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Old 27 December 2018, 04:03 PM   #1
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Were these 16600s ever really made by Rolex?

Hey so I recently bought my first Rolex its a 16600 with no holes but I have a concern that I just realized, my Swiss made on the face is an early 2000s style however the case has no holes and I was only able to find one other exactly like mine in this video, my question is did Rolex ever actually make this older style swiss made face with a no hole case before they switched over to this style face

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Old 27 December 2018, 06:38 PM   #2
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Link to the video doesn't work.

The lug holes came about 2002 or 2003. Mine is 2001 and still has holes. Show a decent picture of the watch and we can definitely tell if it's ok or not.
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Hey so I recently bought my first Rolex its a 16600 with no holes but I have a concern that I just realized, my Swiss made on the face is an early 2000s style however the case has no holes and I was only able to find one other exactly like mine in this video, my question is did Rolex ever actually make this older style swiss made face with a no hole case before they switched over to this style face

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It was from the end of Y serial early 2003 the non lugs holes started to make their appearance on most models.And Swiss Made bottom of dial started early 2000, from 1998 till very early 2000 just the word Swiss bottom dial so your watch would have lug holes.
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