located either on the case back or on the inside of the watch stamped oto the movement
Simply match up the number on the watch to the nearest number on this page to determine the APPROXIMATE age.