How important is a serial tag??

[Stingerstingray]

If a Rolex (a newer model) comes with the original green Rolex box, a cardboard box, booklets, a warranty card, and a green hangtag but not a serial tag, is it still considered a complete set?

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[crazymcmichael]

Originally Posted by Stingerstingray

If a Rolex (a newer model) comes with the original green Rolex box, a cardboard box, booklets, a warranty card, and a green hangtag but not a serial tag, is it still considered a complete set?

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Yes as today the white tag isnt delivered anymore in a lot of cases

[Old Expat Beast]

Yes it is still considered a full set. Or should be. ADs often keep the serial tag.

[torrente]

I asked for that tag to my AD and they told me that they keep it.

[ozwatchguy]

More important than the watch. If it doesn’t have a serial tag the serial isn’t verified and no longer a complete set or future collectable investment, id pass.

Just joking, the little hang tags won’t make much difference it will still be considered a full set. The only thing that will hinder resale value would be not having a warranty card

[Art 1]

I have mine and prefer having it. Some ADs keep them.

[badass09]

Bought my 116618LB 3 days ago.. it didn't come with the white tag either. But it doesn't bother me.

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[badass09]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Yes it is still considered a full set. Or should be. ADs often keep the serial tag.

Ok but what do they actually do with it after the watch has been sold.

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[Ian Macdermott]

Originally Posted by ozwatchguy

More important than the watch. If it doesn’t have a serial tag the serial isn’t verified and no longer a complete set or future collectable investment, id pass.

Really, more important than the watch eh.

So you would buy a full set minus the watch and be a happy chappie.

[finestdealer]

I think it’s very good

[ozwatchguy]

Originally Posted by Ian Macdermott

Really, more important than the watch eh.

So you would buy a full set minus the watch and be a happy chappie.

Lol only kidding in a sarcastic mood tonight.

If your planning to keep the watch forever the watch is all that matters. Warranty card is always good to have but if I was getting a watch cheap enough without the card I’d still buy it. Hang tags and bezel protectors are just a little
Bonus

[jrs146]

I still consider it a complete set. It’s a bonus to have but not a must.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by ozwatchguy

More important than the watch. If it doesn’t have a serial tag the serial isn’t verified and no longer a complete set or future collectable investment, id pass.

Complete and utter nonsense the so called serial tag is for Rolex internal AD administration whether you posted in jest but on forum we all prefer facts..

[AJMarcus]

Buy the seller and don’t worry about it.

[AJMarcus]

Originally Posted by ozwatchguy

More important than the watch. If it doesn’t have a serial tag the serial isn’t verified and no longer a complete set or future collectable investment, id pass.

Hope you’re not serious. If so, That’s completely ridiculous.

[10klakes]

I was just discussing this yesterday, as I was unboxing a new piece. My AD includes the serial tag and I have never asked them to do so. It wouldn’t bother me if they did not include it, however, I am sure they dispose of them in the trash, so why not send it with the watch?

[Cryten]

Have the Rolex crowd lost their sense of humour?

The tag is more important than the watch? It's clearly a joke, poking fun at someone obsessing over a little plastic tag.

Perhaps the Rolex shortage is causing withdrawal symptoms.

[TempoKing]

Originally Posted by ozwatchguy

More important than the watch. If it doesn’t have a serial tag the serial isn’t verified and no longer a complete set or future collectable investment, id pass.

I don’t get it ...
More important than the watch ?...if it doesn’t have the serial tag
(But it comes with its warranty card that has the serial number)
Why the serial number of such a Rolex watch .. isn’t verified ...?

[Bigblu10]

The white tag is really meaningless whether you get one or the AD chooses to retain it. It is still a complete set without it and if someone chooses not to buy a watch because of it there is always someone who is sensible and wont care either way.

[stylinleems]

Originally Posted by badass09

Ok but what do they actually do with it after the watch has been sold.

Some ADs keep it and staple it to the receipt for their records (this is what one AD does) When I purchased my 500LN they wanted to do this but I requested it and they gave it. Other ADs just throw it out when you leave the store along with the stickers and white cardboard box.

One funny thing is that some ADs now, are taking pictures of the watch in the box with the stickers removed sitting next to it along with the warranty card named/dated (possibly to show or have a record that they followed Rolex protocol)

[AJMarcus]

Originally Posted by Cryten

Have the Rolex crowd lost their sense of humour?

The tag is more important than the watch? It's clearly a joke, poking fun at someone obsessing over a little plastic tag.

Perhaps the Rolex shortage is causing withdrawal symptoms.

I’m not sure it’s a joke. Lots of uninformed clueless folks on TRF lately. If it is a joke, however, it’s not a nice prank to pull on the OP who is asking, for him, a serious question. Like Padi said TRF should answer a straight question with facts not jokes. But sadly TRF has changed from its original purpose where one could ask the most basic question and not be ridiculed, and ask the most complex question and get the facts.

[77T]

Originally Posted by badass09

Ok but what do they actually do with it after the watch has been sold.

Lucrative side business...




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[nikesupremedunk]

It’s still considered a full set but I’d rather have it than not have it. The green tag is easy to buy but the white tag can’t be bought after since it has a printed serial number. If there are 2 same watches for sale in equal condition and same price, would you rather take the one that comes with both tags or just 1?

[crazymcmichael]

Originally Posted by nikesupremedunk

It’s still considered a full set but I’d rather have it than not have it. The green tag is easy to buy but the white tag can’t be bought after since it has a printed serial number. If there are 2 same watches for sale in equal condition and same price, would you rather take the one that comes with both tags or just 1?

I would look if the watch is polished, scratched, how the state of both watches is before i decide if i want the serial hangtag version or the non.. year(service upcomming) I would not give 100 extra for that tag..

[TswaneNguni]

Serial tags are all kept my local ADs in my country .

[DoctorA]

The watch and warranty papers are the most important! Everything else is replaceable!

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

Yes it is still considered a full set. Or should be. ADs often keep the serial tag.

I agree with Adam.

[Brew]

Not at all important to me. I think mine are in the boxes, with the rest of the papers that are also not important to me. None of that stuff tells the time, fyi.

[Harry-57]

Originally Posted by AJMarcus

I’m not sure it’s a joke. Lots of uninformed clueless folks on TRF lately. If it is a joke, however, it’s not a nice prank to pull on the OP who is asking, for him, a serious question.

According to the person who posted this, it was a joke. They clearly stated this in the next line of their post. I think it would be both polite and sensible to take their word for it and to perhaps accept that people the world over use humour in different ways, and to read the whole post in context is the best way of making a judgement call, not that we really should be making such calls. We're on the internet, not writing the Ten Commandments.

Some of my Rolex watches have come home from the AD with the white tag, some not. Since the watch is stamped with the serial number and the AD receipt states what the serial number is, I've never really given it any thought. It just doesn't seem important. It might be very important to some collectors, but if the desire is for something not routinely supplied with the watch, the expectation seems unrealistic.

[badass09]

Originally Posted by 77T

Lucrative side business...




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Lol. But seems to be a slow moving business.

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