Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to countersignal

Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by mozman on Sunday December 11, 2022 @12:11PM (#33945032)

I bought a $400 fake rolex. Aside from the glass not being sapphire you cannot tell the difference visually

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by moneywoes on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:34PM (#33945932)

From whereabouts?

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by ROTMetro on Sunday December 11, 2022 @01:57PM (#33946205)

I got some fakes from a big warehouse in Shanghai. They had all levels of prices/quality. Our corporate guide found the shop for us. They had a whole wall of fake watches of different brands. My ex-wife got purses. I much preferred my real watches, but the fakes were for fancy dinners downtown in the big city in case I got mugged.

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by mozman on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:53PM (#33946812)

Look for fake watch forums and their trusted vendor list. That’s how I found the seller I bought from.

Took 4 weeks to arrive direct from China

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by pclmulqdq on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:11PM (#33946372)

Is the escapement running at the same rate? A big part of the "rolex" appearance that is very hard to copy is the 8 ticks per second that the second hand goes through. I have seen very high quality Rolex copies before that don't do that, and are instantly recognizable as a fake to people who know a little bit about watches.

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Re:Be wary of imitating high-status people who can afford to... by dagw on Sunday December 11, 2022 @02:37PM (#33946668)

Is the escapement running at the same rate?

Absolutely. Modern fake Rolexes can only be told apart from a real one by an expert examining it with a loupe. And 8 tick pr second isn't that hard to replicate. Several ETA and Sellita calibers do it as well.

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