Year of Introduction
of Rolex Models
1926 Oyster Case (Water Resistant)
1927 Serial Number On Oyster Case
1931 Oyster Perpetual (Automatic movement)
1938 Bubble Back
1938 Oyster Bracelet (Steel)
1945 Datejust
1945 Jubilee Bracelet0
1947 Oyster Bracelet
1950 Mercedes Hands
1953 Submariner
1953 Explorer
1954 GMT-Master
1954 Cyclops on Crystal
1954 Ladies Oyster Perpetual
1956 Day-Date (President)
1956 President Bracelet
1959 Crown Guards
1961 Oyster Cosmograph
1962 Cosmograph Daytona
1970 Submariner Date
1971 Sea-Dweller
1971 Explorer II
1972 Hacking Movement
1977 Quick-Set Date Feature
1977 Oyster Quartz Day-Date
1977 Oysterquartz
1977 Sapphire Crystal
1980 Sea-Dweller 4000
1983 GMT-Master II
1988 New Daytona (Utilizing Zenith movement)
1992 Yachtmaster
1994 Yachtmaster Ladies & Medium
2001 Laser Etched Hologram in Crystal
2003 "Green" Submariner Date
Date your Rolex watch
(there are exceptions to this list)
Serial # located at 6 o'clock between the lugs
Band must be taken off
| Year | Serial # | Year | Serial # | Year | Serial # | Year | Serial # |
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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
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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 2004-05 2005---
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9999999 R000000 L000001 E000001 X000001 N000001 C000001 S000001 W000001 T000001 T000001 U000001 U000001 A000001 P00000-up K000001-
Y000001 D000001 up |
Rolex Model Numbers
Model # located at 12 o'clock between the lugs
Band must be taken off
Air-King
4365, 4925, 5500, 5501, 5506, 5520,
6500, 6552, 7784,
14000, 14000M, 14010, 14010M
Air-King-Date
5700, 5701
Datejust
1600, 1601, 1603, 1607, 1625, 1630, 6305, 6518, 6604,
6605, 6827, 16013, 16014, 16018, 16030, 16078, 16200,
16203, 16220, 16233, 16234, 16238, 16248, 16250, 16263,
16364, 116138, 116139, 116203, 116208, 116233, 116238
Datejust Mid-Size
6824, 6827, 68240, 68243, 68248, 68273, 68274, 68278,
77080, 77014, 77438,77518, 78240, 78243, 78246, 78248,
78266, 78273, 78274, 78278, 78279, 78286, 78288, 81158,
81208, 81209, 81308, 81338, 81339, 178158, 178159, 178238,
178239, 178245, 178246, 178248, 178269, 178275, 178278,
178279, 178286, 178288
Day Date (aka President)
1803, 1804, 1807, 6511, 6611, 18026, 18038, 18039, 18078,
18238, 18239, 18248, 18346, 18946, 18948, 18956, 18958,
118205, 118206, 118208, 118209, 118235, 118238, 118239,
118296, 118338, 118339, 118346, 118348, 118366, 118398,
118399
Daytona
6239, 6240, 6241, 6239, 62,40, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264, 6265,
6240, 6241, 16518, 16519, 16520, 16523, 16528, 116509,
116518, 116519, 116520, 116523, 116528, 116589, 116598,
116599
Explorer
1016, 1038, 5500, 5501, 5504, 6098, 6150, 6298, 6305,
6350, 6610, 14270, 114270
Explorer II
1655, 16550, 16570
GMT-Master
1675, 6542, 16700, 16713, 16750, 16753, 16758
GMT-Master II
16710, 16713, 16718, 16760
Oyster Perpetual Date
1500, 1501, 1503, 1505, 1550, 1560, 1603, 1625, 5075,
6075, 6335, 6518, 6534, 6605, 6627, 15000, 15010, 15037,
15038, 15053, 15200, 15203, 15210, 15223, 15238, 15505
Oyster Perpetual (Time-Only)
1002, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1014, 1018,
1023, 1024,1025, 1030, 1038, 1500, 1501, 1565, 5500,
6085, 6103, 6177, 6202, 6284, 6518, 6532, 6546, 6548,
6549, 6551, 6552, 6556, 6564, 6565, 6567, 6569, 6580,
6582, 6584, 6590, 6605, 6623, 6634, 14203, 14203M,
14208, 14208M, 14238
Oyster Perpetual Lady no date
6718, 6719, 6723, 6724, 76180, 67193, 67194, 67197,
67198, 67230, 67243, 76030, 76080, 76094, 76183, 76188,
76193, 76198, 76243, 77518
Oyster Perpetual Lady Date
6516, 6517, 6519, 6916, 6917, 6919, 69160, 69163, 69173,
69190, 69240, 79160, 79190, 79240
Oyster Perpetual Lady Datejust
6916, 6917, 6927, 69136, 69163, 69173, 69174, 69178,
69179, 69278, 79068, 79078, 79079, 79088, 79089, 79126,
79136, 79138, 79158, 79159, 79163, 79166, 79168, 79173,
79174, 79178, 79179, 79238, 79288, 80318, 80319, 80298,
80299, 80309, 80318, 80319, 80328, 80329, 80359, 179136,
179138, 179158, 179159, 179165, 179166, 179168, 179173,
179175, 179178, 179179, 179239, 179298, 179368, 179459
Oysterquarz Datejust
17000, 17013, 17014
Oysterquarz Day-Date
19018, 19019
Sea-Dweller
1665, 16600, 16660
Submariner no date
5508, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5517, 6200, 6204, 6205, 6536,
6538, 6538A, 14060, 14060M
Submariner Date
1680, 16800, 16610, 16610LV, 16613, 16618, 16803, 16808
Turn-O-Graph (aka Thunderbird)
1625, 16253, 16268, 16263, 16264, 116261, 116263, 116264
Yacht-Master
16622, 16628, 68623, 68628, 168622, 168623, 168628,
169623, 169628
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