Serial letter years

[Bostonvr6]

does this mean there is no way to know how old an AP made after 2018 is? Unless you have the papers of course.

[dcash0615]

Originally Posted by Bostonvr6

does this mean there is no way to know how old an AP made after 2018 is? Unless you have the papers of course.

The latest AP’s just have a warranty card with the serial #, warranty #, and description. No purchaser name or date of sale, or AD name. If you register the watch with AP using the warranty #, it will tell you when the warranty expires and you can back into the original sales date. Only way to do it.

[dcash0615]

I purchased a Royal Oak Chrono back in November, 2019 and the serial # starts with LT. It appears AP has gone to a random serial number system.

[jforjohn]

My ROC purchase in Nov 2019 starts with JC. A month later picked up another piece and this one starts with MY. I definitely think AP has gone to a random serial system now.