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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
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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.
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?