Rolex Bracelet Code

Rolex Bracelet Codes

Bracelet Code	Year
A or VA	1976
B or VB	1977
C or VC	1978
D or VD	1979
E or VE	1980
F or VF	1981
G	1982
H	1983
I	1984
J	1985
K	1986
L	1987
M	1988
N	1989
O	1990
P	1991
Q	1992
R	1993
S	1994
T or W	1995
V	1996
Z	1997
U	1998
X	1999
AB	2000
DE	2001
DT	2002
AD	2003
CL	2004
MA	2005
OP	2006
EO	2007
PJ	2008
LT	2009
RS	2010
RANDOM	2011 -

Rolex Submariner	Bracelet / Endlinks	Bracelet / Endlinks	Bracelet / Endlinks
6538	7206 / 58
6536	7206 / 58
5508	7206 / 58
5512	7206 / 58	9315 / 280	93150 / 580
5513	7206 / 58	9315 / 280	93150 / 580
1680	9315 / 280	93150 / 580
16800	93150 / 501B
168000	93150 / 501B
16610	93150 / 501B	93250 / SEL
14060	93150 / 501B
116610	97200 / SEL

Rolex Sea-Dweller	Bracelet / Endlinks	Bracelet / Endlinks
1665	9315 / 380	93150 / 585
16660	93160 / 592 SEL
16600	93160 / 592B SEL	93160A / 592B SEL
116600	98210 / SEL

Rolex GMT Master	Bracelet / Endlinks	Bracelet / Endlinks	Bracelet / Endlinks
6542	7206 / 80
1675	7206 / 58	7836 / 280	78360 / 580
16750	78360 / 580
16700	78360 / 501B	78790A / SEL
16710	78360 / 501	78790A / SEL
16760	78360 / 501	78790A / SEL
116710	78200 / SEL

In the same way that Rolex serial numbers allow you to date the year of your Rolex you can also date the year of your Rolex bracelet.

Rolex bracelet codes are found on the inner part of the Rolex bracelet clasp and started in the 1950′s when Rolex also began stamping the inner caseback of their watches. The only difference being that Rolex used roman numerals for the ‘quarter’ stamp in the case back and standard numerals for their ‘quarter’ bracelet stamps – so a 4th quarter watch from 1965 would be stamped IV65 in the case back but 4 65 for the bracelet and with the quarter number stamped above the year.

This method of date stamping bracelets continued, like the casebacks, until the early 70′s when it stopped.

From 1976 Rolex again started dating bracelets but this time with a letter to designate the year and number to designate the month of manufacture. So for instance, from the table below, we can denote that a bracelet stamped F7 was manufactured in July 1981. If a bracelet has an additional ‘S’ stamped along with the year and date then it is a service replacement.

More recently with SEL (solid end link) bracelets Rolex have been stamping the part number, date code and Rolex crown into the inner part of the end link and so not visible without removing the bracelet.

USA manufactured bracelets differ in their stampings to their European counterparts in that many bracelets have no date and that dated ones are month/year stamped rather than quarter/year. They are also stamped U.S.A. on the clasp to differentiate.