Tiffany quality inconsistency between countries

Hi everyone!

I am Tiffany collector from Mexico, however I have purchased most of my pieces in Europe and in the United States. I'm really concerned about something that I just noticed.

On April I purchased the Hardwear Microlink Bracelet in Yellow Gold in size Medium at the Serrano Boutique in Madrid, it is a gorgeous piece so i wanted to stack it with another exact piece, so last week I went to La Jolla Boutique in California an I tried the same exact bracelet in size medium and they were exactly the same lenght, the same number of links, I did not purchased it because they only had it in rose gold.

So this weekend i went to the Tiffany Boutique in Mexico, and purchased the bracelet, but something was odd. The new bracelet was considerably shorter, the links were thinner and weighted less. I ended up counting the links, the one that I got on Spain has 23 links, and the one that I got in Mexico has 21 links and is shorter. Both bracelets had the same Italy engraving on the closure.

I am starting to wonder if the pieces that are sent to LatinAmerica/Mexico are kind of different, with less gold.

Has this happened to anyone here?

Thanks


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Top Bracelet is the one I got in Mexico
Bottom one is the one I got in Spain

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