• Sako Serial Number Lookup For Guns
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'When was my Seiko made?' We hear that a lot here at WatchSleuth so we built this page to help you figure it out.The page includes a calculator along with instructions and example images to help you find the movement caliber, case code and serial number on the back of your watch.The calculator uses these codes to do its magic.

Your results will be shown here.If you don't know how to find these numbers on your watch please read our instructions below.

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You can also view the entire datefinder database. We encourage people to send us additions and corrections.

1. & Sako High Power Rifles. Introduced in 1959. Date of manufacture code included with the serial number. Post 1958 manufacture dates.
2. In the case of my Sako Vixen l461 222 Remington Magnum Heavy Barrel, serial number 104911 it would seem to fall between 1969-1973. Based on Sako's records 77,234 L461 rifles were made between late 1962 and the end of 1973, averaging 7023 per year.

Finding the Model and Serial Number

Most Seikos have a 'retail' model number that is displayed in the store but not written anywhere on the watch.They also have a 'reference' model number that is written on the case back.This reference model number is a combination of two numbers:

• movement caliber
• case code

Each of these two numbers are four digits long and they are separated by a hyphen.In the example images the reference model number is highlighted in red.

The other number you will need is the serial number.This is also on the case back and is six digits long.In the example images the serial number is highlighted in blue.Every watch has a unique combination of reference model number plus serial number.

How is the Date Calculated

The first digit of the serial number tells you the last digit of the year the watch was made.Looking at the example images:

1. for example #1 the year ends in 0
2. for example #2 the year ends in 2
3. for example #3 the year ends in 4

You may notice this does not tell us which decade.That is why we also ask for the model number.For many of Seiko's movements we know the first year they were producedand for most movements they were produced for less than 10 years.This helps us narrow down the decade.

Using this additional information we can update our three examples:

1. the 6119 was first made in 1970 so #1 is from 1970 or 1980
2. the 6309 was made from 1976 to 1987 so #2 is from 1982
3. the 7S36 was first made in 1996 so #3 is from 2004 or 2014

The second digit of the serial number is also useful. It tells you the month the watch was manufactured.Here are the possible values:

1 = January
2 = February
3 = March
4 = April
5 = May
6 = June
7 = July
8 = August
9 = September
0 = October
N = November
D = December

Sako Serial Number Lookup For Guns

The remaining four digits of the serial number indicate the production number for the watch.If your last for digits are 0000 then you have the first watch made for that model reference number.Returning to our examples and using the second digit from the serial number we get the following production dates:

1. The 6119-8083 061187 was made in June of 1970/1980
2. The 6309-576A 2D5822 was made in December of 1982
3. The 7S36-03J0 411082 was made in January of 2014

I know example #3 was not made in 2004 since I bought it new in 2014.

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Why Do We Ask for the Case Code

If you were paying close attention you may have noticed we asked for the case code in the form above but we did not mention using it when calculating the date. You can leave that field blank and still findthe date for your watch however if you complete the field we will provide a listing of watches from our Seiko catalogsthat match the movement and case code.

Special Thanks

What you see here is in large part thanks to this excellent Quartzimodo article How to tell when you Seiko watch was made.Unfortunately the Jayhawk Production Date Calculator (by John Gauch) which is linked to in the Quartzimodo article no longer seems to be available, so we built our own.Another useful resource we found during our research was The Seiko Manufacture Date Decoder on the Retro Seiko website.It does not seem to be as well known and we hope that our movement database is more completeand that our instructions are more helpful.As with any part of WatchSleuth we encourage people to contact us with suggestions, corrections or any other information that would make our site more useful.

PLEASE NOTE: Griffin and Howe long time Archivist and Historian has retired. At this point in time we are not able to produce research or archive letters. When a replacement has been found, we will attempt to get back in touch with all inquiries for letters. We appreciate your understanding during this transition.

Griffin & Howe is pleased to make available the sales records of Von Lengerke & Detmold and Abercrombie & Fitch, two legendary purveyors of sporting arms in the 20th century. The records exist in over sixty very large ledger books recording sales and inventory between 1900 and 1977. The sales between 1900 and 1929 represent the sales of Von Lengerke & Detmold which was purchased by Abercrombie & Fitch in 1929. The Abercrombie & Fitch sales and inventory records begin in 1929 and continue through the closing of Abercrombie & Fitch in 1977. Most of the entries are for ‘new’ sales, although several thousand used and consigned sporting firearms passed through their inventory as well. Most of the ‘new’ sales are grouped by Make and Model and an inventory of sporting firearms began on February 1st of each year. Griffin & Howe is involved in an ongoing project to digitally record each page in the record books and index the Makes, Models and Serial Numbers.

To discover if your sporting firearm is listed in the records, click on the Make of the sporting firearm in the list below. Then enter your serial number and model if needed or search the list of complete serial numbers for each Make. Additional Makes and serial numbers will be added as the project progresses. If you discover that your sporting firearm is in the records, Griffin & Howe will be happy to verify the model, if applicable, and the date when the sporting firearm was first entered into inventory. Please send an email request to research@griffinhowe.com or call Griffin & Howe at +1.908.766.2287.

Griffin & Howe will also provide a Certificate of Inventory and Disposition and a photograph of the original page(s) on which your sporting firearm appears. The information on the certificate will vary depending on the year in which the sporting firearm was in inventory. The cost of this service is $100 per sporting firearm but may be more or less depending upon the amount of information in the record. For a more detailed description of the records and to see sample pages please click here – Sample Pages.

MAKES

A&F	ADAMY	ARRIETA
BAKER	BAYARD	BEESLEY
BERETTA	BERNARDELLI	BLAND
BOROVNIK	BOSS	BOSWELL
BRITTE	BROWNING	BSA
CASHMORE	CHURCHILL	COGSWELL & HARRISON
COSMI	CRESCENT	DAKIN
DALY	DARNE	DEFOURNEY
DUMOULIN	EVANS	FOLSOM
FOX	FRANCOTTE	FRED ADOLPH
GE LEWIS	GIBBS	GRANT
GREENER	GREIFELT	GRIFFIN & HOWE
HARPOON GUNS	HARRISON & HUSSEY	HENRY ATKIN
HEYM	HOFFMAN ARMS	HOLLAND & HOLLAND
HOLLENBECK	HOLLIS, BENTLEY & PLAYFAIR	HUSSEY
ITHACA	IVER JOHNSON	JAEGER
JEFFERY	KIMBALL	KRIEGHOFF
LANCASTER	LANG	LC SMITH
LEFEVER	LEONARD	LIEGE
LUCK	MAHILLON	MANNLICHER-SCHOENAUER
MARLIN	MARTINI	MAUSER
MEFFERT	MERKEL	NEWTON
NIMROD	OGDEN SMITH & HUSSEY	OWEN
PARKER	PERAZZI	POWELL
PURDEY	REMINGTON	REMO GEHR
RHEINMETALL	RIGBY	SAKO
SAUER	SAVAGE	SCHILLING
SCHMIDT & HABERMAN	SEDGLEY	SEYMOUR GRIFFIN
SIMSON	SODIA	SPRINGER
SPRINGFIELD	STOEGER	SYRACUSE
THIEME & SCHLEGELMILCH	THOMPSON	TOLLEY
UNION ARMERA	VENUS WAFFEN WERK	VL&D
W&C SCOTT	WALTHER	WATSON
WEATHERBY	WEBLEY & SCOTT	WESTLEY RICHARDS
WINCHESTER	WINKLER	WOODWARD
ZANOTTI