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Country codes

With ultimate distribution each Rolex is provided a country code. This country code is exclusively marked on the provided guarantee certificate. This code shows for which ‘market’ the Rolex was intended and was sent after its production in Switzerland. Although mechanical differences between watches of different country codes are not known and probably even do not exist, there are some reasons why it might be useful to know this code. For example, watch collectors pay importance upon obtaining a watch with a specific country code. Also, the question about customs duty is important. Whenever you cross the border the customs service may ask for the origin of the watch. Because Rolex never published a list of country codes, the following list was gathered by Rolex watch collectors themselves. There is only one country code for Germany (100). However, Austria and Switzerland have several country codes each. Why this is so remains a Rolex secret.

The following country codes are based on a list of Hannes Oysterworld, which was modified. Nevertheless it is useful to take a look at Hannes Homepage, too, because he also adds often new country codes to keep his pages uptodate.

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)

* These "special" country codes stand for Rolex Headquarters itself and are only used for a direct purchase by private customers at Rolex headquarters. These numbers are very rare.