| Note:
The watches named and other brands
listed are the sole property of
their respective owners. We are
in no way affiliated with, indorse
or attempt to represent any of these
brands. |
Rolex
model numbers currently are either
four or five digits. The first
two or three describes the type
of watch. If the watch has five
digits, the second from the last
describes the type of bezel and
the last describes the metal that
the watch is made from (There
are some exceptions)
|
| (Oyster
Perpetual = 10, 140, 142) (Airking
= 55 & 140) (Date = 15 & 150)
(Datejust = 16 & 162) (Daytona
Manual Wind = 62) (Daytona Cosmograph
= 165) (Explorer II = 165) (Sea Dweller
= 16 & 166) (Submariner = 16,
166 & 168) (Submariner - no date
= 55 & 140) (GMT Master = 16,
65, 167) (GMT Master II = 167) (Oysterquartz
Datejust = 170) (Oysterquartz Day-Date
= 190) (Day-Date President = 65, 66,
18, 180, 182 & 183) (Yachtmaster
= 166, 686 & 696) (Midsize Oyster
Perp DJ = 68, 682) (Ladies Oyster
Perpetual = 67, 671, 672) (Ladies
Date = 65, 69, 691 & 692) (Ladies
Datejust = 65, 69, 691 & 692) |
(0
= Polished) (1 = Finely Engine
Turned) (2 = Engine Turned) (3
Fluted 4 = Hand-crafted) (5 =
Pyramid) (6 = Rotating Bezel)
|
(0
Stainless) (1 = Yellow Gold Filled)
(2 = White Gold Filled) (3 = Stainless
& Yellow Gold) (4 = Stainless
with 18k White Gold) (5 = Gold
Shell) ( 6 = Platinum) (7 = 14k
Yellow Gold) ( 8 = 18k Yellow
Gold) (9 = 18k White Gold)
|
| ROLEX®
Serial Numbers & Production
Dates |
|
Look For Your ROLEX® Serial Number
Below & You Will Find The Year
Your Watch Was Made |
(28,000
= 1926) (30,430 = 1927) (32,960
= 1928) (35,390 = 1929) (37,820
= 1930) (40,250 = 1931) (42,680
= 1932) (45,000 = 1934) (63,000
= 1935) (81,000 = 1936) (99,000
= 1937) (117,000 = 1938) (135,000
= 1939) (164,600 = 1940) (194,200
= 1941) (223,800 = 1942) (253,400
= 1943) (283,000 = 1944) (348,100
= 1945) (413,200 = 1946) (478,300
= 1947) (543,400 = 1948) (608,500
= 1949) (673,600 = 1950) (738,700
= 1951) (803,800 = 1952) (950,000
= 1953) (999,000 = 1954*) (200,000
= 1955) (400,000 = 1956) (600,000
= 1957) (800,000 = 1958) (1,100,000
= 1959) (1,402,000 = 1960) (1,480,000
= 1961) (1,558,000 = 1962) (1,636,000
= 1963) (1,714,000 = 1964) (1,792,000
= 1965) (1,871,000 = 1966) (2,163,900
= 1967) (2,426,800 = 1968) (2,689,700
= 1969) (2,952,600 = 1970) (3,215,500
= 1971) (3,478,400 = 1972) (3,741,300
= 1973) (4,004,200 = 1974) (4,267,100
= 1975) (4,539,000 = 1976) (5,006,000
= 1977) (5,482,000 = 1978) (5,958,000
= 1979) (6,434,000 = 1980) (6,910,000
= 1981) (7,386,000 = 1982) (7,862,000
= 1983) (8,338,000 = 1984) (8,814,000
= 1985) (9,290,000 = 1986) (9,766,000
= 1987) (9,999,999 = 1987 1/2)
(R000,000 = 1987 1/2) (L000,001
= 1989) (E000,001 = 1990 1/2)
(X000,001 = 1991 3/4) (N000,001
= 1991 3/4) (C000,001 = 1992 1/4)
(S000,001 = 1993 3/4) (W000,001
= 1995) (T000,001 = 1995 1/2)
(U000,001 = 1997 1/2) (A000,001
= 1999) (P000,001 = 2000 1/2)
(K000,001 = 2001 1/2)
|
| When
Rolex reached the 999,999 production
serial in the early 1950's they
restarted the production serial
at 100,000 rather than begin a 7
digit number at 1,000,000. During
this time Rolex was also putting
the date code on the inside of the
case backs. Look for the Roman number
I, II, III or IV for the quarter
& two Arabic digits for the
year. |
| In
the late 1950's, Rolex again reached
the 999,999 production serial &
started their 7 digit numeric numbering
system at 1,000,000 for production
serials, this continued until the
1990's until production serials
reached 9,999,999. |
| Rather
than begin an 8 digit production
serial, Rolex instead began their
serials with a letter prefix such
as R, then L, E & X. (ROLEX
without the O) N, C, & S came
out during the early to mid 1990's,
W, T & U a little later. The
latest letter prefixes are all running
concurrently this way only Rolex
knows the exact date that any watch
was actually produced. |
New
York City / US HQ & Service
Center
(212) 758-7700 Dallas
Service Center (214) 871-0500
Los Angeles
Service Center (310) 271-6200
Montres
Rolex in Geneva: Intntl
41-22 308 22 00 Intntl
Fax: 41-22 300 22 55`
|
| Note:
Doe
to our high number of e-mails, we
are unable to answer any question
regarding watch or antiques serial
numbers, age, value, etc. The information
found on this web site is strictly
for hobby use and should always be
verified for accuracy. We do recommend
visiting your public library as this
is a great free source for information. |
|
Metal / Plastic Polish
