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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.
: OK, I admit that I'm a novice and have no
: business thinking about buying expensive
: watches on line, but they're so beauutiful
They are just as beautiful in the showcases at a legitimate, authorized dealer.
: Anyway, could anyone tell me why on some of the
: Cartier watches one of the numbers will have
: a stroke that is constituted of the word
: "Cartier" spelled out rather than
: a solid black line?
I would suspect it is merely a matter of style--brands like Cartier specialize in such subtle stylistic touches.
: I've been trying
: to figure out some authenticity signals,
There are no standard signals of authenticity -- almost anything on an original could be copied on a fake. The best way to tell a fake is to have intimitely studied the details of the genuine originals so you can notice any errors or abberations in how those details were reproduced on the counterfeit versions. Sometimes these detail flaws can be as small as in the 100ths of an inch.
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