Rolex Warranty Card - Does this look genuine?

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I’m thinking of buying a 116264 Rolex Turnagraph but am feeling a bit uneasy about the Warranty Card that comes with it, and wondered if anyone feels the same looking at it?

Not particularly bothered by the delamination as I’‘ e heard of this happening.

My main concern is the pattern on the strip where the address of the buyer and date of sale are written.

On every example I can find this strip has a ROLEX pattern repeated in green. On this card it just a has random triangle design.

The card is dated 2012 and I have looked at earlier and later cards on-line and all have the ROLEX pattern.

Has anybody seen this triangular pattern before, or can verify that it is correct please?

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Just realised as well that the watch serial number is Z dating to 2006, but the card is dated 2012.

[Doug86]

The way the green ink spills over to the gold banding on the left edge is suspect as well.

[Haywood_Milton]

I have invested a lot of time in recording papers and warranty cards, including the creation of a large library of macro images.

For a number of reasons and with a high level of confidence I believe that this card is correct, albeit that the date of sale might be later than typical for a Z-case number.

I have specifically recorded and photographed this style of signature strip.

The following gobbet details what has accompanied watches from the last examples sold with classic papers through to those with cards of today :

[ PAPERS ]

179136 K566xxx 1/02 UK (rhombuses design)
179158 K567xxx 12/03 UK (rhombuses design)
179138 K584xxx 3/05 UK (rhombuses design)
K585xxx 1/06
179138 K645xxx 10/03 UK (rhombuses design)
Y679xxx 12/03 UK (rhombuses design)
15223 Y684xxx 10/04 UK (rhombuses design)
169622 Y790xxx 4/04 UK (rhombuses design)
Y855xxx 4/04 UK (rhombuses design)
16263 Y899xxx UK (rhombuses design)
79173 Y986xxx UK (rhombuses design)
F186xxx 9/04 UK (rhombuses design)
16710 T F380xxx 6/04 UK (rhombuses design)
F78xxxx 5/07 UK
F80xxxx 1/06 UK
116233 D133xxx 12/05 UK (rhombuses design)
D24xxxx 12/05 UK
169623 D316xxx 04/06 UK (rhombuses design)
D42xxxx 2/06 Greece
2006 UK
179174 D427xxx 4/07 UK (rhombuses design)
14060M D439xxx 12/05 UK (rhombuses design)
…seems to be non-chrono version, supported by simple white translation leaflet.
168622 D507xxx 12/06 UK (rhombuses design)
179178 D705xxx 10/06 UK (rhombuses design)
179160 D722xxx 3/09 UK (rhombuses design)
3761 / 8 D794 Cellini pocket watch….see below, 2016 !
179173 D883xxx 12/06 UK (rhombuses design)
D9xxxxx 6/06
179171 Z308xxx 838-code (rhombuses design)

FIRST SERIES card, 4 boxes :

2007 UK x 7 (at least two – earliest ones? --- had dealer pre-printed on plastic but buyer & date on applied writing strip).
Germany x 1, dealer pre-printed on plastic but buyer & date on applied writing strip.
Switzerland USA
2008 UK x 13 (small signature strip noted on at least three)
(double writing strips on back of at least two)
Macau Italy Oman
2009 UK x 7 (double writing strips on back of at least one)
Greece x 2
Italy x 2 (double writing strips on back of at least one)
2010 UK x 12 (double writing strips on back of at least four)
Germany (double writing strip, unusual font for watch details)
2011 UK x 10 (double writing strips on back of at least three)
S.Korea (double writing strips on back of at least one)
2012 UK x 8 (double writing strips on back of at least two)
Malta, France, Spain, Germany, HK.
2013 UK x 14 (double writing strips on back of at least five)
UAE HK
?Serbia (325) (double writing strips on back)
2014 UK x 7 (double writing strips on back of at least three)
Canada Turkey
Japan (double writing strips on back)
Greece (double writing strips on back)
Italy (double writing strips on back)
2014 Cellini 3 box ! - Germany
2015 New Zealand

SECOND SERIES card, 4 line :

2013 UK x 2 Germany
2014 UK x 7 Italy x 2
2015 UK x 16 Italy x 2 Germany Spain
2016 UK x 17 + Cellini Malaga Tenerife Italy x2
S.Africa
Also a UK Cellini p/watch with D794xxx case number !
2017 UK x 4 Rio de Janeiro Italy Mexico
2018 UK Cellini Italy (random case no) & Italy (old stock)
2019 UK
2020 UK old stock Italy

THIRD SERIES CARD, 2 line :

2014 Jamaica
2015 Netherlands Caribbean Saudi x2
2016 UK x 3 Austria Switzerland
2017 UK x 9 UAE Spain Malta HK Turkey Far East
2018 UK x 23 + Cellini UAE Bahrain Netherlands Germany Bermuda Antigua
2019 UK x 22 Tenerife Marbella
2020 UK x 6 Saudi

FOURTH SERIES CARD, no territory code or supplier details :

7/20
9/20 x 2
10/20 x 2
11/20 x 2
12/20 x 3
2/21
5/21
6/21 x 4
7/21 x 3
9/21 x 3
11/21 x 2
2/22
4/22
6/22 (UK)
11/22
1/23
4/23
7/23

[Haywood_Milton]

Addendum :

One of my companies had 116264 with case number Z20233x, very close to yours.

Finding watches of the same model ref. in what appears to be the same batch will never prove that a watch or its card are correct, but it is a comfort when they are --- and conversely a worry if apparently out of place within a batch of different models.

[hhhh]

Thanks Haywood, that’s brilliant info. I hadn’t managed to find a single image of the rhombus design cards.

Thanks for taking the time to respond.

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The way the green ink spills over to the gold banding on the left edge is suspect as well.

Thanks Doug, hadn’t noticed that but it doesn’t look great.

[Steve White]

That's my Name on the Card that is.

Not my card, never had or seen the watch, seldom go in Ernest Jones.

Not adding much to the thread but kinda have to comment....

[100thmonkey]

That's my Name on the Card that is.

Not my card, never had or seen the watch, seldom go in Ernest Jones.

Not adding much to the thread but kinda have to comment....

Be impressed if its your postcode too!

[beechcustom]

That's my Name on the Card that is.

Not my card, never had or seen the watch, seldom go in Ernest Jones.

Not adding much to the thread but kinda have to comment....

Unless you're Weller's drummer I'm not interested.....