ROLEX SERIAL NUMBERS ( ESTIMATED YEARS COLLECTORS )
Serial Numbers by Date of Manufacture.
"Round Number" Serial Number List
Please Note: The following list is a "Work in Progress" and will be updated periodically.
Serial # ........................Date
|
240000 .............................1956
|
| 250000 .............................1957 |
| 260000 .............................1958 |
| 270000 .............................1959 |
| 280000 .............................1960 |
| 340000 .............................1961 |
| 340000 .............................1962 |
| 390000 .............................1963 |
| 430000 .............................1964 |
| 430000 .............................1965 |
| 560000 .............................1966 |
| 590000 .............................1967 |
| 620000 .............................1968 |
| 680000 .............................1969 |
| 740000 .............................1970 |
| 750000 .............................1971 |
| 770000 .............................1972 |
| 790000 .............................1973 |
| 810000 .............................1974 |
| 830000 .............................1975 |
| 840000 .............................1976 |
| 860000 .............................1977 |
| 880000 .............................1978 |
| 900000 .............................1979 |
| 930000 .............................1980 |
| 950000 .............................1981 |
| 970000 ...........................1982 |
| 980000 ............................1983 |
| 990000 .............................1984 |
| 140000 ...........................1985 |
| 170000 .............................1986 |
| 190000 ...........................1987 |
| 210000 .............................1988 |
| 260000 ...........................1989 |
| B330000 .............................1990 |
| B360000 ...........................1991 |
| B390000 .............................1992 |
| B500000 ...........................1993 |
| B560000 .............................1994 |
| B590000 ...........................1995 |
| B790000 .............................1996 |
| B850000 ...........................1997 |
| B990000 .............................1998 |
| H130000 ...........................1999 |
| H170000 .............................2000 |
| H240000 ...........................2001 |
| H300000 .............................2002 |
Rolex Letter Started in...
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R 1987
L 1988
E 1990
X 1991
N 1991 (NOV)
C 1992
S 1993
W 1995
T 1996
U 1997 (AUG)
A 1998 (NOV)
P 2000 (JAN)
K 2001 (SEP)
Y 2002 (SEP)
F 2003 (SEP)
D 2005 (APR)
Z 2006 (MAY)
M 2007 (AUG)
V 2008 (AUG)
G 2010
In the late 1950's, Rolex again reached the 999,999 production serial & they 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.
* In 2010, Rolex abandoned their conventional numbering sequence in favor for a random serial. An example of these indecipherable numbers is "OT23Q257".
** In 1987, 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...as Rolex wishes! Only Rolex knows the exact date that any watch was actually produced. Confused...contact Rolex with the exact serial number of your watch...don't expect a reply with an answer!
*** 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 period Rolex was also putting the date code on the inside of the case backs...so confusing production serials can sometimes have their production date determined. Look for the Roman number I, II, III or IV for the quarter & two arabic digits for the year.