Date a Rolex by Serial #

[joe stout]

Is this possible ? I have an unworn GMT 2 tone with "V" serial # that a seller is sending me on approval.
thanks for your opionion.

[TimeToGo]

Welcome to the Forum!

Yes, anything is possible. Some people purchase for investment purposes and sell New Old Stock (NOS) and/or Brand New in Box (BNIB).

[cjlewis610]

oops....misread the intention of this post. Good luick!

[Time Exposure]

Just today saw an M-serial (M2XX,XXX circa 2007) Daytona at Tourdneau. Granted, white gold models don't exactly fly out of the showroom, but c'mon!

The funny thing was when I asked the salesperson how often Rolexes should be serviced and he said Rolex recommends every 5 years. I handed it back and said, "well this one is ready for service then."

[Art 1]

Originally Posted by joe stout

Is this possible ? I have an unworn GMT 2 tone with "V" serial # that a seller is sending me on approval.
thanks for your opionion.

Very probable.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by joe stout

Is this possible ? I have an unworn GMT 2 tone with "V" serial # that a seller is sending me on approval.
thanks for your opionion.

Not sure what opinion you want....

There are probably lots of Two Tone GMT's with V serials that are unworn..

[Alcan]

Originally Posted by joe stout

Date a Rolex by Serial #


Is this possible ? I have an unworn GMT 2 tone with "V" serial # that a seller is sending me on approval.

No. The serial number is a loose (very loose) indication of when the watch case was manufactured. It doesn't take into consideration when a movement was installed, the watch completed, then shipped from the Mothership in Geneva to an AD.

Said watch could then easily have sat for some time in the AD's vault before it was finally sold.

Serial numbers are a vauge estimation at best. With the newer random serials, I do believe its pretty much impossible.

[77T]

Originally Posted by Alcan

No. The serial number is a loose (very loose) indication of when the watch case was manufactured. It doesn't take into consideration when a movement was installed, the watch completed, then shipped from the Mothership in Geneva to an AD.

Said watch could then easily have sat for some time in the AD's vault before it was finally sold.

Serial numbers are a vauge estimation at best. With the newer random serials, I do believe its pretty much impossible.

Agree -

Just look at the Sky-Dweller that was recently listed on TRF. The case has a G serial # and they've been shipping since 2010 - alongside Randoms, too.

The V serial # GMT II you mention could have been struck in 2008 up until 2010. And then sat waiting for a movement - then assembled - then shipped - then sat unsold...

[padi56]

Originally Posted by 77T

Agree -

Just look at the Sky-Dweller that was recently listed on TRF. The case has a G serial # and they've been shipping since 2010 - alongside Randoms, too.

The V serial # GMT II you mention could have been struck in 2008 up until 2010. And then sat waiting for a movement - then assembled - then shipped - then sat unsold...

Quite true and even the first 114060M ceramic was reported on forum as a G serial. Many on forum would say thats a old stock watch,yet the 114060M was not released until Basel this year.This is why all this must have the latest serial is now complete nonsense.All any Internet code could ever tell you by pure supposition was a appox date when the case was stamped between X&Y years nothing more, nothing is written in stone with Rolex today or yesterday.And with any slow sellers like the TT models and gold models, none of these Internet charts can be relied on as a 100% accurate date when the watch was made no internet chart could for any Rolex watch

[crowncollection]

Originally Posted by padi56

Quite true and even the first 114060M ceramic was reported on forum as a G serial. Many on forum would say thats a old stock watch,yet the 114060M was not released until Basel this year.This is why all this must have the latest serial is now complete nonsense.All any Internet code could ever tell you by pure supposition was a appox date when the case was stamped between X&Y years nothing more, nothing is written in stone with Rolex today or yesterday.And with any slow sellers like the TT models and gold models, none of these Internet charts can be relied on as a 100% accurate date when the watch was made no internet chart could for any Rolex watch

Exactly X 2

[joe stout]

Thanks for the information, I thought maybe Rolex kept a data base of watches/serial #'s with history for customer service, age/service record etc.
Thanks

[Alcan]

You're half right Joe, Rolex does keep records of watches which they've had in for service.