V Series Sea-Dweller Database & Country of Origin

[hbdb]

V377XXX - bought in Munich, June (now residing in the US)!

[Sub'erman]

V-0x6x8xx Copenhagen, Denmark August 09

Regards
SK

[supercarl]

V - purchased in June 09, UK

[tthopp05]

I dont think the loved 16600 will be going anywhere for a long Time.

[newsboy]

V 4755** purchased June 2009 :)

[N_Swe]

V40... Originally bought in Greece.

[LV SUB]

I purchased a V series Seadweller case number (477*****) for my sons 21st birthday gift. It was registerd on 10/9/2009 in the UK. this is the date of his birthday hopefully its the last registerd ? making it unique like my Son!! (one can Hope) thats still free at the moment. hoping that is !!

[Daytonaboy1977]

Bought mine this month in the UK from a forum member - refence is V48?499 can't remember the 3rd numeral but a very late watch IMO. But hey I just love the damn watch - this is the 4th V serial I have had and this one is going nowhere - one of my others was posted on here in June I think!!!

[JRA]

I purchased mine in late Dec of last year from an AD in Virginia. I have the box and papers stored at the moment, so when I can access them I will post the serial number for comparison purposes. The AD told me they had just received the watch (they had it for a few weeks before I purchased - I believe this to be true as I've purchased many watches from them and they have no reason to lie to me). Anyway, my guess (until I confirm for sure), given they'd just received it from Rolex, is it is one of the last ones available...but who knows...

[JRA]

I guess it's not the last - V366

[supercarl]

Originally Posted by supercarl

V - purchased in June 09, UK

V477*** - ps why do we delete some of the serial number? If to prevent replicas, surely they can get fairly good chances of landing an accurate number from the info on here?

[cedras]

V444xxx bought new from Italy

[kahoot]

V488xxx bought in December 2009 from uk

[Johny]

Originally Posted by Rolexroz

I have an interest in the death or otherwise of the Seadweller and have been compiling my own list. Whilst I am no expert I am regularly in touch with more than 100 UK Rolex AD's and several hundred more throughout Europe

As far as the UK is concerned the last SD's have a V4 serial number and were produced almost 6 months ago.

I have yet to find any AD who will admit to receiving one from Rolex in the past 4 - 6 months.

So although some are still available at the UK list price of £3980(mostly plus a premium to the selling AD), they are now almost 6 months old and possibly older and most likely bought by the AD's at the previous price and now being sold at an inflated price.

So on balance it looks like the SD is dead, production having stopped some time ago, just like the Submariner LV.


Rolexroz

hi roz what is your interest,i must admit that i am intrigued. would you consider it worth you opening a thread on the subject. it looks as if you have facts at your disposal and i would love the chance to read them. johny.

[Nairn1980]

Originally Posted by Johny

hi roz what is your interest,i must admit that i am intrigued. would you consider it worth you opening a thread on the subject. it looks as if you have facts at your disposal and i would love the chance to read them. johny.

Roz hasnt been on this forum for quite a while I dont think......

[Johny]

Originally Posted by Nairn1980

Roz hasnt been on this forum for quite a while I dont think......

hi n well i hope she gets my request. facts...you got to love them.

[Rolexroz]

Good evening,
Firstly may I say a huge thanks to Nairn for sticking up for me.

Secondly, I know that I got one of the last SD's delivered to the UK's AD's. It was sent to them on the 7th January 2010( I know this for a fact as I was allowed to see the allocation list from Rolex.) and it had a V4 serial number. The strange thing was that almost 18 months earlier Rolex were sending out the V4's.

So one can only assume that Rolex manufactured a batch of SD's and then sat on some of them for almost 18 months.

As it happens I had contacted 147 UK Rolex dealers in January 2010 and only 12 admitted to having received a new SD. In the rest of Europe I couldn't find any who had had been offerred a BNIB SD.

As ever there was method in the decisions of the Rolex management, as the watch prices had increased from about £3300 (Autumn 2008, to the seriously ridiculous £4070 of January 2010 (as shown in the official dealer price list issued in December 2009, and published on the net by my good self on 29th December 2009.)

So unless anyone can confirm other wise, it looks like the mid V's was an end to the Rolex SD.

P.S. would any Scottish Rolex lover please send me a PM. I may well buy you a drink, if not dinner.............

Rolexroz

[alexxelor]

v31 01/09 italiy

v36 04/09 italy

love sd 16600

[tgoose1]

V54xxxx 9/09 USA Rolex authorized dealer
V38xxxx 8/09 Venezuela Rolex authorized dealer

[rallykid]

v477 may 09 from uk

[pb2au]

I just bought a 16600 with s/n V24XXXX today from my AD here in Toronto. Last one he had in stock. Had been looking for the watch and really happy to have snagged one with a warranty and open papers.

[alexxelor]

http://image.forumfree.it/1/6/7/4/3/8/4/1263135306.jpg

[Kanger]

Have 3 NOS, 2 V and 1 M.
V405 Italy 170 country code, and V36 USA origin, also had a V38 preowned 770 Venezuela.

[nauticajoe]

V36 - Italy

[varld]

what exactly does the serial letter entitle?

[padi56]

Originally Posted by varld

what exactly does the serial letter entitle?

Only that a V serial case stamp was stamped sometime approximately from August 2008 till around July 2010 and it was last last run of the SD.But like all the 16600 SD since its introduction in 1988/9, they are all basically the same except for a very few minor cosmetic details and case stamps.

[impalass]

Purchased from Rolex AD BNIB V242xxx Feb. 2013, Toronto Canada.

Hang Tag has 11/8 written in pencil on it, could be the date it arrived at the AD and has been sitting in the back of the safe all this time ?

[IWantOne]

Congratulations.

I've seen 2 V series BNIB sold by private sellers (around £6k) but never from an AD.

I hope I'm not rude but how much did you pay for your watch?

[mmmk604]

Originally Posted by impalass

Purchased from Rolex AD BNIB V242xxx Feb. 2013, Toronto Canada.

Hang Tag has 11/8 written in pencil on it, could be the date it arrived at the AD and has been sitting in the back of the safe all this time ?

I wouldn't be surprised that it's been sitting at the AD for 2 years. Congrats

[Rolexroz]

I just purchased a new old stock Seadweller from a UK AD.

It has the serial number V444...

So they are still out there, but the AD's really want their pound of flesh for supplying such a rareity.


Rolexroz