My 1920 Brown Brothers Catalogue doesn't include the C34, but my 1932 one does. A wide gap, I'm afraid, but I don't have anything in between.
The 1200 came out in 1939 (at least, it appears in the 1939 Brown Brothers and Holdsworth "Aids" catalogues for thst year, and not in the 1938 "Aids" or East London Rubber Co catalogues. The 1939 "Aids" catalogue describes it as "The latest all-steel set...".
Both models are listed in the 1967 "Aids", but the 1969 edition states "Williams have discontinued manufacture of steel sets..."
Hope this helps!
Neil Foddering Weymouth, England
>From: Peter Naiman <hetchinspete1@yahoo.com>
>To: classicrendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Subject: [CR]Timeline on William chainsets. Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 17:23:42
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>Wondering if anyone on the list knows the approximate years of manufacture
>for the William C-34 chainset and the Williams 1200.
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>Peter Naiman
>Glendale, WI
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