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Old 19 August 2019, 10:27 PM   #1
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Royal Oak serial number question

I just pulled the trigger on my first AP (15500st, black dial). It's from gray market as we don't have an AD in Finland anymore and as a new potential foreign customer all the European boutiques (and the few AD left) gave me an answer of 18 months to 3 years (on the black dial). I visited 7 boutiques/ADs (in UK, Germany, Sweden and France) and called/emailed the rest. Half of the boutiques/ADs just stated that "the list" is full.

My question is about the serial numbers. All the 15500sts I have seen had a serial number starting with the letter K. The watch that I bought (from a dealer in Monaco, and the watch is said to been bought from Italy) has a serial number starting with UL. Does this "UL" tell you something?

I just registered the watch on AP web site and everything (including the warranty) seems to be OK. I'm just curious as all the others were K-series.
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Old 14 February 2020, 10:03 PM   #2
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Same question. Mine starts with PW, followed by numbers and then K at the end. Anyone?
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Old 15 February 2020, 01:28 AM   #3
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Mine starts with WU followed by G, bought in the USA.
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Old 15 February 2020, 01:56 AM   #4
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Mine starts with WU followed by G, bought in the USA.
When did you get yours? I was thinking the K on mine tells the series (I believe K is the latest?) but not sure anymore.
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Old 15 February 2020, 01:59 PM   #5
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When did you get yours? I was thinking the K on mine tells the series (I believe K is the latest?) but not sure anymore.
I got mine in December 2019.
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Old 15 February 2020, 04:59 PM   #6
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It appears AP has gone to a random serial number system after K serial. This occurred sometime in Q4 2019. I purchased a ROC from an AD during this time and the serial number starts with LT.
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Old 16 February 2020, 01:36 AM   #7
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WAxxxxM, bought June 2019 in the UK
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Old 19 February 2020, 01:54 AM   #8
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When I extended my K serial number 15400 Black Dial the warranty extended to Aug 13, 2023. I presume that means it was put in service on Aug 13 of 2018. (I bought it about a year after that) But pretty clearly the K serial numbers were 2018s and the J serial numbers were just before that. Apparently their move to random numbers was in 2019.
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