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Great job, thanks!
This boxes were produced by the same dealer who usually sells fake booklet as in pic.
: I bought a 3 Heuer Autavia Boxes from a seller on eBay who
: claimed they are NOS I won the auction, I than asked if he has
: any more, he said he only had two more so we agreed on a price.
: So I bought 1 on auction eBay and 2 on PayPal.
: After almost a week he listed another one on eBay, and since has
: sold 2 after my winning auction.
: So when the boxes arrived I had a feeling they didn't look right on
: first glance, having 8 years experience in the printing business
: I got my eye loupe and started to inspect the print, which
: turned out to be 4 color process printing (CMYK) instead of 2
: colors spot Red and Black which would have been the case on
: simple box like this from that period.
: The seller claims they are original and not fake, I doubt what he
: say, does anyone have a genuine box to compare it with
: If you have a genuine box could you inspect it and see if it is
: printed in spot colors or in process colors (CMYK)
: The other thing the paper on the fake one I got is coated while the
: original from pictures seems to be uncoated
: I have looked at pictures of existing pictures online and they seem
: to be 2 spot colors instead of 4 color process (CMYK)
: The original from pics I've seen online has crisp lines and no
: blurriness while the one I received its clearly scanned and
: reprinted lines are not crisp
: Seller claims he consulted a collector which verified they are
: genuine, I know printing as mentioned I have 8 years experience
: and I can spot these flaws.
: Pictures of the box I got from eBay
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: Would love to know your opinions
: Red Flags
: All boxes missing inner pieces watch holder (this was disclosed in
: the auction)
: Claimed he has only 2 more yet sold more
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: The pictures below do not belong to me they belong to there
: respected collectors (pics used to compare my box to the
: originals below)
: Original box shows uncoated paper
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: This is a good website to explain the different printing process
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: http://www.espsolutions.com/uncategorized/full-color-process-vs-spot-colors
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