Date my Rolex

[TimothyNelson]

Production date, not dinner date. :p

Some sources on the web read as below while others state different numbers.

8,677,xxx

Is my day-date 1984 or 1985?

Thanks!





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[padi56]

Originally Posted by TimothyNelson

Production date, not dinner date. :p

Some sources on the web read as below while others state different numbers.

8,677,xxx

Is my day-date 1984 or 1985?

Thanks!


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No internet chart can give a exact date when any Rolex was made only a approx date when the case was stamped.Now your serial case was stamped sometime in 1985, but with watches like the slow sellers DD, this dont mean the exact date when it was made.

[TimothyNelson]

Got it. But, which chart is more accurate? One states 1985 numbers starting at 8,8xxx while the other states them at 8,6xxx.

Thanks!



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[padi56]

Originally Posted by TimothyNelson

Got it. But, which chart is more accurate? One states 1985 numbers starting at 8,8xxx while the other states them at 8,6xxx.

Thanks!



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None are 100% accurate but in general 86xxxxx is a good reference.

[doozyj]

Ok, it's a date!
I'll pick her up around 7:00 tonight!

[Tools]

Originally Posted by TimothyNelson

Got it. But, which chart is more accurate? One states 1985 numbers starting at 8,8xxx while the other states them at 8,6xxx.

Thanks!

You are mis-reading the charts.

The stated numbers are not absolute since Rolex does not release production numbers and nobody has actually seen every watch released with any chart range..

You read a chart by noting the accepted serial for a year as an approximation for that year, not the beginning or end.. With carry-over, an 85 could be any number between the accepted 84 and 87; there is just no absolute way of knowing.

You are falling into the trap that you can absolutely "date" a Rolex, when you can only get an approximation, plus or minus a year.