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jamesbondOO7 · 17 January 2011, 07:43 PM

wondering about this V or M or whatever series thing. Is it just a way of telling the year of a specific watch? All Rolex watches of a specific year have the same letter (like horses

?). Then what does it mean? A specific movement, style or what? Or is it just a WIS thing?

Tools · 18 January 2011, 03:33 AM

It's a WIS thing...

There is no such thing as a "series" in the Rolex Line-up.

Years ago WIS found that Rolex used sequential serial numbers and the quest was on to try to determine when a specific serial was made. Charts were developed, and serial batches began to populate these charts giving a researcher an estimate of about when a watch may have been made (usually within a couple of years).

Rolex began to use letter prefixes in 1987 and confused things even more. WIS began to erroneously assign a year to a specific letter. However, each letter was in production for several years.. Also, Rolex almost always has 2 or 3 prefix letters in production at any given time, so still, serial estimates are only good within a 2 or 3 year period.

In the end... it is just a serial number to identify a single watch. Rolex has never started or stopped any specific attribute, trait, or do-hickey of any watch model based on it's serial number..

so 'series" means nothing, it just flows from the lips easily.......

jamesbondOO7 · 18 January 2011, 05:21 AM

Thanks!
Something not really for me to care about then....

ddnyc77 · 18 January 2011, 09:40 AM

leave it to Larry to provide the legit answers every time.

17 January 2011, 07:43 PM	#1
jamesbondOO7 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Real Name: BondJamesBond Location: The Algarve Watch: Rolex or nothing Posts: 4,073	What is in a series? wondering about this V or M or whatever series thing. Is it just a way of telling the year of a specific watch? All Rolex watches of a specific year have the same letter (like horses ?). Then what does it mean? A specific movement, style or what? Or is it just a WIS thing? __________________ ♛ 5-digit Rolex or nothing ♛

18 January 2011, 03:33 AM	#2
Tools TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: May 2007 Real Name: Larry Location: Mojave Desert Watch: GMT's Posts: 43,494	It's a WIS thing... There is no such thing as a "series" in the Rolex Line-up. Years ago WIS found that Rolex used sequential serial numbers and the quest was on to try to determine when a specific serial was made. Charts were developed, and serial batches began to populate these charts giving a researcher an estimate of about when a watch may have been made (usually within a couple of years). Rolex began to use letter prefixes in 1987 and confused things even more. WIS began to erroneously assign a year to a specific letter. However, each letter was in production for several years.. Also, Rolex almost always has 2 or 3 prefix letters in production at any given time, so still, serial estimates are only good within a 2 or 3 year period. In the end... it is just a serial number to identify a single watch. Rolex has never started or stopped any specific attribute, trait, or do-hickey of any watch model based on it's serial number.. so 'series" means nothing, it just flows from the lips easily....... __________________ (Chill ... It's just a watch Forum.....) NAWCC Member Last edited by Tools; 18 January 2011 at 08:08 AM..

18 January 2011, 05:21 AM	#3
jamesbondOO7 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Real Name: BondJamesBond Location: The Algarve Watch: Rolex or nothing Posts: 4,073	Thanks! Something not really for me to care about then.... __________________ ♛ 5-digit Rolex or nothing ♛

18 January 2011, 09:40 AM	#4
ddnyc77 Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: nyc Posts: 425	leave it to Larry to provide the legit answers every time.

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