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7 June 2012, 01:28 PM | #1 |
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Buying outside the US
Recently purchased a GMTIIc here in the middle east and it didn't come with a Factory Service booklet or a "your oyster perpetual" booklet. Are these a US phenomenon only?
The Your Oyster booklet seems to no longer be included with any recent model but want to compare other experiences. |
7 June 2012, 02:35 PM | #2 |
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Hey gmtuae, i can tell you that here in Arabia we dont have the Factory Service booklet, they are so cheap they dont even give us the extra ploishing cloth that i noticed they give folks in the USA
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7 June 2012, 04:38 PM | #3 |
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I have taken Rolexes in on trade that have been from europe and the middle east and as I recall they had the booklets
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7 June 2012, 04:44 PM | #4 |
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Just bought a SS Daytona for myself and a Datejust for my wife from an AD here in India and they didn't come with a Factory Service booklet either.
Just the warranty card, day tone/datejust booklet and the warranty translations booklet. |
7 June 2012, 04:57 PM | #5 |
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In U.K we don't have the Factory booklet.
We do have Sub/oyster booklet and Warranty translation booklet and if course the warrantee card and cloth. |
7 June 2012, 06:15 PM | #6 |
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thats weird? why would it be different to anywhere else?
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7 June 2012, 07:01 PM | #7 |
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i can never tell, it varies so much from country to country...
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7 June 2012, 08:56 PM | #8 |
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Each market has different marketing management that chooses the collateral and packaging for their part of the world. Generally, this is true for most multi-national concerns - HQ goes along with their local decisions as long as they hit their numbers.
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7 June 2012, 09:44 PM | #9 |
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How about the "Your Oyster Perpetual" booklet? I don't see that it is really included in US purchases anymore either. Just the Submariner? Or all Oyster Perpetuals?
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7 June 2012, 11:28 PM | #10 |
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It has been included but frankly the time is long overdue for Rolex to get into 21st Century - no books - just a warranty card with S/N, etc + a USB drive with all the pertinent instructions in PDF and demo video's of how to work the watch's various features.
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8 June 2012, 12:06 AM | #11 |
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I'm shocked, the booklets contina some useful information for the Rolex newbie...why would they not be included or on hand
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8 June 2012, 12:52 AM | #12 |
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Hmmm.. here's what I got:
Warranty/Chronometer Booklet Warranty/Chronometer Card Green leather wallet/sleeve GMT Master II Instruction Booklet Swiss Chronometer Hang Tag No "Oyster Perpetual" book No Factory Service book No polishing cloth. I bought this in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Did I miss out on something? Anyone else buy this model anywhere, or any model in UAE? |
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