Budget Watch Collecting/Timex date codes
Most (possibly all) mechanical Timex watches from 1963 until the end of mechanical production in 1993 have a reference number, usually at the bottom of the dial. The last two numbers correspond to the year the watch was produced. The two (occasionally 3) numbers before that are the movement number, the remaining numbers are the catalog number. For example, 2495210592 would indicate catalog number 24952, movement 105, year 1992. In some cases this number is hidden under the bezel and cannot be viewed without removing the movement from the case.
Some earlier Timex models have an ink-stamped date code on the inside caseback consisting of one letter and one number. The numeral denotes the year of manufacture as follows: 1959-8, 1960-7, 1961-6, 1962-5 1963-4 1964-3 1965-2 1966-1 1967-9.
Watches from 1985 and later generally have a 2 digit code on the caseback indicating year and month of manufacture:
Timex Date Codes 1985 and Later Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year 1985 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 1985 1986 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 1986 1987 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 1987 1988 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 1988 1989 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 1989 1990 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 1990 1991 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 1991 1992 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 1992 1993 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A0 AA AB 1993 1994 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B0 BB BC 1994 1995 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C0 CC CD 1995 1996 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D0 DD DE 1996 1997 E1 E2 E3 E4 E5 E6 E7 E8 E9 E0 EE EF 1997 1998 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F0 FF FG 1998 1999 G1 G2 G3 G4 G5 G6 G7 G8 G9 G0 GG GH 1999 2000 H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 H7 H8 H9 H0 HH HJ 2000 2001 J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J0 JJ JK 2001 2002 K1 K2 K3 K4 K5 K6 K7 K8 K9 K0 KK KL 2002 2003 L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 L6 L7 L8 L9 L0 LL LM 2003 2004 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6 M7 M8 M9 M0 MM MN 2004 2005 N1 N2 N3 N4 N5 N6 N7 N8 N9 N0 NN NP 2005 2006 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P0 PP PR 2006 2007 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 R8 R9 R0 RR RS 2007 2008 S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S7 S8 S9 S0 SS ST 2008 2009 T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T0 TT TU 2009 2010 U1 U2 U3 U4 U5 U6 U7 U8 U9 U0 UU UV 2010 2011 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V0 VV VW 2011 2012 W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W0 WW WY 2012 2013 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Y9 Y0 YY YA 2013 2014 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 2014 2015 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2015 2016 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 2016 2017 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 2017 2018 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 2018 2019 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 2019 2020 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 2020 2021 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 2021 2022 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A0 AA AB 2022 2023 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B0 BB BC 2023 2024 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C0 CC CD 2024 2025 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8 D9 D0 DD DE 2025 Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Below is a general breakdown of Men's model names per model number. Model number can be found below and to the left of six o'clock (in small print)
(1XXX = Mercury/Sprite) (2XXX = Marlin) (25XX = Sportster) (3XXX = Fun Timer) (4XXX = Viscount) (5XXX = Super Thin) (6XXX = 17 Jewel) (9XXX = Electric)