Date your Rolex
The production years
Between the lugs on the underside of your Rolex is a number that can be traced back to the year ofmanufacture of your Rolex. Below you will find a list which links these numbers to a production year. Here it applies that this is not with complete certainty also the actual year of production as Rolex does not release any information.
When serial numbers reached 1 million in 1954, Rolex decided to start counting again.In 1987 Rolex started adding a letter for the 6 digit serial number.In the beginning of 2010, Rolex started using random numbers and letters which means that from that time it is no longer possible to determine from the serial number when the watch was produced.
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Paperwork that will come with your Rolex
Delivered with a new one and hopefully still present with an existing one, the papers of the watch. It has a specific number listed such as the following, R16610/30B9235. This specific number has a meaning and tells a lot about the watch in question.
In the above case:
166 = The model (around the year 2000 many models added an extra 1 for the model number)
1 = Type of bezel in this case a rotating
0 = Metal type of the bezel in this case stainless steel
30 = Kind of Plate, 3-Black, 0-Stick
And ultimately the band;
B9325 = Bracelet type 93250
Below you will find a list of common numbers so that you can decipher your Rolex yourself.
In the unlikely event that you cannot resolve it, you can of course contact NLWatch to decipher the code.
Models
Oyster Perpetual : 10, 140, 142 GMT Master : 16, 65, 167 King : 55 & 140 GMT Master II : 167 Date : 15 & 150 Oysterquartz Datejust : 170 Datejust : 16, 162 & 1162 Day-Date (President) : 65, 18, 180, 182, 183,1182 Daytona Manual Wind : 62 Oysterquartz Day-Date : 190 Daytona Cosmograph : 165 & 1165 Yachtmaster : 166, 686, 696, 1686, 1696 | Explorer : 142, 10 & 1142 Middenmaat |
Bezel Codes
0 = Glad/Domed | 0 = Roestvrij staal |
Dial Codes
1x = Zilver | x0 = Index (Stick) x1 = onbekend x2 = Sunbeam (Roman) x3 = Roman x4 = Bi kleur Dial (Index) x5 = Jubilee (Roman) x6 = Maxi Arabi x7 = Index (3,6,9 Arabic) x8 = Waves (Arabic x9 =Sunbeam (Roman) |
Dating the clasp
It is good to know that with regard to the list of letters below that say something about the year in which the clasp was made, that it is based on a theory elaborated by Rolex enthusiasts. Rolex itself does not disclose exactly how the system works.S means that the lock has been replaced during serviceFrom 2011, the letters and numbers on the clasp will be random and that makes it difficult to add a year. There may be a sequence in it, but it has not yet emerged
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A = 1976 | S = 1994 |
Introduction years
And then the year of introduction of your Rolex, when did your Rolex first appear on the market. The years relating to the very first years that Rolex began to produce watches are being discussed and that will be the case for many years to come.
The list also shows major changes in timepieces as well as bracelet introductions and other details.
1926 - Oyster kast | 1994 - Yachtmaster Lady & Medium |
And finally a lot of reference numbers of famous Rolexes for you to see if your Rolex is listed.
Air-King: 14010M, 14000M, 114234, 114210, 114200, 14010, 14000, 7784, 6552, 6500, 5701, 5700, 5520, 5506, 5501, 5500, 4925, 4365, 1009
Date: 115234, 115210, 115200, 15505, 15238, 15233, 15223, 15210, 15203, 15200, 15053, 15038, 15037, 15010, 15000, 6627, 6605, 6534, 6518, 6335, 6075, 5075, 1625, 1603, 1570, 1560, 1550, 1505, 1503, 1501, 1500
Datejust: 166201, 116244, 116243, 116238, 116234, 116233, 116231, 116208, 116203, 116201, 116200, 116199, 116189, 116188, 116139, 116138, 17014, 17013, 17000, 16364, 16250, 16248, 16238, 16234, 16233, 16220, 16203, 16200, 16078, 16030, 16018, 16014, 16013, 16000, 6827, 6605, 6604, 6518, 6305, 1630, 1607, 1603, 1601, 1600
Datejust Mid-Size: 178383, 178313, 178288, 178286, 178279, 178278, 178275, 178274, 178273, 178269, 178248, 178246, 178245, 178243, 178240, 178239, 178238, 178159, 178158, 81339, 81338, 81308, 81209, 81208, 81158, 78288, 78286, 78279, 78278, 78274, 78273, 78266, 78248, 78246, 78243, 78240, 77438, 77080, 77014, 68278, 68274, 68273, 68248, 68243, 68240, 17824, 7518, 6824
Datejust OysterQuartz: 17014, 17013, 17000
Datejust Turn-O-Graph (Thunderbird): 116264, 116263, 116261, 16268, 16264, 16263, 16253, 6309, 1625
Day-Date: 118399, 118398, 118388, 118366, 118348, 118346, 118339, 118338, 118296, 118239, 118238, 118235, 118209, 118208, 118206, 118205, 19018, 18958, 18956, 18948, 18946, 18346, 18308, 18248, 18239, 18238, 18078, 18048, 18039, 18038, 18026, 6611, 6511, 1807, 1804, 1803
Day-Date Oysterquartz : 19019, 19018
Daytona: 116599, 116598, 116589, 116528, 116523, 116520, 116519, 116518, 116515, 116509, 116505, 16528, 16523, 16520, 16519, 16518, 16515, 6265, 6264, 6263, 6262, 6241, 6240, 6239
Explorer: 114270, 14270, 6610, 6350, 6298, 6150, 6098, 5504, 1038, 1016
Explorer II: 216570, 16570, 16550, 1655
GMT-Master: 16758, 16753, 16750, 16713, 16700, 6542, 1675
GMT-Master II: 116758, 116718, 116713, 116710, 16760, 16718, 16710, 16170
Ladies Date: 79240, 79240, 79190, 79160, 69240, 69190, 69174, 69173, 69163, 69160, 6919, 6917, 6916, 6519, 6517, 6516
Ladies Datejust: 197173, 179459, 179368, 179313, 179298, 179239, 179179, 179178, 179175, 179174, 179173, 179171, 179168, 179166, 179165, 179163, 179161, 179160, 179159, 179158, 179138, 179136, 80359, 80329, 80328, 80319, 80318, 80309, 80299, 80298, 79288, 79238, 79179, 79178, 79174, 79173, 79168, 79166, 79163, 79159, 79158, 79138, 79136, 79126, 79089, 79088, 79079, 79078, 79068, 69278, 69190, 69179, 69178, 69174, 69173, 69163, 69160, 69136, 6927, 6917, 6916, 6517
Ladies Oyster Perpetual: 761833, 176210, 176200, 79193, 77518, 76243, 76198, 76193, 76188, 76183, 76180, 76094, 76080, 76030, 67243, 67230, 67198, 67197, 67194, 67193, 67180, 6724, 6723, 6719, 6718
Milgauss: 116400GV, 116400, 6451, 1019
Oyster Perpetual: 14233M, 14208M, 14203M, 14238, 14208, 14203, 6634, 6623, 6605, 6590, 6584, 6582, 6580, 6569, 6567, 6565, 6564, 6556, 6552, 6551, 6549, 6548, 6546, 6532, 6518, 6284, 6202, 6177, 6103, 6085, 5500, 1565, 1501, 1500, 1038, 1030, 1025, 1024, 1023, 1018, 1014, 1010, 1008, 1007, 1006, 1005, 1004, 1003, 1002
Sea-Dweller: 116660, 16660, 16600, 1665
Submariner: 14060M, 114060, 14060, 6538, 6536, 6205, 6204, 6200, 5517, 5514, 5513, 5512, 5508
Submariner Date: 168000, 116619, 116618, 116613, 116610, 16808, 16803, 16800, 16618, 16613, 16610, 1680
Yacht-Master: 169628, 169623, 169622, 168628, 168623, 168622, 166233, 116689, 116688, 69628, 69623, 68628, 68623, 18622, 16628, 16623, 16622
Given that Rolex does not disclose production years, the above data has been collected by us with the utmost care. No rights can therefore be derived from this.