Rolex serial numbers

Determining the year of manufacture of a Rolex wristwatch is possible by looking at the engraving of the serial number, which is usually engraved at 6 o'clock between the lugs on the older models.

However, this has been changed somewhat on the newer models from the 2007 production date. Here, the serial number can be found in the so-called Rehaut engraving, which is engraved on the ring between the dial and the crystal.

Case serial numbers:

year	No.		year	No.		year	No.
1927	20190		1956	139400		1985	8624000
1928	23969		1957	216821		1986	9290000
1929	28290		1958	353343		1987	9863279
1930	29312		1959	399000		1987 / 1988	R
1931			1960	511687		1988 / 1989	L
1932	29312		1961	646900		1989 / 1990	L
1933	29933		1962	763663		1990 / 1991	E
1934	30823		1963	950000		1991 / 1992	X/N (from Nov.)
1935	34336		1964	997436		1992 / 1993	C
1936	36856		1965	1193000		1993 / 1994	S
1937	40920		1966	1289727		1994 / 1995	W
1938	43793		1967	1554000		1995 / 1996	W
1939	71224		1968	1720977		1996 / 1997	T
1940	99775		1969	2060000		1997 / 1998	U (from Aug.)
1941	106047		1970	2504211		1998 / 1999	A (from Nov.)
1942	143509		1971	2728000		1999 / 2000	A
1943	230878		1972	3050000		2000 / 2001	P (from Jan.)
1944	269561		1973	3523678		2001 / 2002	K (from Sept.)
1945	302459		1974	3761535		2002 / 2003	Y (from Sept)
1946	367946		1975	3886050		2003 / 2004	F (from Sept.)
1947	529163		1976	4155863		2004 / 2005	F
1948	628840		1977	5008000		2005 / 2006	D (from Apr)
1949			1978	5238376		2006 / 2007	Z (from May)
1950			1979	5952834		2007 / 2008	M (from Aug.)
1951	709249		1980	6434000		2008 / 2009	V
1952	726639		1981	6594000		2010	G
1953	793930		1982	7129351		*	*
1954*	976195		1983	7862000
1955	30634		1984	8338000

Close Codes:

1976	A*		1988	M*		2000	AB
1977	B		1989	N*		2001	DE
1978	C*		1990	O		2002	DT
1979	D		1991	P		2003	AD
1980	E		1992	Q*		2004	CL
1981	F		1993	R		2005	MA
1982	G		1994	S		2006	OP
1983	H*		1995	T or W		2007	EO
1984	I*		1996	V
1985	J*		1997	Z
1986	K*		1998	Z or W
1987	L*		1999	X

Rolex Country codes:

10=Switzerland; 012=Switzerland; 013=Switzerland; 014=Switzerland; 015=Switzerland; 017=Switzerland; 021=Switzerland; 022=Switzerland; 023=Switzerland; 024=Switzerland; 025=Switzerland; 026=Switzerland; 028=Switzerland; 032=Switzerland; 033=Switzerland;
036=Liechtenstein;
037=Switzerland; 039=Switzerland; 044=Switzerland; 045=Switzerland; 061=Switzerland; 062=Switzerland;
100=Germany;
110=France; 112=France; 113=France; 119=France (COMEX);
120=Austria; 121=Austria; 122=Austria; 123=Austria; 124=Austria; 125=Austria; 126=Austria; 127=Austria; 128=Austria;
130=Belgium/Luxembourg;
133=Netherlands; 134=Netherlands; 135=Netherlands; 136=Netherlands; 137=Netherlands; 138=Netherlands;
150=Spain;
160=Great Britain;
170=Italy; 181=Italy; 204=Italy;
200=Greece; 208=Greece;
201=Malta;
202=Turkey;
205=Cyprus;
207=Corfu;
210=Portugal; 212=Portugal; 213=Portugal; 215=Portugal; 216=Portugal; 217=Portugal; 218=Portugal;
226=Denmark; 228=Denmark; 231=Denmark; 233=Denmark; 235=Denmark;
237=Iceland;
241=Norway; 242=Norway; 284=Norway;
246=Sweden; 265=Sweden; 267=Sweden; 268=Sweden; 270=Sweden; 271=Sweden; 273=Sweden;
283=Finland; 286=Finland; 291=Finland; 298=Finland;
311=Poland; 312=Poland;
317=Bulgaria;
318=Slovakia;
320=Czech Republic; 321=Czech Republic;
322=Hungary;
323=Slovenia;
325=Serbia Montenegro;
326 Croatia;
330=Russia;
381=Turkey;
400=Hong Kong; 874=Hong Kong; 888=Hong Kong;
402=Guam;
408=Seoul;
410=Japan; 900=Japan;
413=Korea;
430=Singapore/Brunai/Indonesia;
431=Malaysia/Thailand;
440=Taiwan;
500=India; 501=India; 507=India; 573=India;
505=Pakistan;
513=Kathmandu;
514=Bangladesh;
526=Bahrain;
527=Middle East;
529=Saudi Arabia; 531=Saudi Arabia; 532=Saudi Arabia;
533=Kuwait;
535=Qatar;
536=Abu Dhabi;
537=Dubai;
538=Oman;
539=Oman;
542=Iran;
548=Israel;
551=Yemen;
605=Tunisia;
612=Egypt;
634=Congo;
668=Kenya;
680=South Africa;
700=Canada;
710=USA;
720=Mexico; 722=Mexico;
733=Honduras;
737=Costa Rica;
741=Bahamas;
742=Bermuda;
752=Jamaica;
756=Dominican Republic;
757=Caribbean Islands;
758=Virgin Islands;
759=Turks Islands;
760=Barbados;
761=Netherlands Antilles/Aruba; 762=Aruba;
764=Guadeloupe;
765=Antigua;
766=Saint Martin;
767=Cayman Islands;
768=Panama;
770=Venezuela;
780=Brazil;
781=Chile;
786=Bolivia;
790=Argentina;
810=Australia/New Zealand;
818=Philippines;
828=Taiwan;
838=China;
842=New Zealand;
871=Hawaii;
872=Alaska;
873=Guam;
902=AAFES (Army and Air Force Exchange Service);
904=NATO Navy; 906=German NATO Air Base; 907=Rheindalen, German NATO Headquarters;