To find out when your Rolex was produced you have to find out the serial number. this number can be found between the lugs of your watch between at the 6 o clock position.
Then browse the list below and find the producion date.
In the early year Rolex only used Numbers:
1927 | 20190 | 21691 |
1928 | 23969 | 24747 |
1929 | 28290 | |
1930 | 29312 | |
1931 | ||
1932 | 29312 | |
1933 | 29933 | |
1934 | 30823 | |
1935 | 34336 | 35365 |
1936 | 36856 | 37569 |
1937 | 40920 | |
1938 | 43793 | |
1939 | 71224 | |
1940 | 99775 | |
1941 | 106047 | |
1942 | 143509 | 202026 |
1943 | 230878 | |
1944 | 269561 | |
1945 | 302459 | |
1946 | 367946 | 387216 |
1947 | 529163 | |
1948 | 628840 | |
1949 | ||
1950 | ||
1951 | 709249 | 710776 |
1952 | 726639 | 840396 |
1953 | 793930 | 973830 |
1954 | 976195 | 43325* |
1955 | 30634 | 1297XX |
1956 | 139400 | 217821 |
1957 | 216821 | 358XXX |
1958 | 353343 | 426510 |
1959 | 399XXX | 502683 |
1960 | 511687 | 642993 |
1961 | 6469XX | 702XXX |
1962 | 763663 | 894XXX |
1963 | 95XXXX | 1021800 |
1964 | 997436 | 1195238 |
1965 | 1193XXX | 1259699 |
1966 | 1289727 | 1557XXX |
1967 | 1554XXX | 186XXXX |
1968 | 1720977 | 2477152 |
1969 | 2060XXX | 22927XX |
1970 | 242XXXX |
2959XXX |
1971 | 2728XXX | 3037XXX |
1972 | 305XXXX | 3478400 |
1973 | 3523678 | 3741300 |
1974 | 3761535 | 4194183 |
1975 | 3886050 | 4267100 |
1976 | 4155863 | 4538000 |
1977 | 5008000 | 5367817 |
1978 | 5238376 | 5737030 |
1979 | 5952834 | 6122790 |
1980 | 6434000 | |
1981 | 6594XXX | 6910000 |
1982 | 7129351 | 7437845 |
1983 | 7862000 | 8085072 |
1984 | 8338000 | |
1985 | 8624000 | 8734XXX |
1986 | 9290000 | 9824763 |
1987 | 9863279 |
Since 1988 Rolex used a letter at the first digit of the serial:
R | 1988 | 1989 |
L | 1989 | 1990 |
E | 1990 | 1991 |
X | 1991 | 1991 |
N | 1991 | 1992 |
C | 1992 | 1992 |
S | 1993 | 1994 |
W | 1994 | 1995 |
T | 1996 | 1997 |
U | 1997 | 1998 |
A | 1998 | 2000 |
P | 2000 | 2001 |
K | 2001 | 2002 |
Y | 2002 | 2003 |
F | 2003 | 2004 |
D | 2005 | 2006 |
Z | 2006 | 2007 |
M | 2007 | 2008 |
V | 2008 | 2010 |
G | 2010 | 12/2010 |
RANDOM | past 2010 | |
2008 Rolex started to use random numbers with mixed with letters on some models since 2010 its on every Rolex model.Its not possible to evaluate the year of preduction from the serial.