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Old 28 February 2023, 09:41 PM   #1
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Rolex passport inside the box, what for?

Hi all,

I came across a few rolex boxes with a kind of slot in them to apparently slide a passport holder inside.

I have seen some full sets with a plastic holder for the punched papers and translation booklet, and that passport holder purposelessly being part of the set.

Was that passport holder used to put the booklets inside? Or a kind of gift for the owner when purchasing the watch?


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The passport holder was a bonus or a gift that came with the box set. I've owned five or six complete sets that came with the original passport holder.
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Thanks!

In what usually were the papers in your sets if not in that passport holder?
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Thanks!

In what usually were the papers in your sets if not in that passport holder?
I don't recall but probably in the vinyl folio which fits inside the box.
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