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Rolex Production Dates
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)
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(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 = 1988)
(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
= 1994)
(T000,001 = 1995 1/2)
(U000,001 = 1997
1/2)
(A000,001 = 1999)
(P000,001 = 2000
1/2)
(K000,001 = 2001 1/2)
(Y000,001 = 2002)
(F000,001 = Mid 2003)
(D000,001 = Early 2005)
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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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