V Series Sea-Dweller Database & Country of Origin

[Atlanta]

There is endless debate on TRF whether the 16600 has been discontinued and if the 'V' case stamp will be the last to to be released.:thinking:

It seems universally agreed that a 'V' serial is the exact same watch as a 'M', 'Z', 'D' or any other recent 16600, but if it is the 'last of the line' - let's track what is in the market.:clap:

Please include serial (letter and first 2 or 3 #'s) and country of origin.

Example: V109XXXX - UK

This thread is not intended to debate V-serial SD's and their relevance - it is to document what is out there - so play nice everyone!:comeandge

[tmo168]

V002XXXX Brisbane Australia

[Meng16]

V15xxxx Barbado's

[Wildwing]

V447xxx Italy

[Atlanta]

Anyone else? We have three so far...

[nylawbiz]

V at an AD in Albany, New York

[Atlanta]

Saw another thread and thought I would ttt in case anyone wants to contribute...

[robrobin]

I traded away my "V" serial Seadwellers to an Asian gentleman at the last watch show I went to. He's scoured Asia and told me he had not seen any "V" serial SD's there to date. All mine were V1xxxxxx so it looks like there are some later ones in this post. A friend of mine in the Caribbean just got one in a few days ago. I will ask if he can give me the serial no. for the post.
Rob

[dajuicejml]

V30xxxx - Singapore

[JEVM1128]

V39xxxx - Irvine, California

*One thing I've noticed on the V series SD is that the "f" on the ft/depth rating IS a taller "f" which is noticeable too on the Deep Sea. Anyone care to comment about this?

[mccobr]

V47xxxx - London, England. New from dealer 2 weeks ago.

[IT-guy]

V36xxx US AD

[Tools]

Let's make this a sticky for a while and see how many V serial SD's we can list...:cheers:

[PhilK]

Also V47xxxx. From London AD a few months ago.

[jameshe]

V249xxx, bought July 2009 in Leeds, UK

interesting thread

[madgpol]

V47**** UK London Mar 09

[Greenroad]

V31**** SE Sweden Stockholm June 09
16610

[jukeboxs]

V47xxxx from May 2009, Scotland.

[Daytonaboy1977]

V47xxxx UK June 09

[Blueoctopus007]

V 47 Bought new from AD in March 2009.

For the record - I called Rolex HQ in Switzerland to find out if they would continue production in the future - the answer was a stern NO !!

The V is the last batch - I called around AD all over the UK and they are like hen's teeth.

[Vee-Dweller]

mine is V491xxx newcastle upon tyne uk. they had 3 in when i got this one,one of them was a V50xxxx i saw the guarantee card for it but couldn't have it as it was pre-sold. :crying:

[mccobr]

As previously posted V47xxxx - London, England. New from AD on 12/9/09. Was I the last one in the UK??

[scottkit]

v244xx bought in Vancouver, BC in Feb 09

[watchfreak2003]

V 447 xxx. Italy.

[Sharo]

V 447 xxx from Spore.
Been told last piece new from Spore.

[greenrositti]

I have a V2 that originated in Canada (Toronto) that is now in the U.S. None of the ADs I scoured in America ever had one.

[dkazaz]

V488xxx - bought from AD in Greece 3 months ago.

[Rolexroz]

I have an interest in the death or otherwise of the Seadweller and have been compiling my own list. Whilst I am no expert I am regularly in touch with more than 100 UK Rolex AD's and several hundred more throughout Europe

As far as the UK is concerned the last SD's have a V4 serial number and were produced almost 6 months ago.

I have yet to find any AD who will admit to receiving one from Rolex in the past 4 - 6 months.

So although some are still available at the UK list price of £3980(mostly plus a premium to the selling AD), they are now almost 6 months old and possibly older and most likely bought by the AD's at the previous price and now being sold at an inflated price.

So on balance it looks like the SD is dead, production having stopped some time ago, just like the Submariner LV.


Rolexroz

[Balded]

V366xxx - purchased from an AD in Seattle in June.
I know of 4 others still at ADs locally.

[Balded]

are there any 16600 with writings on the rehaux (flange).

I do not believe so, the Vs were the last to be built and have the plain flange.

[hbdb]

V377XXX - bought in Munich, June (now residing in the US)!

[Sub'erman]

V-0x6x8xx Copenhagen, :dude: Denmark August 09

Regards
SK

[supercarl]

V - purchased in June 09, UK

[tthopp05]

I dont think the loved 16600 will be going anywhere for a long Time.

