1953 Rolex Oyster Royal

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Originally Posted by adam78

If you look at this chart of SNs: http://www.qualitytyme.net/pages/numbers.html , you will see that Rolex started back again in 1953 before SNs reached 1,000,000. Your watch appears to be from 1962 by their chart (and dial/hands are consistent with that).

If you have a photo of the inner case back, most of the time the production date is marked (unless a service replacement).

You're absolutely right! Caseback has the date code "1.63". Thanks for the correction!