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Seems to be a Fake
In Response To: IDF Autavia's *LINK* ()


while we do see a fair amount of variation in the IDF Autavias (for example, time-of-day or chrono seconds hands painted white to improve legibility), this one seems to have too many variations. At a quick glance:
  • wrong time-of-day hands
  • wrong words at the bottom of the dial
  • wrong style / font on the engraving on the case-back

we do see some variations; I'm afraid that here we are seeing a fake.

Jeff

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: Such as this one (see link). Are they real (as in real IDF) or is
: someone just handy with an inscription kit?

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