Rolex warranty vs. RSC warranty card

[tekops]

If your missing the original warranty card\papers and have the watch serviced at a RSC and get a RSC warranty card does that increase the value of your watch just the same as the original warranty card\papers?

[Carondelet]

I wasn't aware that there was a separate RSC warranty card, I didn't get one when I got mine back from service.

Is the RSC warranty card something only provided if a watch is out of warranty?

To answer your question directly I would assume that it would have an impact on the value, but probably not a large one.

[IamJacky]

Originally Posted by tekops

If your missing the original warranty card\papers and have the watch serviced at a RSC and get a RSC warranty card does that increase the value of your watch just the same as the original warranty card\papers?

As a pre-owned watch buyer myself, I prefer to buy with original Rolex warranty cards (and box/tags/etc).

If the watch is missing the original warranty card, then the RSC service paper serve as an authentication for me, but it doesn't add any value, I will always pick the complete set.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by tekops

If your missing the original warranty card\papers and have the watch serviced at a RSC and get a RSC warranty card does that increase the value of your watch just the same as the original warranty card\papers?

Speaking for myself would never pay extra for what is in most cases a outdated paper or plastic warranty card. And the most important bit is the the actual watch and condition and not a outdated paper or bit of plastic. Now if the watch had a resent RSC service papers now that be more important to me than any outdated warranty paper or plastic card, which with todays technology are easier to fake than the watch.

[Feb_29]

I would call local RSC directly to ask this question.
Here're the numbers:
Dallas: (833) 765-3900
NYC: (833) 765-3900

[huttobhsc]

The service warranty card or paperwork from RSC would at least certify that the watch is authentic so there is this piece of mind. Also the service card would indicate that the watch has been serviced recently. That being said, I would not think it would hold as much value as the original papers would, but it will definitely help fetch a bigger return with the service card v. without.

[dpt.calvin]

Originally Posted by Feb_29

I would call local RSC directly to ask this question.
Here're the numbers:
Dallas: (833) 765-3900
NYC: (833) 765-3900

I don’t think RSC will have the answers the OP is asking for…

[dpt.calvin]

Originally Posted by IamJacky

As a pre-owned watch buyer myself, I prefer to buy with original Rolex warranty cards (and box/tags/etc).

If the watch is missing the original warranty card, then the RSC service paper serve as an authentication for me, but it doesn't add any value, I will always pick the complete set.

Agreed.

[RJRJRJ]

Originally Posted by Carondelet

I wasn't aware that there was a separate RSC warranty card, I didn't get one when I got mine back from service.

Is the RSC warranty card something only provided if a watch is out of warranty?

To answer your question directly I would assume that it would have an impact on the value, but probably not a large one.

If you had warranty work done, you wouldn't get a new card. If you paid for a service, you would get a new card. If you paid for a service and did not get a card, it's possible that your AD did the work themselves and never sent it off to RSC.

[insight]

I really don't think so

[train-time]

I would not attach any value to a RSC warranty card.

[majidessa]

Yes the warranty card will add value because it is a certification from Rolex that the watch is genuine, legit (not stolen), and not Franken.

Furthermore, it will give an indication of the expected performance and the next due service not to mention that if the card is dated recently, it will provide the owner with 2 year international warranty which is a great comfort for any potential buyer.

Original warranty card is important for many of the reasons mentioned above, however for hot pieces, the watch and all its belonging stags, boxes, doxumnets ...etc are considered collectable and would hold more value.

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[VegasBaby]

Originally Posted by IamJacky

As a pre-owned watch buyer myself, I prefer to buy with original Rolex warranty cards (and box/tags/etc).

If the watch is missing the original warranty card, then the RSC service paper serve as an authentication for me, but it doesn't add any value, I will always pick the complete set.

Warranty cards, although desired, become outdated whereas RSC Service paperwork is just as much, if not more valued/important. Iit gives a potential buyer a much truer, more up to date/recent verification of the authenticity of the watch.

Wouldn't you rather know that a preowned Rolex was authenticated in the last year or so rather than a 20 years ago, by an old card??

[Carondelet]

Originally Posted by RJRJRJ

If you had warranty work done, you wouldn't get a new card. If you paid for a service, you would get a new card. If you paid for a service and did not get a card, it's possible that your AD did the work themselves and never sent it off to RSC.

Thank you for the explanation, extremely helpful!

It was warranty work that was done, so that explains why I don't have a new card!

[RJRJRJ]

If nothing else it expands the pool of prospective buyers, which alone should mean an increase in value.

