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    Craftsman
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    36mm Explorer - last made

    Can anybody enlighten me when they changed to 39mm. Also, more importantly, did Rolex ever use 904L steel on the later 36mm watches? Thanks


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    Master
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    Sorry, misread.

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    Last edited by stefmcd; 2nd April 2018 at 19:56.

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    I think that the 36mm 114270 was changed to the 39mm 214270 in 2010.

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    Master
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    Unless someone corrects me, all 114270s were 904L.

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    Grand Master
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    Quote Originally Posted by JP Chestnut View Post
    Unless someone corrects me, all 114270s were 904L.
    +1, that's my belief. I think the last ones were made around 2010-2012.

    Paul

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    I purchased a V serial number 114270 in Dec 2009 in Malaysia.

    I was told then it was one of the last available of 36mm version (but I'm sure this was before the 39mm one was available).

    904L definitely - I was told this at the time by the AD (and you can just tell by looking at it).

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    Sorry, you can`t tell just by looking at it unless you've literally got x-ray eyes.

    I`ve repolished many watches, including my own Rolex cases, and I`m very hard-pressed to see a difference. Putting two similarly polished samples side by side would be the only way I`d pick out a very small difference, but to look at a watch in isolation?........no chance!

    Paul

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    A Rolex brochure from the time states that 904l was used in 36mm Explorer.

    https://www.scribd.com/document/3390...II-E-Brochures

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    Mines a V serial - 2009.. believe this was the last run before the switch to 39mm?

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