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Rolex case back stamping VI what does it mean.
The question was raised recently by Nicolas about the significance of the VI stamp. Many have always equated this with quarter of the year I, II , III etc. as it would seem logical and acceptable conclusion. I mentioned that I had previously heard the correct meaning which I went back to the source and confirmed.
It was explained that this marking is simply a batch reference batch one=I and batch two stamping is=II it really just about the production of the casebacks. If they made more they simply incremented the batch number in higher production years.
So while quarters seem logical it is actually a production batch.
Rolex case back VI is a batch reference.
Rolex case back stamping VI what does it mean.
The question was raised recently by Nicolas about the significance of the VI stamp. Many have always equated this with quarter of the year I, II , III etc. as it would seem logical and acceptable conclusion. I mentioned that I had previously heard the cor...
Thanks Nico, I have no doubt. [nt]
What is absolutly crazy is, one of my friends is watchmaker and working 25 years for an off. Rolex dealer. They dont care about this things, the dont know the Rolex-special-names what we use, a tropic dial for him is destroid, and he always say to me, "th...
As many other brands...
Thank you for the input, Bill! That would make more sense. Especially considering that each batch won't come out exactly the same due to different tool settings, etc. It's good info for the watchmakers to know from which batch each parts comes from. I not...
