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shan · 20 March 2014, 11:10 PM

My brother purchased rolex watches in Japan and the certificates are in some other language (not english or Japanese). It was stamped in Hong Kong so I was wondering if Rolex certs are provided in other languages? I'm concerned they might not be real. Thanks for your input!

Old Expat Beast · 20 March 2014, 11:15 PM

HK papers are/were in French.

padi56 · 20 March 2014, 11:21 PM

At one time they were all mostly in French as although Switzerland where the watches were made have 4 languages spoken there French is the main.I believe Japan has always been in Japanese but not 100% sure on that,places like Hong-Kong could have several different languages but mainly French I would say.And will add a bit of paper or plastic card don't always prove authenticity of any watch as these items are the easiest to fake unless watch bought from a reliable source..

nickb732 · 20 March 2014, 11:23 PM

Yes they do, my brother's ExpII cert is in Italian.

Alpino · 20 March 2014, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by padi56

At one time they were all mostly in French as although Switzerland where the watches were made have 4 languages spoken there French is the main.

Yes, Swiss have 4 official languages spoken. But French is far to be the main.

German is the main language there, with 65% of population speaking it.
French is only second with 23%.

Rolex documents are in French just because Rolex HQ is located in Geneva which is in the French language part of Switzerland.

shan · 21 March 2014, 12:12 AM

Thanks for sharing this guys, he should be feeling better now about his purchases.

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20 March 2014, 11:15 PM	#2
Old Expat Beast TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron Join Date: Jul 2013 Real Name: Adam Location: Far East Watch: Golden Tuna Posts: 28,825	HK papers are/were in French.

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nickb732 "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Real Name: Nicholas Location: UK Posts: 2,630	Yes they do, my brother's ExpII cert is in Italian.

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shan "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Virginia Watch: AP soon Posts: 18	Thanks for sharing this guys, he should be feeling better now about his purchases.

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