What time is it? Watches and horology

Just realised how bad that pic is and I don’t want to be ejay 😅

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List of what's shown (front to back, left to right):

Steinhart Ocean 39 Pink Gold
Steinhart Ocean 39 Black Ceramic
Seiko Elnix 0703-7020
Seiko Prospex Tuna SNE498P1
Omega De Ville
Seiko Grand Quartz 4843-7001
G-Shock GA-B2100-1AER
G-Shock GA-2100SKE-7AER

That grand Seiko quartz is lovely. Watch budget is zero though.

GLWS

The Elnix look like a real interesting watch.

Yeah, electromechanical movement. Eats batteries vs modern quartz watches but super cool.

Which one is real and which is a £300 knock off?

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@Regal will be along shortly to decide but I reckon submariner is fake.

The sub

face text on the sub isn't bold enough

did a side by side comparison, personally I thought the sub was pretty good example of a rep and I'd be hard pushed to show clear differences. It might not even be one but I feel like there are a few differences but hard to tell on a screen

also found a new scratch on mine :/

Nice front row that - what do you wear more GS or Omega and why?

Sub is fake

Watch budget is a firm £0.00 at the moment, but I do have an eBay alert for SNE498...
May be in touch come payday.

GS loads more than the omega. Wears surprisingly casual.

Probably only wear the Omega three or four times a year.

I’m no expert on Rolex fakes but I also think the Sub is moody.

Yep, well done all, the sub is snide.

Out of curiosity, how many "sub is fake" made the call based on it being a a more popular model, therefore more likely to warrant the effort to make a good copy?

Hadn't even considered that.

I didn't spot the lack of bold Submariner text either.

The dial markers looked off / flat and the pip at 12 on the bezel looked too chunky. Hard to tell in a photo but the bezel market inlays also looked a bit flat / rubbish.

It's not bad though; especially for £300 when a Steinhart Ocean 39 is 490Eur

Like I say I compared vs mine and there were a few things which looked different, small subtle differences mostly I noticed the bracelet and bezel inlays rather than the watch face itself.

But as I said its deffo subtle and irl you'd never look at that on someones wrist and thing it was snide

The biggest give away of super fakes is usually the case size/shape. It's really hard to find one that matches the correct height and profile.

If you sell the Pelagos 39 please keep me in mind

colleague had the nicest watch on today which his dad left to him. Watch is about 25 years old

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The giveaway for me is the bezel insert. The numbers on it are too "straight" - if you compare it to a real one (or the Sea-Dweller next to it), look at the number 30. On the fake the two numerals are exactly parallel, where on a real one they are angled apart slightly to follow the radius of the bezel.

I won't be selling it but they're widely available now. Including 0% finance which, in this economy, is daft.