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Old 17 October 2007, 11:19 PM   #1
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Case Numbers funny thing

Did you ever notice this?

R 1987
L 1988
E 1990
X 1991


The first years of case nr. with letters spell rolex (i think the o is missing because its too easily mistaken with zero)

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Old 17 October 2007, 11:24 PM   #2
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Did you ever notice this?

R 1987
L 1988
E 1990
X 1991


The first years of case nr. with letters spell rolex (i think the o is missing because its too easily mistaken with zero)

:D
Yes, that is right! Rolex did that deliberately for some years, but now uses a less "foreseeable" way of applying date letters to prevent forgery.

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Old 17 October 2007, 11:25 PM   #3
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I image... lol i just thought it was funny! :D
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Old 18 October 2007, 12:12 AM   #4
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when will the most current model letter change from Z?
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Old 18 October 2007, 12:19 AM   #5
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ooops...i just came across a thread that said Z is no longer the latest, but M is...
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