Rolex serial number

[Caza owns]

Mine says 2002 but warranty card says 2018 bought from a reputable Ad

[Wobbly]

Serial numbers have been random for about 10 years, so no way of telling the year from the serial number.

Which model watch is it ?

[Caza owns]

Originally Posted by Wobbly

Serial numbers have been random for about 10 years, so no way of telling the year from the serial number.

Which model watch is it ?

airking 40mm runs smoothly I just don’t understand this

[Oldfellow]

Welcome.
Suggest you provide a little more information.

[Caza owns]

Originally Posted by Oldfellow

Welcome.
Suggest you provide a little more information.

It starts with a y number but when I run it it pulls up 2002

[georgekart]

Nobody knows what year the serial number is from. Back in the day, you could tell that if a serial number begins with a certain letter, it is from a certain year. Nowadays, SNs are random. And your random SN can have a first letter as SNs from a certain year did. If you have a 116900 it wasn't made back in 2002. And if it was purchased from an AD (AD is an authorised dealer, no such thing as reputable or not reputable AD, if Rolex trusts them to be a dealer of their watches, them being reputable is a certainty) then you really have nothing to worry about. Just out of curiosity, does your serial number happen to have 2 letters in it, as in first letter and some other latter later on in SN? It might explain how Rolex differentiates the random SN from previously non random SNs.

[Andad]

How many digits are there on the ID?

If there are 8 then it is a random ID.

[Anton911]

Originally Posted by Caza owns

Mine says 2002 but warranty card says 2018 bought from a reputable Ad

They are random numbers on the newer Rolex like yours,serial number on watch rehaut does not appertain to date in its digits.You will only be able to ascertain the date of you watch if you have the original warranty card.
Only Rolex could provide the date of that watch.

[Sulla]

Is your serial number a Y followed by 6 digits (Y123456)? Or is it 8 characters e.g.
7212J9S0 (0 = zero. The letter O is not used in Rolex random serial numbers).

Is the serial number visible on the "inner bezel" (the “rehaut” or “flange” area) around the 6 o'clock position?

The more information you provide, the more knowledge you will gain.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by Caza owns

Mine says 2002 but warranty card says 2018 bought from a reputable Ad

No, it doesn't say "2002", it is a unique set of numbers, there is no place that you can accurately "run it".

Since 2010 that unique numbers beginning digit could be anything, even a y.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by Caza owns

Mine says 2002 but warranty card says 2018 bought from a reputable Ad

You could never date when any Rolex when it was made only a approx date when the case was stamped between X&Y years.Would expect you have a random serial a mixtures letters numbers but now total of 8 digits, these started from the latter part of 2010 till present time.

R 1987
L 1988
E 1990
X 1991
N 1991 (Nov)
C 1992
S 1993
W 1994
T 1996
U 1997 (Aug)
A 1998 (Nov)
P 2000 (Jan)
K 2001 (Sep)
Y 2002 (Sep)
F 2003 (Sep)
D 2005 (Apr)
Z 2006 (May)
M 2007 (Aug)
V 2008 (Aug)
G 2010 (July) last of the single letter 6 number serials,from latter part 2010 some randoms started to appear these have now 8 digits mixture letters and numbers.
G 2010/ 2011 On
Plus Randoms till present

[Andad]

So is Casa going to tell me how many digits his watch has?