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·so I'm beginning to think that they source or buy watches oversees and then over-stamp the warranty cards to effectively issue a local guarantee to their customers.
I believe it's a warranty card without a different stamp but lacking the date and jeweler information.
Since it's an international warranty, you can receive Omega's service even if the country code on the warranty differs from the actual country of purchase.
Parallel import goods can be purchased at a lower price than buying from Japanese authorized stores.
Watches sold at authorized stores and those sold at parallel import stores have different country codes on the warranty, so caution is needed.
The watches in the first through third photos were sold at parallel import stores, while the watches in the fourth and fifth photos appear to be sold at authorized stores.
To further complicate matters, it's noteworthy that the watch in the third photo and the one in the fifth photo are being sold by different branches of the same company.
20-30 years ago, when the yen was strong in terms of exchange rates, parallel imports were considerably cheaper in terms of price than at regular stores.
I'm not sure if this makes sense, but I'll share the link.
1st photo
Unknown
2nd photo
https://www.santnore.co.jp/index.php
The 3rd and 5th photo
https://www.yodobashi.com/
The 4th photo
http://www.sekido.com/
