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Rolex Production Dates
Each Rolex Oyster case has its own unique serial number.
In the
1950's, Rolex reached the 999,999 production
serial & started their 7 digit numeric
numbering system at 1,000,000.
This continued until the
1990's when production serials reached
9,999,999.
Rather than begin an 8 digit
production serial, Rolex used a letter prefix
such as R, then L, E & X - "ROLEX"
without the "O".
The letter
"O" intentionally omitted to avoid
any possible confusion with the number
"0".
In November 1991, a new
numbering system was introduced utilizing the
letters N, C and S.
In 1994, Rolex started yet another sequence with the letters: W, T U, A, P, and K .
Rolex Serial
Numbers
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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
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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 = 1999-00
P000,001 = 2000
K000,001 = 2000 1/2
Y000,001 = 2002 3/4
F000,001 = 2003 3/4
D000,001 = 2005 1/2
Z000,001 = 2006 1/2
M000,001 = 2007 1/2
V000,001 = 2008 1/2
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The latest letter prefixes run concurrently, giving the
appearance of a random numbering system. This way only
Rolex knows the exact date that any watch was actually
produced.
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