Rolex Country Code

Since 1985 Rolex used 3 numbers as to indicateCountry Code of that Rolex Watch.

On the Warranty certificate there were punched holes representing the Country Code.
That is an indication where the watch would be shipped from Rolex Genève.

The Rolex has certain marketing demand on watch from every different country, some of the
special watch may not be available in certain country, and some of the watch of Country A and
Country B may have minor difference. Only Rolex marketing manager knows the myth.
Somehow that Country code could be used to answer question from the Customs officer
when you cross from one Country to the Border of next.

Rolex has never published a list of country codes, these codes are the collection of
Rolex watch collectors.

* These "special" country codes stand for Rolex Headquarters itself and are only used
for a direct purchase by private customers at Rolex headquarters.
Those watches Cannot be Fake…!! What a Collectible Rolex Country Code!

HK is 888 which is very Good for Chinese, “發” pronounced as “FAT” meaning simply “Wealth”
“Treble 888 is really good Country Code for people of HK! “發發發”

828 is Taiwan and 838 is China which are all good numbers, so you should know Rolex has a
good understanding about the need of Chinese.

These are the Country Code we have for your Reference.

Code Country 010 Switzerland 012 Switzerland 013 Switzerland 014 Switzerland 015 Switzerland 021 Switzerland 022 Switzerland 023 Switzerland 025 Switzerland 026 Switzerland 033 Switzerland 037 Switzerland 044 Switzerland 045 Switzerland 061 Switzerland* 100 Germany 109 Germany* 110 France 112 France 113 France 119 France/Comex 120 Austria 121 Austria 123 Austria 126 Austria 128 Austria 130 Belgium/Luxemburg 133 Netherlands 134 Netherlands 135 Netherlands 136 Netherlands 137 Netherlands 138 Netherlands 150 Spain 160 Great Britain 170 Italia 200 Greece 201 Malta 202 Turkey 207 Corfu

Code Country 208 Greece 213 Portugal 217 Portugal 217 Portugal 218 Portugal 226 Danmark 228 Danmark 233 Danmark 237 Iceland 265 Sweden 267 Sweden 270 Sweden 271 Sweden 283 Finnland 321 Czech Republic 325 Serbia Montenegro 400 Hong Kong 413 Korea 430 Singapore/Brunai 431 Malaysia 440 Taiwan 500 India 505 Pakistan 514 Bangladesh 527 Middle East 529 Saudi Arabia 532 Saudi Arabia 535 Katar 536 Abu Dhabi 537 Dubai 538 Oman 542 Iran 548 Israel 612 Egypt 634 Congo 668 Mombasa 680 South Africa 700 Canada 710 USA 720 Mexico

Code Country 722 Mexico 733 Honduras 741 Bahamas 742 Bermuda 752 Jamaica 757 Antigua/Aruba 758 Virgin Islands 761 Netherl. Antilles 762 Aruba 765 Antigua 766 Saint Martin 767 Grand Cayman 768 Panama 770 Venezuela 780 Brasil 781 Chile 790 Argentinia 810 Australia 818 Phillipines 828 Taiwan 838 China 842 New Zealand 871 Hawaii 872 Alaska 873 Guam 888 Hong Kong 900 Japan 902 NATO Airbase (D) 906 NATO Airbase (D) 907 NATO HQ (D)

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Cartier Divan Limited edition

Cartier Divan Mother of Pearl Dial, Quartz movement. Stainless steel case. 2005 Limited Edition for 2,000 pieces for lady who has crush on Cartier. An original Cartier Alligator strap. 99% new with Box and Waranty certificates.
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Rolex Date Just Lady 31mm

There is a trend for big watch on even ladiest, Daytona, Panerai, Royal Oak Off shore, not everyone could get a right match. Somehow if you think that a bigger watch can bring you more into the trend, go for it.

But if the wrist is small, a proper size of watch may add a bit of feminine gentleness… this is a cut out from Rolex Website. I do think that this 18KT solid gold would be a powerful debate for a smaller but elegant watch.

For an example, Ref, 178288, Rolex Date Just 31mm, Oyster 31mm 18 KT Yellow gold, White Mother of pearl dial President Strap. Or the one in the photo.

It is just the Right size Rolex for woman.

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How Do Breitling make their watches?

Quality Watch Made by Breitling

COSC aka C.O.S.C. is Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres, the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute, which is an independent institute responsible for certifying the accuracy and precision of wristwatches in Switzerland.

There are 26,000,000 watch made by Switzerland a year made by about 600 Swiss Watch Companies.

Rolex submit by far the largest number of movements about 600,000 units a year to COSC followed by Omega SA, Breitling, TAG Heuer.
Note that Breitling submits 100% of their movements for certification but other manufacturers only submit certain models.

So how do Breitling made them?
A Prototype Breitling takes 14 months to complete, it was made by 2,000 drawings and assemble plans for such a watch. They need test prototypes watch running for 12 months, after that, Breitling Engineer dismantles 350 tiny parts for inspection in a forensic way, many of the parts have to gone through SEM (Scanning Electronics Microscope) that can magnify the parts to 14,000 times for securitization.
They will look for minor wear and tear, or any micro crack, or any damages, thence to improve the design or part fabrication. They may release a new version of watch with new parts of revised version, or change the types or amount of lubricants, tightening the specification for assembly.

The base plate of the watch is made of brass alloy , a material best for machining, and having proper for the watch. All parts are made at +/- 5 microns dimension and some even smaller.  They will go though certain QC check points by visual inspection for AOI ( automatic inspection machine) for zero human error.
They clean all the pasts by submerging in a Ultrasonic cleaning bath, rinse it and dry it by air.

Those 346 parts will be ready to be assembled to a number of 71 pre-assemblies.
These 71 pre-assemblies will go through a Central High Way with 36 operations for final assembly. Then pass to Casing Up stage, pointers, hands and dial will be assembled, clean by purges of clean compressed air before the final casing with crystal and crown.

Then the assembled watch will gone through a 90 minutes self winding test on a Auto winder.
The insert the watch into a pressure chamber to see if there is any drop or pressure, to ensure the case is water tight. The movement will be tested for accuracy, functional check and final cosmetic inspection.
From the up stream process to final packing, the watch would have gone through 1,000 test and check before it leave from the factory to your hands.

This is a time consuming process to keep your Breitling time accurate all the time.

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