Question:
What year was a Rolex made?
Rolex Production Dates - Serial Numbers
The serial number of a Rolex is located between the lugs at the 6' position. It is also listed on the certificates Rolex issues.
Starting in 1987, the serial numbers were prefixed with a letter (eg. S612345 was produced in 1993).
R:1987
L:1988
E:1990
X:1991
N:1991 (Nov)
C:1992
S:1993
W:1994
T:1996
U:1997 (Aug)
A:1998 (Nov)
P:2000 (Jan)
K:2001 (Sep)
Y:2002 (Sep)
F:2003 (Sep)
Rolex Production Dates - Serial Numbers (Pre-1988)
The serial number of a Rolex is located between the lugs at the 6' position.
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 478,300 1947 543,400 1948 608,500 1949 673,600 1950 738,700 1951 803,800 1952 950,000 1953 999,000 1954 * Rolex started their 200,000 1955 serial numbers over 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 9,999,999 1987 1/2 9,766,000 1987 |
After 1987, Rolex began using letters for the first number.
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