Beginning in 2005, the Company started to also engrave the serial number on the inside flange (or rehaut as it's called in French) between the dial and the. Certina serial numbers by year. While Omega keeps the serial number on the inside of the backcase Certina leaves the serial number visible on the out site of the watch back case accompanied. Simple method: Do an internet search with the model reference on the back, the fakes will all have the same model number on the back and not match your watch design: Usually people have written in forums about the same reference number. 17jewels.info: WatchCheck - WatchCheck is an Android app to easily measure the precision of mechanical watches. The speciality of WatchCheck is, that as reference time only precise time sources such as NTP (network time protocol) and GPS are used, but never the imprecise internal clock of your device (mobile phone or tablet). Added a Certina serial number and reference number decoder, thanks to Karl for suggesting this. Added some more modern serial number formats for HP calculators, Casio watches and more. This site was originally developed for vintage items but it has grown beyond that and clearly there is a need to check dates of more modern items. Date your Certina by looking at the serial number. 1938 0.000.000 1961 3.900.000 1948 1.300.000 1962 4.200.000 1949 1.500.000 1963 4.500.000 1950 1.700.000 1964 5.000.000 1951 1.900.000 1965 5.
by year
Is your chance to get a fair estimate of when your Certina watch was originally produced. You simply look up your serial number and place it in the shown table.
Please have in mind that the time table for the Certina serial numbers is not 100% accurate but close to +/- 1 years
Dating back your vintage Certina watch by using the serial number is the most exact way to identify your watch.
NOTE: You will find the serial number on the back site of case back of your Certina watch
| Year of Production | Serial Number # | Year of Production | Serial Number # | Year of Production | Serial Number # |
| 1938 | 0.000.000 | 1958 | 3.300.000 | 1969 | 7.500.000 |
| 1948 | 1.300.000 | 1959 | 3.500.000 | 1970 | 8.000.000 |
| 1949 | 1.500.000 | 1960 | 3.700.000 | 1971 | 8.500.000 |
| 1950 | 1.700.000 | 1961 | 3.900.000 | 1972 | 9.000.000 |
| 1951 | 1.900.000 | 1962 | 4.200.000 | 1973 | 9.600.000 |
| 1952 | 2.100.000 | 1963 | 4.500.000 | 1974 | |
| 1953 | 2.300.000 | 1964 | 5.000.000 | 1975 | |
| 1954 | 2.500.000 | 1965 | 5.500.000 | 1976 | |
| 1955 | 2.700.000 | 1966 | 6.000.000 | 1977 | |
| 1956 | 2.900.000 | 1967 | 6.500.000 | 1978 | |
| 1957 | 3.100.000 | 1968 | 7.000.000 | 1979 |
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