Rolex Serial Number - Determine the age of your Rolex

Determine Rolex year of manufacture by serial number

You are looking for a Rolex from your vintage or just want to determine the age of an inherited piece? We show you how you can do it yourself.

If you have an old warranty certificate of the watch, this already gives you a first indication. The only problem is that you have the exact date of sale of the watch, but not when it was produced. It's hard to imagine today, but in the past, Rolex watches were sometimes in the hands of the concessionaire for a long time.

With the help of the serial number you can determine the approximate age of your Rolex.

Where can I find the serial number?

Every Rolex watch has an individual serial number. Depending on the age, the serial number is located in different places.

Until 2007: Serial number is located between the lugs at 6 o'clock.

Since 2007: Serial number is engraved on the inner case ring, the rehaut, at 6 o'clock.

Until 2010, serial numbers were assigned in chronological rhine order.

From 2010, random number/letter combinations were assigned. Therefore, from this point on, it is no longer possible to determine the production year based on the serial number.

 

Serial No.	Prod. Year	Serial No.	Prod. Year
20.190 - 21.691	1927	2.060.XXX - 2.292.7XX	1969
23.969 - 24.747	1928	2.42X.XXX - 2.959.XXX	1970
28.290	1929	2.728.XXX - 3.037.XXX	1971
29.312	1930	3.05X.XXX - 3.478.400	1972
-	1931	3.523.678 - 3.741.300	1973
29.312	1932	3.761.535 - 4.194.183	1974
29.933	1933	3.886.050 - 4.267.100	1975
30.823	1934	4.155.863 - 4.538.000	1976
34.336 - 35.365	1935	5.008.000 - 5.367.817	1977
36.856 - 37.569	1936	5.238.376 - 5.737.030	1978
40.920	1937	5.952.834 - 6.122.790	1979
43.793	1938	6.424.000	1980
71.224	1939	6.594.XXX - 6.910.000	1981
99.775	1940	7.129.351 - 7.437.845	1982
106.047	1941	7.862.000 - 8.085.072	1983
143.509 - 202.026	1942	8.338.000	1984
230.878	1943	8.624.000 - 8.734.000	1985
269.561	1944	9.290.000 - 9.824.763	1986
302.459	1945	9.863.279	1987
367.946 - 387.216	1946	R	1987
529.163	1947	R / L	1988
628.840	1948	L	1989
709.249 - 710.776	1949	L	1990
-	1950	E	1990 June
-	1951	X	1991 June
726.639 - 840.396	1952	N	1991 November
793.930 - 973.830	1953	C	1992 March
976.195 - 43.325	1954	S	1993 September
30.634 - 129.7XX	1955	W	1995 - 1998
139.400 - 217.821	1956	T	1996 - 1998
216.821 - 358.XXX	1957	U	1997 August
353.343 - 426.510	1958	A	1998 August
399.XXX - 502.683	1959	P	2000 January
511.687 - 642.993	1960	K	2001 September
646.9XX - 702.XXX	1961	Y	2002 September
763.663 - 894.XXX	1962	F	2003 September
95X.XXX - 1.021.800	1963	D	2005 April
997.436 - 1.195.238	1964	Z	2006 Mai
1.193.XXX - 1.259.699	1965	M	2007 August
1.289.727 - 1.557.XXX	1966	V	2008 August
1.554.XXX - 1.86X.XXX	1967	G	2010 June
1.720.977 - 2.477.152	1968	Random Serial	2010 - today