Rolex Models and reference numbers

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Here's where you find it:

And that is what it means:

Air-King

4365, 4925, 5500, 5501, 5506, 5520, 6500, 6552, 7784, 14000, 14000M, 14010, 14010M

Air-King-Date

5700, 5701

Datejust

1600, 1601, 1603, 1607, 1625, 1630, 6305, 6518, 6604, 6605, 6827, 16013, 16014, 16018, 16030, 16078, 16200, 16203, 16220, 16233, 16234, 16238, 16248, 16250, 16263, 16364, 116138, 116139, 116203, 116208, 116233, 116238

Datejust Medium

6824, 6827, 68240, 68243, 68248, 68273, 68274, 68278, 77080, 77014, 77438,77518, 78240, 78243, 78246, 78248, 78266, 78273, 78274, 78278, 78279, 78286, 78288, 81158, 81208, 81209, 81308, 81338, 81339, 178158, 178159, 178238, 178239, 178245, 178246, 178248, 178269, 178275, 178278, 178279, 178286, 178288

Day Date (aka "President")

1803, 1804, 1807, 6511, 6611, 18026, 18038, 18039, 18078, 18238, 18239, 18248, 18346, 18946, 18948, 18956, 18958, 118205, 118206, 118208, 118209, 118235, 118238, 118239, 118296, 118338, 118339, 118346, 118348, 118366, 118398, 118399

Daytona

6239, 6240, 6241, 6239, 62,40, 6241, 6262, 6263, 6264, 6265, 6240, 6241, 16518, 16519, 16520, 16523, 16528, 116509, 116518, 116519, 116520, 116523, 116528, 116589, 116598, 116599 Explorer 1016, 1038, 5500, 5501, 5504, 6098, 6150, 6298, 6305, 6350, 6610, 14270, 114270

Explorer

1016, 1038, 5500, 5501, 5504, 6098, 6150, 6298, 6305, 6350, 6610, 14270, 114270

Explorer II

1655, 16550, 16570

GMT-Master

1675, 6542, 16700, 16713, 16750, 16753, 16758

GMT-Master II

16710, 16713, 16718, 16760

Milgaus

1019, 6541

Oyster Perpetual

1002, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1014, 1018, 1023, 1024,1025, 1030, 1038, 1500, 1501, 1565, 5500, 6085, 6103, 6177, 6202, 6284, 6518, 6532, 6546, 6548, 6549, 6551, 6552, 6556, 6564, 6565, 6567, 6569, 6580, 6582, 6584, 6590, 6605, 6623, 6634, 14203, 14203M, 14208, 14208M, 14238

Oyster Perpetual Date

1500, 1501, 1503, 1505, 1550, 1560, 1603, 1625, 5075, 6075, 6335, 6518, 6534, 6605, 6627, 15000, 15010, 15037, 15038, 15053, 15200, 15203, 15210, 15223, 15238, 15505

Oyster Perpetual Lady

6718, 6719, 6723, 6724, 76180, 67193, 67194, 67197, 67198, 67230, 67243, 76030, 76080, 76094, 76183, 76188, 76193, 76198, 76243, 77518

Oyster Perpetual Lady Date

6516, 6517, 6519, 6916, 6917, 6919, 69160, 69163, 69173, 69190, 69240, 79160, 79190, 79240

Oyster Perpetual Lady Datejust

6916, 6917, 6927, 69136, 69163, 69173, 69174, 69178, 69179, 69278, 79068, 79078, 79079, 79088, 79089, 79126, 79136, 79138, 79158, 79159, 79163, 79166, 79168, 79173, 79174, 79178, 79179, 79238, 79288, 80318, 80319, 80298, 80299, 80309, 80318, 80319, 80328, 80329, 80359, 179136, 179138, 179158, 179159, 179165, 179166, 179168, 179173, 179175, 179178, 179179, 179239, 179298, 179368, 179459

Oysterquarz Datejust

17000, 17013, 17014

Oysterquarz Day-Date

19018, 19019

Sea-Dweller

1665, 16600, 16660

Submariner

5508, 5512, 5513, 5514, 5517, 6200, 6204, 6205, 6536, 6538, 6538A, 14060, 14060M,

Submariner Date

1680, 16800, 16610, 16610LV, 16613, 16618, 16803, 16808

Turn-O-Graph

1625, 16253, 16268, 16263, 16264, 116261, 116263, 116264

Yacht-Master

16622, 16628, 68623, 68628, 168622, 168623, 168628, 169623, 169628

And now for the material codes. The last number of the reference is a material code. This is valid form 5 number references upwards. For the 4 number reference numbers there was a number added behind a dash like 5513/0 for a SS Submariner. Same goes for the bracelets:

0 Stainless Steel

1 Yellow Gold full

2 White Gold full or Steel and Platinum

3 Two tone steel and yellow gold

4 Steel and Whitegold

5 Golden plated or 18k Rosegold

6 Platinum

7 14k Yellowgold

8 18k Yellowgold

9 18k Whitegold

Type of Bezel on case 4th

0 Polished/Smooth

1 Finely Engine Turned

2 Engine Turned

3 Fluted

4 Hand-Crafted

5 Pyramid

6 Rotating Bezel

*For example on a four digit model number

1601 Datejust is all steel or steel and gold or all Gold.

All three datejusts are the same model number (1601)

**for example on a five digit model number

16200 all steel, smooth bezel.

16220 is an all steel engine turned bezel

16234 is an all steel white gold fluted bezel.

16203 is a to tone 18k yellow gold smooth bezel.

16233 is a to tone 18kyellow gold fluted bezel.

Edited March 25, 2006 by hanswurst