serial # on rolex

[shirtguy]

see a lot of g serial for the past year.
i beleive the new letter is j

[kilyung]

Same manufacture dates so neither is 'newer'.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

see a lot of g serial for the past year.
i beleive the new letter is j

Not true both GXXXXXX and the so called Random which is a mixture of 8 digits and can start with any letter or even just a number have been running together since the latter part of 2010 till present time..

[Tools]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

see a lot of g serial for the past year.
i beleive the new letter is j

I have not seen or heard of J serials (with 6 digits following).

[shirtguy]

there is 7 digits or letters following

[ecsub44]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

there is 7 digits or letters following

Then it's "random".

[padi56]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

there is 7 digits or letters following

Then its the so called random, and random means exactly that, a mixture of random letters and numbers which started a little before the GXXXXXX serials, and are still both current and running since the latter part of 2010.

[shirtguy]

if its randon then why would the gxxxxxxx be considered newer?

[ecsub44]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

if its randon then why would the gxxxxxxx be considered newer?

Because they're mixed...new watches seem to be coming out with G and "random" numbers.

Don't put too much thought into these numbers. They are not true serial numbers and only give a rough estimate of when the case was manufactured...not necessarily when the watch was built/sold/etc.

[77T]

Originally Posted by ecsub44

Because they're mixed...new watches seem to be coming out with G and "random" numbers.

Don't put too much thought into these numbers. They are not true serial numbers and only give a rough estimate of when the case was manufactured...not necessarily when the watch was built/sold/etc.

+1

The G and random s/n's are contemporaneous - not sequential. There is no way to know which is newer or older since cases were stamped and then pulled for different models interchangeably.

[powerfunk]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

if its randon then why would the gxxxxxxx be considered newer?

gxxxxxxx would be random; gxxxxxx isn't random but is still being made, alongside randoms...if I've got this right.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by shirtguy

if its randon then why would the gxxxxxxx be considered newer?

Its not only in some peoples minds as I have fully explained in several posts you have made. GXXXXXX serials which is a single G followed by 6 numbers now we have the so called random they could start with a G or any other letter/number plus 7 digits a total of 8 digits instead of 7.But both serials are running in the same time frame fact the G with 6 numbers started a little after the random 8 digit serials in 2010.And no letter or any other serial since they started in 1987 could date 100% when any Rolex was made. To the exact day, week, month, or even year, just a approx date when the case/clasp was stamped nothing more.