Gmt II serial number

[Horology.life]

Hi guys, after a bit of help here.
Would an 'R' serial number GMT II Coke be an 16710 or 16760.
Any help appreciated. Many thanks

[Old Expat Beast]

Could be either.

[Colin10101]

R Serial would be 16760. 16710 came out in 1989, R serial dates to 1987. Check out GMT Master history for more info.

http://www.gmtmasterhistory.com/

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Colin10101

R Serial would be 16760. 16710 came out in 1989, R serial dates to 1987. Check out GMT Master history for more info.

http://www.gmtmasterhistory.com/

R serials go up to 1989. No serial letter was restricted to a single year.

[Colin10101]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

R serials go up to 1989. No serial letter was restricted to a single year.

Oh, I see - so there wasn't a specific cut off point for Rolex serials. Did they ever produce watches with different serial letters at the same time?

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Colin10101

Oh, I see - so there wasn't a specific cut off point for Rolex serials. Did they ever produce watches with different serial letters at the same time?

Yes, most noticeably late 1980s and early 1990s from what I can tell.

[Horology.life]

Thanks very much guys

[Alf_flash]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

R serials go up to 1989. No serial letter was restricted to a single year.

Please help me understand, i have a 16710 but is R Serial. That made me doubt.

So in your experience it is possible ? 16710 R ?

Thank you very very much


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[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by Alf_flash

Please help me understand, i have a 16710 but is R Serial. That made me doubt.

So in your experience it is possible ? 16710 R ?

Thank you very very much


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Yep, R's went into 1989 which was the year of the first 16710 as far as I know. Is the R followed by a high number, like 8 or 9?

[Alf_flash]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Yep, R's went into 1989 which was the year of the first 16710 as far as I know. Is the R followed by a high number, like 8 or 9?

Yes ! Its R985

Thank you !!!!!


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[Tools]

Originally Posted by Colin10101

Oh, I see - so there wasn't a specific cut off point for Rolex serials. Did they ever produce watches with different serial letters at the same time?

When Rolex went to prefix letters they almost always had 2 or three (or more) letter prefixes in production at the same time..

Each prefix lasted 3 or more years with precious metal prefixes in the Que for even longer.

To the question: All 16760's had the red/black bezel and no other colors were offered. The 16710 came out with all three insert colors available so it doesn't matter what the serial number is.