ROLEX, OMEGA AND TUDOR SERIAL NUMBERS

Rolex Serial Number - Find out how old your watch is…

20,000 – 40,000 _ 1927 -1937
40,000 – 200,000 _ 1938 -1942
200,000 – 300,000 _ 1941 -1944
300,000 – 500,000 _ 1945 -1946
500,000 – 620,000 _ 1947 -1948
620,000 – 700,000 _ 1948 -1950
700,000 – 725,000 _ 1951
725,000 – 880,000 _ 1952
880,000 – 999,000 _ 1953
0 – 49,000 _ 1954

In 1954 when Rolex reached serial numbers of 1 million they started again as follows…

0 – 50,000 _ 1954
50,000 – 150,000 _ 1955
150,000 – 250,000 _ 1956
250,000 – 350,000 _ 1957
350,000 – 450,000 _ 1958
450,000 – 550,000 _ 1959
550,000 – 650,000 _ 1960
650,000 – 755,000 _ 1961
755,000 – 865,000 _ 1962
865,000 – 1,000,000 _ 1963
1,000,000 – 1,105,000 _ 1964
1,105,000 – 1,275,000 _ 1965

1,275,000 – 1,485,000 _ 1966
1,485,000 – 1,710,000 _ 1967
1,710,000 – 1,945,000 _ 1968
1,945,000 – 2,240,000 _ 1969
2,240,000 – 2,590,000 _ 1970
2,590,000 – 2,890,000 _ 1971
2,890,000 – 3,200,000 _ 1972
3,200,000 – 3,570,000 _ 1973
3,570,000 – 3,865,000 _ 1974
3,865,000 – 4,115,000 _ 1975
4,115,000 – 4,260,000 _ 1976
5,000,000 – 5,085,000 _ 1976

5,085,000 – 5,430,000 _ 1977
5,430,000 – 5,865,000 _ 1978
5,865,000 – 6,205,000 _ 1979
6,205,000 – 6,560,000 _ 1980
6,560,000 – 7,130,000 _ 1981
7,130,000 – 7,600,000 _ 1982
7,600,000 – 8,375,000 _ 1983
8,375,000 – 8,785,000 _ 1984
8,785,000 – 9,155,000 _ 1985
9,155,000 – 9,860,000 _ 1986
9,860,000 – 9,900,000 _ 1987

When Rolex reached their 10,000,000’th serial number in 1987 they switched to Letter Prefix based serials starting with ‘R’. These did not follow alphabetically, nor did they start on the 1st of January each year – instead starting at different points within a year once all the serials had been used. A letter prefix was followed by 6 digits – so again giving 1m serials per letter and in the order below.

R_1987
L_1988
E_1990
X_1991
N_1992
C_1993

S_1994
W_1995
T_1996
U_1997
A_1998
P_2000
K_2001

Y_2002
F_2003
D_2005
Z_2006
M_2007
V_2008
G_2010

Omega Movement Number Years

14m_1957
14m_1958
16m_1959
17m_1960
18m_1961
19m_1962
20m_1963
22m_1964
22m_1965
23m_1966

24m_1967
26m_1968
27m_1969
28m_1970
30m_1971
31m_1972
32m_1973
32m_1974
33m_1975
34m_1976

35m_1977
37m_1978
38m_1979
40m_1980
42m_1981
43m_1982
44m_1983
45m_1984
46m_1985
47m_1986

Tudor serial numbers

 40,000 – 140,000 _ 1940 – 1956
170,000 _ 1957
200,000 _ 1958
280,000 _ 1959
310,000 _ 1960
340,000 _ 1961
360,000 _ 1962
390,000 _ 1963
430,000 _ 1964
460,000 _ 1965
500,000 _ 1966
570,000 _ 1967
620,000 _ 1968
680,000 _ 1969
740,000 _ 1970
750,000 _ 1971
770,000 _ 1972

790,000 _ 1973
810,000 _ 1974
830,000 _ 1975
840,000 _ 1976
860,000 _ 1977
880,000 _ 1978
900,000 _ 1979
930,000 _ 1980
950,000 _ 1981
970,000 _ 1982
980,000 _ 1983
990,000 _ 1984

Around 1984 Tudor serial numbers restarted:
10,000 _ 1984
140,000 _ 1985

170,000 _ 1986
190,000 _ 1987
210,000 _ 1988
260,000 _ 1989
B330,000 _ 1990
B360,000 _ 1991
B390,000 _ 1992
B500,000 _ 1993
B560,000 _ 1994
B580,000 _ 1995
B790,000 _ 1996
B850,000 _ 1997
B990,000 _ 1998
H100,000 _ 1999
H170,000 _ 2000