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14 November 2019, 05:41 AM | #1 |
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Age/year of my DD2 (218238)
I've acquired a slightly used DD2 (218238) and wanted to know the year it was made. I was told, not sure if true, only a Rolex AD can guess the year of scrambled serials. I also see folks refer to their X numbers serial and give out the year in their discussion. my serial has a Q and a Y, wasn't sure which of those letters is the determining factor. Pic of actual watch below.
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14 November 2019, 07:07 AM | #3 |
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^^^ Yep ^^^
And that's kinda the point with the scrambled serial numbers. Rolex doesn't want us to be able to date the pieces anymore. |
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If they have the warranty card or bill of sale, that will get you an approximate, assuming the watch didn’t sit for A year or two, which was more common back in the day with PM
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Daydate II was produced from 2008 to 2014 , but your specific black roman dial was produced from 2010 to 2014 only. If that helps. |
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I've wondered if there is any rhyme or reason for random serial numbers besides hiding the age. There must a secret way to break the code at the Mothership in Geneva. I guess we'll never know.
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Why make a 2nd thread for this? Scrambled SN means no one can tell you exactly when it was made.
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I've never heard of a way to know the precise year of a random serial number and have been around long enough to happen upon it. AD's are notorious for telling all sorts of untruths so it wouldn't surprise if one claimed to know but did not. The DD II had a short run that overlapped with the advent of randoms. The only way I would think of to refine it further is to see if your dial was released in a year after the launch of the DD II. Beautiful watch by the way.
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No trick to decoding random numbers; they're random. Padi/Larry is one of the most knowledgeable authorities on the forum. Also he's a moderator so he has every right to reprimand you and even assign penalties to you even to the point of banning. Tread lightly. I don't know if an AD will go through the effort to get you information but that's a good place to start.
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23 January 2020, 09:07 PM | #16 |
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Alpino already gave you the best info you can get. Other than getting Rolex to give you the exact date nobody here will be able to answer your question.
"Daydate II was produced from 2008 to 2014 , but your specific black roman dial was produced from 2010 to 2014 only." |
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In any event, that's a beautiful watch.
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Think about it like a license plate on a car. The Police with access to the database can tell a lot about your car from the license plate (colour, make, model). But that dats isn’t coming from the 8 characters and numbers on the plate, it just serves as a lookup key. |
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