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Serial Number Lookup

Paillard allocated a block of serial numbers to each production year. Enter a serial number to estimate the year of manufacture and where in that year’s run the camera falls.

The complete recovered table

Serial rangeYear
7,510 – 10,0001936–1937
10,000 – 15,0001938–1940
15,000 – 20,0001941–1943
20,000 – 25,0001944
25,000 – 30,0001945
30,000 – 40,0001946–1947
40,000 – 50,0001948
50,000 – 55,0001949
55,000 – 60,0001950
60,000 – 70,0001951
70,000 – 85,0001952
410,000 – 415,0001952
85,000 – 95,0001953
415,000 – 420,0001953
95,000 – 105,0001954
420,000 – 460,0001954
105,000 – 120,0001955
460,000 – 510,0001955
120,000 – 130,0001956
510,000 – 610,0001956
130,000 – 150,0001957
610,000 – 670,0001957
150,000 – 158,0001958
670,000 – 745,0001958
158,000 – 175,0001959
745,000 – 822,0001959
175,000 – 186,0001960
822,000 – 885,0001960
186,000 – 192,0001961
885,000 – 910,0001961
192,000 – 200,0001962
910,000 – 973,0001962
200,000 – 208,0001963
973,000 – 984,5001963
208,000 – 214,0001964
214,000 – 224,0001965
224,000 – 232,0001966
232,000 – 238,6001967
238,600 – 242,1101968
242,111 – 250,1851969
250,186 – 253,0181970
253,019 – 253,6731971
253,674 – 256,0571972
256,058 – 260,7571973
260,758 – 261,7351974
261,736 – 262,4381975
262,439 – 264,2301976