Originally Posted by
Candace
I wonder what model this is? Very nice!
Candace that is a Singer 9W or a replica of a Wheeler and Wilson. When Singer took over the Wheeler and Wilson factory in 1906 they continued to make the Wheeler and Wilson machines under the Singer name until all the parts for the old Wheeler and Wilson machines were used up. The serial numbers on those machines really throw you. They appear to be pre 1900 serial numbers, but they are in fact serial number from 1906 to about 1913, when the parts were used up, so the numbers are not part of the Singer numbering system. That is a great machine. The Wheeler and Wilson's in my opinion are the aristocrates of the sewing machine industry. Oh and that machine takes a special 127x1 needle or a Boye 18 just like a Wheeler and Wilson machine.
Nancy