I'm not the expert on these TAGs (real or fake), but this one looks fake to me. quality of the dial; inscription on the back; etc. all look questionable.

does the inscription on the back suggest that this one was presented to Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, famous Japanese goalkeeper (about which more below)? you would have ot wonder how it travelled from his hands to yours?

Jeff

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Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi has earned a reputation as an athletic shot-stopper who rises to the big occasion. Always looking to start counterattacks with his keen distribution from the back, his efforts at the 1996 Olympics helped Japan to a shock 1-0 win over Brazil. He played in all three games as Japan made a winless FIFA World Cup debut in 1998 and all six as Japan won the 2004 Asian Cup in China. He had a short and unhappy spell with English side Portsmouth - as a result of which he lost his place in goal for the 2002 FIFA World Cup - before returning to Japan with Jubilo Iwata.