Difference in the Certificate between EU and US

[p-hunter]

Why do Rolex use different Plaastic certificate for different countries?
In Europe they write
No client and then we can see what country the watch is sold in
Then the type of watch eg 116509
Serial nr
and finally Oyster Perpertual
Also the text is in French on the side where there is a lot of text

Would it not be more easy to use the same for US
I see some pics that on yours they write No of bracelet.
Style of Dial
For me it seems more genuine with the text in Franch

[novan3]

My guarantee card is also all in French. Doesn't matter as long as my name is correctly spelt.

[p-hunter]

Originally Posted by novan3

My guarantee card is also all in French. Doesn't matter as long as my name is correctly spelt.

Yes but you live in an partially French speaking country
Even on cans of food thay write instruction how to make in french language.

[eddie_b]

As far as I know all US cards have the bracelet and dial type. Don't know why they do this only on US cards but I'm assuming it might have something to do either with the market (US buyers like to see that?) or they're trying to prevent dials from being changed?

Could be anyone's guess (except Rolex) :)

[The GMT Master]

Rolex USA seem to operate as a different entity, hence the slight differences in guarantees, packaging etc.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by p-hunter

Why do Rolex use different Plaastic certificate for different countries?
In Europe they write
No client and then we can see what country the watch is sold in
Then the type of watch eg 116509
Serial nr
and finally Oyster Perpertual
Also the text is in French on the side where there is a lot of text

Would it not be more easy to use the same for US
I see some pics that on yours they write No of bracelet.
Style of Dial
For me it seems more genuine with the text in Franch

Rolex USA is a separate company from the parent company Rolex SA and yes there literature and packaging is slightly different from the rest of the world.

[honeybear]

A related question, when I purchased my SubC ND, the warranty card and manuals came in a cardboard sleeve, with a slot for the warranty card. Is there a separate leather warranty card holder which was supposed to be included? I purchased this from an AD in the US.

[eddie_b]

Originally Posted by honeybear

A related question, when I purchased my SubC ND, the warranty card and manuals came in a cardboard sleeve, with a slot for the warranty card. Is there a separate leather warranty card holder which was supposed to be included? I purchased this from an AD in the US.

Per my knowledge the older models came with that leather holder. I'm not sure when they switched over to cardboard but I'm guessing somewhere around 2005-ish?

[honeybear]

Originally Posted by eddie_b

Per my knowledge the older models came with that leather holder. I'm not sure when they switched over to cardboard but I'm guessing somewhere around 2005-ish?

Thanks, i was just wondering, because I keep seeing watches for sale, even new models, with the leather holder, but I guess they were purchased in the EU.

[77T]

Whenever there's a changeover in the collateral provided to new Rolex owners, ADs often have many of the older items left over so it can be a year or more before the new things are in the box.