Meistersinger age determination by work number
MeisterSinger GmbH & Co. KG is a German watch manufacturer based in Münster, specializing in the production of mechanical single-hand watches. The company is the global market leader in this field. The watches are produced in Biel, Switzerland. The brand was founded in 2001 by Manfred Brassler, and Rainer Eckert has been Co-CEO since 2022.
Meistersinger Watch Manufactory
Manfred Brassler founded MeisterSinger in 2001 and has been the managing director and designer of the single-hand watches ever since. He wanted to offer an alternative to typical wristwatches. He already had experience in watch design and was primarily inspired by historical single-hand watches that only show their wearers the hour. The dials have the functional appearance of classic measuring instruments. Thus, the timepieces are part of the technical and cultural tradition of early watchmaking. The company name also has a medieval reference. The Meistersinger were bourgeois poets and singers in the 15th and 16th centuries who formed a guild-like organization.
Serial number Year of manufacture
0001-1000 2001-2005
1001-3000 2006-2010
3001-6000 2011-2015
6001-9000 2016-2020
9001-12,000 2021-2024
| Model | introduction |
|---|---|
| No. 01 (Type 01) | Debut at Baselworld 2001 with the first single-hand collection |
| Perigraph | The brand's first date watch, introduced in 2009 |
| Circularis | Own movement known for hand-wound + automatic variants, available since 2014/2016 |
| Salthora | Jumping Hour – first presented in 2015/2016 |
For mechanical watches, the movement type can roughly limit the year:
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Models from 2001–2004 used classic ETA/Sellita movements (e.g. SW 210, SW 200, 2824).
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From 2014 onwards, introductions such as the in-house developed movement MSH01 (5 days power reserve) and automatic movement MSA01 followed
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A Neo model with a blue sunburst variant is called a “mid to late 2010s model”
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A limited “Urban Limited Edition” with Ref. ED‑URDD909 is expressly dated 2020
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A No 1 BM3.03 is described as 2010 as the purchase date, but this may not be the year of manufacture
Source: AI, WatchWiki, Wikipedia,