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2 April 2010, 07:08 AM | #1 |
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Warranty Number info for my Red Sub??
Does anyone know what the numbers above the serial number signify?
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2 April 2010, 08:46 AM | #2 |
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2 April 2010, 12:39 PM | #3 |
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I can only tell you what the numbers on my papers mean; it is the type of dial and band the watch originally came with. They were all listed directly following the model number though.
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2 April 2010, 11:51 PM | #4 |
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No-the only numbers on the bracelet are 9315 and 380 on the ends.
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3 April 2010, 01:08 AM | #5 |
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3 April 2010, 01:41 AM | #6 |
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I it possible that it's an identifying number for Bucherer, the authorized Rolex dealer of record?
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The hand writings were done by at least 2 different persons... MOST Rolex original Warranty Papers that Orchi has seen... of SWISS origin...would have the PUNCHED Numbers... Of course there may be exceptions... as SOME hardcore dealers may claim... that the Paper is original to the watch... "Rolex did strange things..." "Rolex was very inconsistent..." "Rolex did this or that..." "It's RARE..." n bla bla bla... |
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3 April 2010, 03:51 AM | #8 |
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there is no question about the authenticity of this paperwork or watch-I'm the original owner. Why some are punched or handwritten remains a mystery to me.
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4 April 2010, 12:25 AM | #9 | |
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IF they had the means to type your name on it... when you were buying it in Bucherer Luzern...back then... would they not do the same with the S/Nos. of your watch? Why the need to write the details by hand...? You probably won't recall about it...as it happened so long ago in July 74... Do you still have the original invoice or receipt...? Orchi has seen many Warranty Certs of the 80s from Rolex USA origin... where they would print the S/Nos. n details of the watch on the Cert... Do you have a picture showing the complete paper...? |
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4 April 2010, 02:36 AM | #10 |
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thank you for the reply! my name was typed on the certificate much later, sorry for the confusion. Perhaps if I just take the cert into Rolex in Beverly Hills who serviced the watch in 2008, they might have an answer?
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4 April 2010, 02:54 AM | #11 |
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Rolex in Beverly Hills is closed.
IMHO 1610582 maybe is a case serial number as serial numbers in those years were 7 digits. Why there would be 2 serial numbers on a certificate is a mystery to me.
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It appears that the paper is also the Chronometer cert and not just the watch warranty..
The number could correspond to the original COSC document. (this is only speculation) COSC was instituted in 1973, so the dates would correspond.. We have had this qauestion before on unusual numbers above the serial on handwritter early papers... I don't think that we have ever had anybody who absolutely knew the answer........
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4 April 2010, 03:25 AM | #13 |
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Wow-I had no idea they had closed. I guess I was one of the last to have had my watch serviced there in Feb 2008. A sign of the times and a bad economy. Even Rolex seeks to consolidate when they can save a buck.
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