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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.
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: Hi Gary, thank you for the response! It does look very similar but,
: the only thing that worries me is that the marking"
: Stainless steel case - 18k gold bezel" appears to be
: missing from the back of case. I really do not want to buy a
: counterfeit anything!
This is a problem that meets all buyers - personally, I look for the seller's history, knowledge, and feedback if any- if it's good and he's sold quite a few watches, I'm reasonably confident. Really, unless the watch is really horrible, there is no sure way to tell just from photos. You could ask him when it was last serviced and if there is any paperwork with the watch.
You will note from the link to the example that I sent, there is the same number of diamonds between 7 and 9 and 9 and 11 on both watches - on the more modern examples the number is different. This is a good sign. I wouldn't think that anyone would counterfeit an old model.
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