Wich serialnumber is coresponding to wich yeat

[robbrum]

I have a rolex oyster with the serial 1423---
Who knows wich table is correct is from 1960 or 1966



1,714,000 1964
1,636,000 1963
1,558,000 1962
1,480,000 1961
1,402,000 1960
1,100,000 1959



450,000 – 550,000
1959
550,000 – 650,000
1960
650,000 – 755,000
1961
755,000 – 865,000
1962
865,000 – 1,000,000
1963
1,000,000 – 1,105,000
1964
1,105,000 – 1,275,000
1965
1,275,000 – 1,485,000
1966
1,485,000 – 1,710,000
1967
1,710,000 – 1,945,000
1968
1,945,000 – 2,240,000
1969
2,240,000 – 2,590,000
1970
2,590,000 – 2,890,000

I saw two different tables on different sites but witch table is the correct one?



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[sleddog]

Have you looked the chart in our reference library right here on this forum? Linked below....

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=54362

[robbrum]

Interesting, I think I can go better to RSC and ask what the exact production year is because I have no idea how to open the backside of the watch.


Better one Rolex on the wrist the ten in the air.

[springer]

If you are asking about case back stamps, the 1.4 million range are usually found with late 1965 through 1966 case backs.

[Old Expat Beast]

Top one is totally wrong, bottom one looks OK.

[Haywood_Milton]

1966.

Case back date codes may have a slightly misleading "spread."

Haywood

[Fredrik]

Originally Posted by robbrum

Interesting, I think I can go better to RSC and ask what the exact production year is because I have no idea how to open the backside of the watch.

You can not ask Rolex about production years, they will not tell.

The lists you find on the internet are all compiled by collectors. The dates used for compiling the lists are:

1. date on original receipt
2. date on caseback(up until -72 approximately)
3. date on clasp on original bracelet(not all years)

Combine this with the knowledge of when specific models were introduced and you can make some rough estimates. Note that bracelet and caseback dates can be years off. Cases, casebacks and bracelets were made in batches and some watches could sit for years at a reseller until sold.

So this is not exact, when a specific watch was assembled from its parts is something Rolex themselves only knows(I assume they do).

[robbrum]

Thx guys for the info


Better one Rolex on the wrist the ten in the air.

[Haywood_Milton]

Originally Posted by Fredrik

You can not ask Rolex about production years, they will not tell.

The lists you find on the internet are all compiled by collectors. The dates used for compiling the lists are:

1. date on original receipt
2. date on caseback(up until -72 approximately)
3. date on clasp on original bracelet(not all years)

Combine this with the knowledge of when specific models were introduced and you can make some rough estimates. Note that bracelet and caseback dates can be years off. Cases, casebacks and bracelets were made in batches and some watches could sit for years at a reseller until sold.

So this is not exact, when a specific watch was assembled from its parts is something Rolex themselves only knows(I assume they do).

While there are valid points here, you may not be aware that certain information has come from Rolex and that there is some (closely guarded) certainty over dates and numbers.

Prior to the emergence of this information, I did as many do and started to compile pages and pages (now up to 248 A4 sheets!) of watches that i come across. Such a massive database soon supports or destroys any scheme proposed by others.

Haywood

[Old Expat Beast]

Most comprehensive online is the Rolex Serial Number Project at VRF, which fortunately is freely shared here: www.vintagerolexforum.com

[Fredrik]

Originally Posted by Haywood_Milton

While there are valid points here, you may not be aware that certain information has come from Rolex and that there is some (closely guarded) certainty over dates and numbers.

I have heard of it, but never any details about it. I was under the impression that the late Marcello might have had access to information like that for instance. If such information has been used in compiling the list here, then that's even better.