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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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