Rolex Reference number Guide: The Go-to Resource List

All Rolex watches have two engravings on the metal of its case. These engravings are what are known as the reference number and the serial number. The serial number can be found on the 6 o’clock side of the case of the watch, but from 2010, Rolex started engraving the serial number of their watches on the rehaut instead, which is the inner metal ring below the crystal. During a period, though, some Rolex watches got the serial number engraved both on the case and on the rehaut, but on modern Rolex watches, the serial number is only engraved on the rehaut.

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Vintage Rolex advertisements – a Large collection

Having operated in the watch industry for more than a century, Rolex is the world’s most well-known luxury brand, distinguished from its competitors through portraying and clever marketing.

Rolex is seldom compared with other watch brands because the brand has worked extremely hard at portraying it as a brand that has no real competitors, or no equals. There’s Rolex, and then there’s the rest.

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How to Tell the Year of Your Rolex Watch [Complete Guide]

Rolex needs no further information. It’s one of the most prestigious, if not the most prestigious watch brands in the world, and they’ve been manufacturing and refining their watches for more than a century by now. The long life of the Rolex brand and the long history of producing watches means that there are Rolex watches of all ages on the Rolex market.

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