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A forum for identifying and avoiding wholly or partially non-authentic wristwatches --
including counterfeit, replica, Frankenwatches and other fake or bastardized pieces.
Our objective here is to DISCOURAGE the sales and purchase of counterfeit
wristwatch and jewelry products. It is also for helping people identify
watches that are mostly authentic, but have been: altered for personal customization,
repaired with inappropriate parts or modified to be passed off as more valuable pieces.
Including a photo of the piece you are talking about ALWAYS helps! You can learn how to post a photo here: How To Include Photos In Your Postings. 'For sale' postings, commercial solicitation and ads are not allowed. Links to Internet auctions are acceptable only if their purpose is to question the authenticity of a product or provide new clues for identifying counterfeit products. Links that appear to be 'shills' promoting the sale of counterfeit products will be deleted. Links to websites of sellers of counterfeit items are not permitted -- we know they are out there and do not need to be encouraging them by sending traffic to their sites. Privacy, additional policies and administrivia are covered in the Terms of Use.
: Unfortunately, I'm a chronograph collector
: [Omega and Heuer and similar brands mainly]
: and I have no experience with Cartier
: whatsoever and I've heard they are
: especially nasty if someone shows up to seek
: if a Cartier is genuine and it's not
: "I've heard they will take a hammer and
: smash it in front of the customer even!
: So I don't really know whom within the Cartier
: sphere to seek help with your issue.
: That doesn't bode well. I wish I knew more so I
: could help you. You might want to try the
: public forum over at TimeZone.com. Perhaps
: someone there will have ideas.
: -- Chuck
There are 2 ways you can find out if your watch is genuine without taking it to a watchsmith. The first way is to contact me and I will give you the link to a replica watch forum. At the forum, you can post pictures of the watch. There are dozens of experts who can look at the watch and tell you if its real or fake.
The second way is to open the back of the watch and post photos of the movement on the replica watch forum link I can give you. When we see what kind of movement is in your watch....we will instantly know if it is real or not.
Your watch will not fail to operate if you open it. Whoever told you that is ridiculous. Also, you dont have to worry about someone smashing your watch with a hammer. That is just an old replica rumor. You need to tell the jeweler that you dont know if its real or not. He will charge you to have it opened.
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