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Re: Chrono TAG Heuer Monaco *PIC*
In Response To: Re: Chrono TAG Heuer Monaco ()

Many thanks Mark for all these.
I was indeed very suspicious especially regarding the pushers, the dials and .... the general aspect.
Hopefully, I haven't paid a lot (another indication !) and I'll keep the piece just for record.
Enclosed another picture of the fake next to my genuine one which confirms all what you said.
Being not an expert, I'm amazed to see the efforts made my people to create fakes of that complexity.
Best regards,

JP Magalhaes

: Sorry to say there is no need to hesitate about putting it in your
: suspected items section, because that is a pretty nasty fake. I
: hope you either didn't spend much money on it or that the
: purchase was recent enough that you can claim your money back.

: For starters, a CW2113 is a blue-dialled watch with two white
: registers like this:

:
:

: The case on your watch is thicker and the glass appears to be
: recessed rather than standing proud of the case as it does in
: the genuine article. The hands on the sub-dials are wrong,
: though the main timekeeping hands seem to be close to the
: original. The crown is wrong, as are the pushers - again see the
: photo above.

: The black three-register Monaco was the CW2111 and those didn't
: have the date window - that looks to be copying the re-issue
: Carreras rather than the Monaco.

: Good luck in trying to sort this out, as there is no doubt
: whatsoever that it's not a genuine TAG-Heuer.

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