Use the chart below to “date your Rolex”. Please make note of this important fact:
Upon contacting Rolex Sales department in New York City, New York, ( Published telephone #212-758-7700) about Rolex watch production dates ( a suggestion of a local buyer), I was told and I quote: “the letter designations are not firm indicators of a watch’s manufacturing date, as some lettering codes were used concurrently. Since more Submariners & Datejusts are manufactured than Oyster Perpetual Date, and non date watches, the cases & lettering codes are used more quickly for the two former models than for the latter. Only Rolex in Switzerland keeps a record of the exact date on which any watch was actually produced.” This is not official Rolex Data. Rolex is a registered trademark of Rolex USA. Watchmasters is not affiliated or authorized in any way by Rolex.
4, 5, or 6 digit Model # located at 12 o’clock between the lugs
7 digit Serial # located at 6 o’clock between the lugs
| Year | Serial # | Year | Serial # | Year | Serial # | Year | Serial # |
| 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 |
25000 28000 30430 32960 35390 37820 40250 42680 45000 63000 81000 99000 117000 135000 164600 194200 223800 253400 283000 348100 |
1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 |
413200 478300 543400 608500 673600 738700 803800 950000 999999 200000 400000 600000 800000 1100000 1402000 1480000 1558000 1636000 1714000 1792000 1871000 |
1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 |
2163900 2426800 2689700 2952600 3215500 3478400 3741300 4004200 4267100 4539000 5006000 5482000 5958000 6434000 6910000 7386000 7862000 8338000 8814000 9290000 9766000 |
1987.5 1987.5-89 1989-90 1990.5-92 1991-93 1992-93 1992-94 1993-95 1995-97 1996-99 1996-99 1997-00 2000-01 2001-03 2002-04 2003-04 2004-05 2006- |
9999999 R000000 L000001 E000001 X000001 N000001 C000001 S000001 W000001 T000001 U000001 A000001 P000001 K000001 Y000001 F000001 D000001 Z000001 |