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Old 29 March 2008, 02:06 PM   #1
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Icon20 " F " serial number

What year does the letter "F" ( serial number prefix ) represent in the Daytona model?
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Old 29 March 2008, 02:08 PM   #2
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What year does the letter "F" ( serial number prefix ) represent in the Daytona model?
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2003/2004.
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Old 29 March 2008, 02:09 PM   #3
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"F"reakin awesome Daytona!!!
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Old 29 March 2008, 09:32 PM   #4
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"F"reakin awesome Daytona!!!
lol!!! "F"@#king agree...
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Old 29 March 2008, 09:36 PM   #5
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lol!!! "F"@#king agree...
x2!! :-)
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Old 29 March 2008, 02:10 PM   #6
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I agree with JJ. After all, can a man with nearly 42000 posts be wrong?
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Old 29 March 2008, 02:11 PM   #7
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I agree with JJ. After all, can a man with nearly 42000 posts be wrong?
You'd be surprised!!
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Old 29 March 2008, 02:13 PM   #8
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Yep.. my F Daytona was purchased June 2004. 2003/2004 is right.
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Old 29 March 2008, 10:03 PM   #9
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Do note that while the serial number prefix is a reasonably good estimate of the watch's date of manufacture, it's not a perfectly accurate measure. Rolex has been known to use older cases from its stock for manufacture of its new watches, as long as the case design is according to specifications. In this case, the watch may have been assembled in 2005 while the case may have been manufactured in 2003/4.
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Old 30 March 2008, 12:33 AM   #10
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Do note that while the serial number prefix is a reasonably good estimate of the watch's date of manufacture, it's not a perfectly accurate measure. Rolex has been known to use older cases from its stock for manufacture of its new watches, as long as the case design is according to specifications. In this case, the watch may have been assembled in 2005 while the case may have been manufactured in 2003/4.
2nd that!
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Old 30 March 2008, 12:34 AM   #11
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Do note that while the serial number prefix is a reasonably good estimate of the watch's date of manufacture, it's not a perfectly accurate measure. Rolex has been known to use older cases from its stock for manufacture of its new watches, as long as the case design is according to specifications. In this case, the watch may have been assembled in 2005 while the case may have been manufactured in 2003/4.
That's interesting info

I didn't know that
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Old 29 March 2008, 10:10 PM   #12
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Qualitytyme.net has a list of all the serial #'s & thier dates
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