Amp dating / Hiwatt
Hiwatt amp dating
Enter the code or serial from your Hiwatt amplifier and we read it against Hiwatt’s own scheme to tell you the year it was built.
1 code format
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Type the serial or code from the instrument. We read it as you type.
Example Hiwatt serials and how they read
Made-up serials in each of Hiwatt’s formats, read by the dater above.
| Serial | Reads as | Format |
|---|---|---|
| 3123 | 1972 | Chassis serial (1966-1984) |
How Hiwatt amps date
- Chassis serial (1966-1984)
More on Hiwatt amp codes
When the serial has no date
Where the serial cannot give a year, the transformer and speaker carry a date code that can. The pot and speaker code reader decodes it. This is one of the amps the amp dater covers.