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Anyone know what these numbers are inside my case back please?
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michael e
路I'm absolutely not into RLX, but I don't think so.
I have seen other diamond dialed watches with just "16000" inside the caseback.
But it looks like the caseback has been polished/brushed inside. The factory stampings don't seem so sharp and crisp as usual, while the digits must have been engraved later.
My 2c...
My photo was at an angle, the engraving is crisp, here is another shot 馃憤
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michael e
路Could be the movement number? Rolex watches have a serial numer (between the lugs) and also a different movement number engraved on the base plate:
Just checked, the movement number and the weird inner case number, they are not related, so still a bit of mystery.
Thank you everyone for the ideas and opinions 馃憤
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Linesiders
路路Stripers, not snook.One thing that is important to note here, those surely look like Rolex/Tudor engravings with the factory font, and very well done.
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igatomic
路For a good time, call... ?
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tanglefoot
路One could also consider the different spacings of the stampings, but I'm not experienced enough to tell what is right or wrong (meaning different, so regular tolerance or not...):
The numbers were not done at the same time. the sixes are not the same at all.
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lpestre
路Those are service numbers, you can find also some starting with USXXXX. I had a GMT with the same type of engraving.
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jaguar11
路Sorry to dig up an old post but my Submariner has its sn engraved inside the case back. I have not got a clue why but it is not unique as I have seen sn's engraved inside other Rolex case backs. It does seem to be very uncommon though. Could it be that your case back was intended for another watch. A simple mix up?
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southtexas
路I do but unfortunately it is not very good...
Pics of front side?
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mbeast
路Serial numbers being engraved into casebacks is supposedly associated with 'special order' watches.
Obviously this doesn't explain why the serial in your caseback doesn't match the watch's serial, so possibly a mixup of some sort as @jaguar11 says, with a caseback originally intended for a special order watch being used instead for yours? It seems a bit far fetched, but is the most likely explanation in my opinion. Rolex were known to use whatever casebacks they had available rather than having a specific caseback for a specific midcase, hence your 16013 watch having a 16000 caseback and 5513s with 5512 casebacks etc.
Your watch's serial and the caseback 'serial' are also fairly close date-wise, with 'R' being the first letter prefix used following the use of number-only serials, so a low 9M serial is only around 1-2 years removed from an R serial.
Obviously this doesn't explain why the serial in your caseback doesn't match the watch's serial, so possibly a mixup of some sort as @jaguar11 says, with a caseback originally intended for a special order watch being used instead for yours? It seems a bit far fetched, but is the most likely explanation in my opinion. Rolex were known to use whatever casebacks they had available rather than having a specific caseback for a specific midcase, hence your 16013 watch having a 16000 caseback and 5513s with 5512 casebacks etc.
Your watch's serial and the caseback 'serial' are also fairly close date-wise, with 'R' being the first letter prefix used following the use of number-only serials, so a low 9M serial is only around 1-2 years removed from an R serial.
