What time is it? Watches and horology

fucken hell - hankies and biros thread >>>>>>>>>>>

Who hasn't taken a chance on a cheap(er) steinhart or Seiko? We know the risks. We know we might lose. But sometimes, a £250 steinhart seems like a good bet.

Hardly seems worth faking a cheap watch though for a few hundred at most - the incentive is obvious when a good fake costs <5% of the real deal.

seems like he was a regular at scamming ppl...

The obvious exception being high volume cheap watches, like Casio and Seiko, which are faked all the time.

this....

Pretend knives maybe... Hankies and biros.... And combs... >>>>>>>>>>>

What?!?!

I think that moody Seikos are some of the most common watches...

Heres a thread on fake Steinharts

I mean, it seems pretty common for people with a ‘good reputation’ to accept only wire transfer/BACS. Just look at most of the sellers at Omega Forums. Regularly requesting £15,000+ via wire. Which I do get. They’re private sales people and PayPal would rinse them for fees/it’s probably not that feasible to use a third party payment processor for someone only shifting a few watches a month.

However, 29k AUD was way below market price and despite his ‘good reputation’ aka he’s in the watch community’s public eye, the idea of sending that much cash with no protection is beyond me.

What a total cunt.

Maybe its an elaborate scheme setup by Rolex, with months of investment to get people to only purchase direct from AD's!

to get people to only purchase direct from AD's!

Which is impossible, as they don't have any stock, ever.

Yeah but they’re really obvious and no-one is buying them thinking they’re legit (Shirley)?

Interesting about steinhart, will have a read!

If it can sell at a profit, like made for cheaper, then it will be done. If they can make a good fake of steinhart or any watch, they will.

That thread is about the Steinhart being a fake of a big brand (not a fake itself) but I take your point.

Not really a thread on fake Steinharts - more a thread saying that the Steinhart is a "fake/knock-off/homage" Rolex

Why the hell would someone copy a Seiko. 😎

blocked at work so had to guess.

to sell... at a profit... Because Seikos done all the rnd... and they can use cheaper components (read: rubbish components)

ah makes sense. I was intrigued because I couldn't see how the economics of faking a Steinhart would work - most decent replicas aren't much cheaper...

most decent replicas

That's the key...

Here is an $80 homage of a Pepsi... What stops them just writing Rolex?


Heres the Seiko fake

Just youtube Just one more watch.

you trying to link to this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUw5kQyDQDI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVz0­iqxZX-0

Are you trying to link to the ‘fake’ £200 eBay sarb017?

They probably aren’t fakes, more likely very badly reconditioned originals. Borderline Frankensteins.

Edit: ah - fake 033. For $50. Yeah that’s fake.

cheers boys... Again work and links so couldn't 'see' the results of the posts

Another cool g shock

Another tacti-cool g shock

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