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Old 23 December 2014, 10:46 AM   #1
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Do Chinese watches come stamped with 888?

I have a watch in my collection stamped with the sequence 888, or is this just a coincidence?

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Old 23 December 2014, 10:48 AM   #2
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Do Chinese watches come stamped with 888?

I have a watch in my collection stamped with the sequence 888, or is this just a coincidence?

Let me have it as an Xmas present, and I'll get back to u with answers

I think it's just a coincidence lol
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Old 23 December 2014, 11:10 AM   #3
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How about 999 ??? Much more rarer....???


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Old 23 December 2014, 11:41 AM   #4
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Well, 8 is a lucky #in Chinese culture. And the Rolex country code for Hong Kong is 888.
But that could even be coincidence too. Unless someone from the inside cares to enlighten us.

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Old 23 December 2014, 12:20 PM   #5
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My wife's DJ serial starts with 8168 the next number I think 00 something like that
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Old 23 December 2014, 01:55 PM   #6
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Well, 8 is a lucky #in Chinese culture. And the Rolex country code for Hong Kong is 888.
But that could even be coincidence too. Unless someone from the inside cares to enlighten us.

-GW
I'm not on the inside, but I think I will go out on a limb and say Hong Kong's Rolex code is not a coincidence or by chance. That would be very un-Rolex of Rolex.
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Old 23 December 2014, 01:57 PM   #7
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Let me have it as an Xmas present, and I'll get back to u with answers

I think it's just a coincidence lol
That...is a coincidence. A good one mind you, if you're Asian and superstitious. And if you're not, I bet if you ever went to sell it, you could fetch a premium above market for that simple coincidence.
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Old 23 December 2014, 03:04 PM   #8
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Do Chinese watches come stamped with 888?

I have a watch in my collection stamped with the sequence 888, or is this just a coincidence?

I think the serial number on your watch is a coincidence. The number 8 is good luck in the Chinese culture, but I would be surprised if Rolex did this one on purpose.

In conversations with my AD, he has told me that many of his Chinese clients pass on watches with "unlucky" numbers such as a 4. Personally, I could care less.
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Old 23 December 2014, 03:22 PM   #9
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I would avoid 666 numbers
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Old 23 December 2014, 09:30 PM   #10
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Dang 888 ..... Nice!
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Old 23 December 2014, 10:22 PM   #11
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I would avoid 666 numbers

Hell no.
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My DJ starts with 016 and my bday is on the 16th....coincidence
but really is starts with 016
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Well, 8 is a lucky #in Chinese culture. And the Rolex country code for Hong Kong is 888.
But that could even be coincidence too. Unless someone from the inside cares to enlighten us.

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I'm not on the inside, but I think I will go out on a limb and say Hong Kong's Rolex code is not a coincidence or by chance. That would be very un-Rolex of Rolex.
I don't think it is a coincidence.
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Old 24 December 2014, 01:44 AM   #14
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yeah I think it's a coincidence
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