Gitzo France never offered a lifetime warranty. Karl Heitz, the USA importer of Gitzo, offered the lifetime warranty.
Gitzo France was bought by the parent company of Manfrotto and became a product distributed by Manfrotto (formerly Bogen in the USA) and the factory moved to Italy.
When that occurred Karl Heitz went out of business except for still selling some odds and ends that he had left over like Tessina. He died a little later.
Manfrotto put their own warranty on the Gitzo products that they sell and did not continue the former distributor's warranty.
So, if you have a problem with old lifetime warranty products you would have to take that up with the company that offered that warranty. And that is Karl Heitz who is long out of business as the company was never taken over by another distributor.
Samething if you have a Keystone movie camera. It was also sold with a lifetime warranty. But like Karl Heitz Keystone is long out of business.
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