Rolex is a Swiss luxury watch company founded in 1905 in the city of London by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis. Rolex is the largest and the most successful luxury watch company on earth.
This watch company manufactures close to two thousand watches daily and has an annual revenue of about three billion dollars. It is a fact that Rolex watches are well known all over the world. This watch brand is synonymous with luxury, wealth and of course the art of high end watch making. Billionaires, millionaires, watch collectors and regular folks are fascinated with fame, design and quality of the Rolex watches.
Rolex watches have been advertised in magazines all over the world including the USA. Rolex watches have been even advertised on TV showing stylish and glamour commercials. After all, it is extremely rare to see a wristwatch commercial on TV. Rolex has the most notable and desired list of so called ambassadors (people that are endorsed by Rolex and wear their watches). The list consist of talented and famous people like Placido Domingo, Arnold Palmer, Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Sir Edmund Hilary, Eric Clapton and Yo-Yo Ma. Rolex is also the official sponsor and time keeper of numerous major sport championships like Wimbledon, Davis Cup, FEI World Equestrian Games, World Golf Championships and The Australian Open. Even infamous James Bond, agent 007, have wore Rolex watch in many of the Bond movies.
Currently Rolex manufactures the following men's and women's watch models: President Day-Date, Datejust, Cellini, Submariner, Milgauss,Explorer II, Air King, GMT-Master II, Daytona and Yacht-Master. Rolex manufactures it's watches in stainless steels, gold and even platinum. Some watch models like President Day-Date and Datejust are even manufactured with diamonds on the dial, bezel and even bracelet. Prices on brand new Rolex watches start from about four thousand dollars for stainless steel Rolex Air King and up to twenty thousand dollars for an eighteen karat gold Rolex President Day-Date. However some unique platinum and diamond covered Rolex watches are priced significantly higher and can sell for tens of thousands of dollars. Rolex manufactures self-winding watch movements for most of it's watches however some Rolex watches have quartz movement too.
Rolex watch company manufactures watches for various types of people, situations and budgets. For example, President Day-Date, Datejust and Cellini are watch models that are slick, elegant and more business type. However Submariner, Milgauss,Explorer II, Air King, GMT-Master II, Daytona and Yacht-Master are watch models that are sporty, chunky and more casual type. All Rolex watches are always at the top of their group among competition. For example, Rolex Submariner is one of the greatest diver watches ever made to this day and is at the pinnacle of all diver watches. Another example is Rolex President Day-Date which is also famous for its design and quality. President Day-Date is also one of the scarcest luxury business watches in the market.
Rolex watches can be a great gift and even a great investment. Some rare watch models like eighteen karat gold chronographer Daytona can keep it's resale value and even increase in value over some period of time. It is a fact that Rolex watches are the best at keeping their retail value amongst their competition. Pre-owned watch stores, watch dealers and even watch collectors are eager to buy good quality pre-owned Rolex watches. The Rolex logo is the King's Crown. They place it on the dial of all o their watches. Rolex watch company have been at the pinnacle of the luxury watch making industry for a long time and never ever gave second thoughts about their status. Rolex is truly the King. You can not go wrong with Rolex.
Rolex Watches Guide
Article by Michael Felix and published on former Yahoo! Contributors Network
Rolex Production Dates - Serial Numbers (Post-1998)
It is very important when buying a preowned Rolex watch, to check the serial number: is located between the lugs at the 6' position. It is also listed on the certificate Rolex issues. Here is a list of production dates and serial numbers.
Starting in 1987, the serial numbers were prefixed with a letter (eg. S612345 was produced in 1993).
- 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)
Rolex Production Dates - Serial Numbers (Pre-1988)
28,000 1926 30,430 1927 32,960 1928 35,390 1929 37,820 1930 40,250 1931 42,680 1932 45,000 1934 63,000 1935 81,000 1936 99,000 1937 117,000 1938 135,000 1939 164,600 1940 194,200 1941 223,800 1942 253,400 1943 283,000 1944 348,100 1945 413,200 1946 478,300 1947 543,400 1948 608,500 1949 673,600 1950 738,700 1951 803,800 1952 950,000 1953 999,000 1954 * Rolex started their 200,000 1955 serial numbers over 400,000 1956 600,000 1957 800,000 1958 | 1,100,000 1959 1,402,000 1960 1,480,000 1961 1,558,000 1962 1,636,000 1963 1,714,000 1964 1,792,000 1965 1,871,000 1966 2,163,900 1967 2,426,800 1968 2,689,700 1969 2,952,600 1970 3,215,500 1971 3,478,400 1972 3,741,300 1973 4,004,200 1974 4,267,100 1975 4,539,000 1976 5,006,000 1977 5,482,000 1978 5,958,000 1979 6,434,000 1980 6,910,000 1981 7,386,000 1982 7,862,000 1983 8,338,000 1984 8,814,000 1985 9,290,000 1986 9,999,999 1987 1/2 9,766,000 1987 |
| Last digit of Model Number | Feature |
| 0 | Stainless Steel |
| 1 | Yellow Gold Filled |
| 2 | White Gold Filled |
| 3 | Stainless Steel with Yellow Gold |
| 4 | Stainless Steel with White Gold |
| 5 | Gold Shell |
| 6 | Platinum |
| 7 | 14kt Yellow Gold |
| 8 | 18kt Yellow Gold |
| 9 | 14kt White Gold |
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Rolex is a Swiss luxury watch company founded in 1905 in the city of London by Hans Wilsdorf and his brother-in-law Alfred Davis.