[Stan Cooper]

After purchasing a used Rolex from a trusted dealer, I send the watch to the New York RSC for service. Besides verifying that the watch hasn't been reported stolen, when I get it back from Rolex it has a warranty card and a document addressed to me with a description of all the service performed.

To me, that adds much more value than having the original papers.

[Tools]

Originally Posted by tekops

If your missing the original warranty card\papers and have the watch serviced at a RSC and get a RSC warranty card does that increase the value of your watch just the same as the original warranty card\papers?

The value of the original paperwork is in its originality. In other words, there are fewer "complete" sets around, so they can command a higher price because some folks will pay it.

RSC paperwork, while nice, is not original, and will not make your watch a "complete" set. The RSC service and proof is what will get you a few hundred extra bucks, not simply a card. It won't get you as much as you paid for the service, especially if the service guarantee period has elapsed.

[joli160]

The RSC card has zero value for me.
It also doesn’t mean anything because anybody can have tampered with the watch after the service.
Not only that but the card is nothing else but a laminated piece of paper without authenticity hallmarks.

From a collectabilty point of view having the original factory card does make a difference. Though usually many disagree the monetary value between a complete set with card or without is obvious.

Personally I’d never buy any watch without the original and I prefer to have a service done under my own terms.

[cszy67]

Originally Posted by padi56

Now if the watch had a resent RSC service papers now that be more important to me than any outdated warranty paper or plastic card, which with todays technology are easier to fake than the watch.

I am very curious since I am in the market to purchased my first pre-owned watch - do you have any examples of the outdated warranty paper being fake?

Is there a place where fake ones are manufactured or maybe a verified story about someone actually proving the outdated warranty paper was fake?

I don't have nearly the amount of knowledge that many on this forum have so to me an original warranty card adds value while a recent RSC service card adds even more.

[joli160]

Originally Posted by Chet Szymecki

I don't have nearly the amount of knowledge that many on this forum have so to me an original warranty card adds value while a recent RSC service card adds even more.

Since you are in the market;
If you mean monetary value than you are wrong preferring service papers over the original.
In case you just want the watch and resell value or having a complete set doesn’t matter to you than by all means buy the cheaper incomplete set.

[fskywalker]

IMHO does increases the value of the watch because :
1- Confirms authenticity of it at the time of the service (as RSC won’t service a watch unless it is 100% original / will enforce replacing any non OEM parts as part of the service)
2-Adds 2 year of international warranty
to the watch
3- Gives owner “paperwork” (green soft warranty card” if did not had any before, suplements original paperwork / warranty card that may no longer exists due to been miss displaced on a move or lost due to theft, fire, flood or just thrawn away)


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[OG1982]

I have first-hand experience of this, as my first Rolex (Polar 216570) was bought from a dealer without box or papers. I had two options, buy the watch as seen for £6500 or send it back to Rolex for an overhaul which would cost £6900. For me it was a no brainer and I opted for the dealer to send it to Rolex. On it's return a few weeks later it had a 2 year warranty and a small card to confirm this. I liked the idea of this for all the obvious reasons:

- Watch looked like new
- I was confident the watch had been overhauled by the manufacturer
- I was happy that I had some paperwork which proved (to me) it was authentic

In my ignorance, I thought that this new card would do the job of the original card, but it doesn’t.

When the time came for me to sell the watch, the fact that it had service papers meant absolutely nothing in terms of the value I achieved. The question asked by ALL the dealers I spoke with is - do you have the original paperwork? The answer is no, and they price the watch accordingly as a 'naked' piece. My argument that the watch in fact came with a service card with actual warranty remaining meant very little.

Service papers offer perspective buyers a small piece of mind when buying a timepiece and if they are lucky any remaining warranty, but that is it. The watch still doesn't have original papers and for that will never achieve the same price as a watch that does.

[fsprow]

Originally Posted by padi56

speaking for myself would never pay extra for what is in most cases a outdated paper or plastic warranty card. And the most important bit is the the actual watch and condition and not a outdated paper or bit of plastic. Now if the watch had a resent rsc service papers now that be more important to me than any outdated warranty paper or plastic card, which with todays technology are easier to fake than the watch.

100%

[OG1982]

Originally Posted by fsprow

100%

So when you buy a watch, you actively seek an example without box or papers?

[fsprow]

Originally Posted by Ollie1982

So when you buy a watch, you actively seek an example without box or papers?

No -- but for a watch out of warranty, I would rather see evidence of recent factory service than a no longer valid warranty card or papers.

[joli160]

Originally Posted by fsprow

No -- but for a watch out of warranty, I would rather see evidence of recent factory service than a no longer valid warranty card or papers.

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