Rolex warranty card no good?

[904VT]

Originally Posted by ROLMARINER

Having recently purchased a 500C, BLRO, and DJ41 from grey dealers I have the three warranty cards, there are person's names on them, and there are imprinted AD's names on them.

How does one go about finding out if the warranty cards were swiped? Would any local AD be able to swipe my cards for me to confirm they are valid? Is it poor etiquette for me to contact the original AD for each to confirm the swipe occurred?

JS makes some nice points regarding full vs limited warranties in the US and Rolex USA.

If your cards are stamped, your warranty is active. Truth be told one could actually add a date after the fact to the card, and the AD would be the one getting in trouble by Rolex if the date wasn't accurate. For that reason, I'd find it highly unlikely any AD would risk letting a watch leave their store with incomplete paperwork. The serials would track back to the AD's inventory through Rolex and the store would risk their AD status.

What you purchased were likely, technically pre-owned watches from resellers, considering the cards and how they were completed. Grey dealers would officially be those that sell stock as new with unactivated warranties (think blank warranty cards, perhaps watches coming from other regions that are then distributed in a different region without license/AD Status).

The good thing is we're unlikely to need warranties as often with Rolex vs other brands