Gegauf opened up international markets which required more employees. The company was called at that time Piz Bernina. Karl Friedrich Gegauf created the company in 1893 in Steckborn Switzerland after he created the first hemstitch sewing machine. Finding and dating a pre-1950s model will be difficult as Bernina may have made sewing machines, but it is highly unlikely they were mass-produced back in the late 19 th to early 20 th century.
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Later in the 90s you got the first Activa series with the invention of the Virtuosa, and the Artista 170 and 180.įor those who own a sewing machine from the 2 nd series of Activa, the 200, 730, 630 and the 640, you now own a machine built in the 2000s. The 15 were introduced in the 90s as well. But technology always has a way of making previous top machines obsolete. Its capabilities led it to being a very popular sewing machine for a while. This was the time for the creation of the popular and very good 830 model.Īfter that, you had the 930 which trumped the 830 and was able to sew anything.
Then the 700 series came into existence in the 60s and continued that 4 mm stitch width ability.Īs time went on and technological research improved, the 800 series was born in the 70s and continued through the 80s. Its main feature was its ability to create a 4 mm stitch width. The 530 model number was produced starting from the 1950s and into the 60s.
You should only have to check the model number and then that number up to see when your particular machine was made.
Getting the age of a Bernina sewing machine is not that difficult.
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