[newsboy]

V 4755** purchased June 2009 :)

[N_Swe]

V40... Originally bought in Greece.

[LV SUB]

I purchased a V series Seadweller case number (477*****) for my sons 21st birthday gift. It was registerd on 10/9/2009 in the UK. this is the date of his birthday hopefully its the last registerd ? making it unique like my Son!! (one can Hope) thats still free at the moment. hoping that is !!

[Daytonaboy1977]

Bought mine this month in the UK from a forum member - refence is V48?499 can't remember the 3rd numeral but a very late watch IMO. But hey I just love the damn watch - this is the 4th V serial I have had and this one is going nowhere - one of my others was posted on here in June I think!!!

:cheers:

[JRA]

I purchased mine in late Dec of last year from an AD in Virginia. I have the box and papers stored at the moment, so when I can access them I will post the serial number for comparison purposes. The AD told me they had just received the watch (they had it for a few weeks before I purchased - I believe this to be true as I've purchased many watches from them and they have no reason to lie to me). Anyway, my guess (until I confirm for sure), given they'd just received it from Rolex, is it is one of the last ones available...but who knows...

[JRA]

I guess it's not the last - V366

[supercarl]

V - purchased in June 09, UK

V477*** - ps why do we delete some of the serial number? If to prevent replicas, surely they can get fairly good chances of landing an accurate number from the info on here?

[cedras]

V444xxx bought new from Italy

[kahoot]

V488xxx bought in December 2009 from uk

[Johny]

I have an interest in the death or otherwise of the Seadweller and have been compiling my own list. Whilst I am no expert I am regularly in touch with more than 100 UK Rolex AD's and several hundred more throughout Europe

As far as the UK is concerned the last SD's have a V4 serial number and were produced almost 6 months ago.

I have yet to find any AD who will admit to receiving one from Rolex in the past 4 - 6 months.

So although some are still available at the UK list price of £3980(mostly plus a premium to the selling AD), they are now almost 6 months old and possibly older and most likely bought by the AD's at the previous price and now being sold at an inflated price.

So on balance it looks like the SD is dead, production having stopped some time ago, just like the Submariner LV.


Rolexroz

hi roz what is your interest,i must admit that i am intrigued. would you consider it worth you opening a thread on the subject. it looks as if you have facts at your disposal and i would love the chance to read them. johny.

[Nairn1980]

hi roz what is your interest,i must admit that i am intrigued. would you consider it worth you opening a thread on the subject. it looks as if you have facts at your disposal and i would love the chance to read them. johny.

Roz hasnt been on this forum for quite a while I dont think......

[Johny]

Roz hasnt been on this forum for quite a while I dont think......

hi n well i hope she gets my request. facts...you got to love them.

[Rolexroz]

Good evening,
Firstly may I say a huge thanks to Nairn for sticking up for me.

Secondly, I know that I got one of the last SD's delivered to the UK's AD's. It was sent to them on the 7th January 2010( I know this for a fact as I was allowed to see the allocation list from Rolex.) and it had a V4 serial number. The strange thing was that almost 18 months earlier Rolex were sending out the V4's.

So one can only assume that Rolex manufactured a batch of SD's and then sat on some of them for almost 18 months.

As it happens I had contacted 147 UK Rolex dealers in January 2010 and only 12 admitted to having received a new SD. In the rest of Europe I couldn't find any who had had been offerred a BNIB SD.

As ever there was method in the decisions of the Rolex management, as the watch prices had increased from about £3300 (Autumn 2008, to the seriously ridiculous £4070 of January 2010 (as shown in the official dealer price list issued in December 2009, and published on the net by my good self on 29th December 2009.)

So unless anyone can confirm other wise, it looks like the mid V's was an end to the Rolex SD.

P.S. would any Scottish Rolex lover please send me a PM. I may well buy you a drink, if not dinner.............

Rolexroz

[alexxelor]

v31 01/09 italiy

v36 04/09 italy

love sd 16600

[tgoose1]

V54xxxx 9/09 USA Rolex authorized dealer
V38xxxx 8/09 Venezuela Rolex authorized dealer

[rallykid]

v477 may 09 from uk

[pb2au]

I just bought a 16600 with s/n V24XXXX today from my AD here in Toronto. Last one he had in stock. Had been looking for the watch and really happy to have snagged one with a warranty and open papers.
:cheers: