Every owner who gets their hands on a Rolex should immediately verify the serial number and date on the warranty card. If the card is missing, how can you determine the age of the watch?
Every Rolex watch has a set of serial numbers engraved on the case. In earlier models, you could determine the manufacturing year by reading the starting letter of the serial number.
Below are the manufacturing years corresponding to the starting serial numbers:
- Yearly Serial Number Sequence
Starting from 2011, all serial numbers are random characters
2010: G
Nov 2008 – 2009: V
Aug 2007 – 2008: M
May 2006 – 2007: Z
Apr 2005 – 2006: D
2004 – 2005: F
Jul 2003 – 2004: F
Jul 2002 – 2003: Y
Jul 2001 – 2002: K
Jan 2000 – 2001: P
1999 – 2000: A
Nov 1998 – 1999: A
Aug 1997 – 1998: U
1996 – 1997: T
1995 – 1996: W
1994 – 1995: W
1993 – 1994: S
1992 – 1993: C
Nov 1991 – 1992: N
1991 – 1991: X
1990 – 1991: E
1989 – 1990: L
1988 – 1989: L
1987 – 1988: R
1987: 9863279
1986: 9290000
1985: 8624000
1984: 8338000
1983: 7862000
1982: 7129351
1981: 6594000
1980: 6434000
1979: 5952834
1978: 5238376
1977: 5008000
1976: 4155863
1975: 3886050
1974: 3761535
1973: 3523678
1972: 3050000
1971: 2728000
1970: 2504211
1969: 2060000
1968: 1720977
1967: 1554000
1966: 1289727
1965: 1193000
1964: 997436
1963: 950000
1962: 763663
1961: 646900
1960: 511687
1959: 399000
1958: 353343
1957: 216821
1956: 139400
1955: 30634
1954: 976195
1953: 793930
1952: 726639
1951: 709249
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