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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.

Thank you.

While our loss of Derek is a terrible tragedy, continuation of Derek’s work will honor Derek’s tremendous commitment to the international chronographic fine watch community, as well the endless computer and personal support he offered many of us outside the chronographic community over the last three decades. It will honor Derek’s spirit of caring and support – and will further his goals of providing quality information for those who with interest in chronographic watches.

Thank you to Mr. Jeffrey M. Stein (http://www.onthedash.com) and Mr. Chuck Maddox (http://onthedash.com/thanks.shtml) who have agreed to perpetuate Derek’s work by keeping the www.ChronoCentric.com website up and running.

Thank you for sharing your remembrances of Derek here and for your kind words, thoughts and prayers for his widow, Stella, and for his parents, Jim and Martha Ziglar: they are greatly appreciated – and we will make sure they are all shared with the family.

Thank you for your wishes that Derek be at Peace.

On behalf of his Atlanta community of life-long friends: thank you for appreciating the very special and unique spirit that was Derek Ziglar. We will surely think of him, miss him and honor his memory – always.

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