Rolex Warranty Card (New Style NFC)

[illiguy]

Apologies if this has been well-covered, but can anyone confirm the point of near field communication (NFC) embedded in Green Rolex Warranty Cards?

I just received a watch back from RSC that has the new style Service Card (the White credit-card style that is a massive upgrade over the cheap laminated RSC cards of old).

When the NFC on the Service Card activated on my iPhone, it had the model reference (16610LV) and details of the service. For watches like the “Kermit” this is true value-add.

For the non-Service Warranty Card (the Green credit card-style) that comes with new watches, the NFC simply takes me to the Rolex website with the watch model (e.g., if a 116500LN Daytona (White), that model comes up on the website).

I completely get the value-proposition for the Service Warranty Card (2-year), but what is the point of NFC on the Green Warranty Card (5-year)? Is this a security feature to help prevent fakes - e.g., if a counterfeit watch and/or counterfeit Warranty Card, the NFC wouldn’t activate?