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Old 6 July 2014, 07:35 AM   #1
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What kind of Rolex do I have?

Hey just wondering what kind of Rolex my dad has.

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Old 6 July 2014, 08:30 AM   #2
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Oh, just some cheap one that no one ever heard of. I'll be happy to take it off you hands for $100 USD, just to help you out

Okay, the experts say fake so I withdraw my offer. Sorry.
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:37 AM   #3
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Its not yellow though, its like a pinkish colour.

If you guys want I can take more pictures
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:40 AM   #4
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More pics, especially back and back of clasp. And side of bracelet. The metal looks yellow but the dial looks pinkish.

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Its not yellow though, its like a pinkish colour.

If you guys want I can take more pictures
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:42 AM   #5
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What your dad has, is a cheap knockoff worth nothing.

Moved to the correct section!
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:49 AM   #6
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How do you know that?

What is it a knockoff model of?
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:53 AM   #7
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The first day-date Daytona
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:54 AM   #8
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Is it a really bad knockoff though? would love more detail
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:57 AM   #9
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How do you know that?

What is it a knockoff model of?
The Daytona. One of the most replicated Rolex!
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Is it a really bad knockoff though? would love more detail
Is there are good kind??
They are worthless, and in violation of copyright laws......
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:59 AM   #10
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The Daytona. One of the most replicated Rolex!


Is there are good kind??
They are worthless, and in violation of copyright laws......
Well, was it really easy for you guys to tell?

Im just curious you know. You guys identified it right away.
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Old 6 July 2014, 09:04 AM   #11
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It looked awful.

All wrong, nothing good.

The subdials being absolutely not what an original would show is the icing on a turd cake.
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Old 6 July 2014, 09:09 AM   #12
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Old 6 July 2014, 09:33 AM   #13
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A fake.
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Old 6 July 2014, 10:59 AM   #14
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Fake, cheap and a hunk of junk...that's what kind of watch your dad has.
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Old 6 July 2014, 12:12 PM   #15
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There are plenty of pictures here on TRF and around the internet of real Rolex Cosmograph Daytona watches for you to compare yours with.

There are a whole lot of things that signal the fact that the watch is not authentic and the most noticeable to a novice would be the sub-dials.

As just a hint, the Daytona is a chronograph that is essentially a stopwatch. The sub-dials measure seconds, minutes and hours.

Look closely at yours and see what is measured on the sub-dials. That should explain why we know it is fake, among other less noticeable things.

http://www.rolex.com/watches/cosmogr...15ln-0004.html
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Old 6 July 2014, 01:49 PM   #16
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1000% Fake. Sub dials dates......
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Old 6 July 2014, 02:04 PM   #17
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It's pretty simple really. It was made to look like a Rolex Daytona, which is a chronograph watch that has a stop watch and cumulative time functions where the sub-dials are used to track units of time.

The watch you pictured has sub-dials with completely different functions (day of the week, date, etc.) Rolex NEVER produced such a watch.

Sorry, but that's the deal. And given that it's a counterfeit it's doubtful it contains any precious metal to speak of.

Edit: Oops Grady, don't know how I missed your comments. Didn't mean to step on your post with essentially the same info. My bad.
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Old 6 July 2014, 05:24 PM   #18
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Edit: Oops Grady, don't know how I missed your comments. Didn't mean to step on your post with essentially the same info.
Quite alright!

Two similar comments corroborate one another.
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Old 6 July 2014, 03:55 PM   #19
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Fake.. utter junk
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Old 6 July 2014, 04:20 PM   #20
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Lucky for you... That cheap knockoff would fool about 80% of the people in the world... but no one on this board... That's not even a good fake!
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Old 6 July 2014, 04:49 PM   #21
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Total fake, don't know why anyone would need pics of clasp to determine that.
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Old 6 July 2014, 06:39 PM   #22
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It's a fake. Simple as that.
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Old 6 July 2014, 08:14 PM   #23
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Bad bad bad. Sorry to give you the bad news OP.
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Old 6 July 2014, 09:43 PM   #24
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Old 6 July 2014, 10:09 PM   #25
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He doesn't have a Rolex
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Old 6 July 2014, 10:21 PM   #26
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it's a FAKTONA
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Old 6 July 2014, 11:06 PM   #27
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Video on detecting fake Daytonas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzQcj1ulIkQ
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Old 7 July 2014, 12:26 AM   #28
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Old 7 July 2014, 02:14 AM   #29
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A little off topic.

Don't you guys worry that these pools of information are later used by fakers to create better fakes?

No offense to the OP.
I haven't been here long, but I have seen a bunch of topics like that, with accounts that never post again afterwards.
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Old 7 July 2014, 02:18 AM   #30
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A little off topic.

Don't you guys worry that these pools of information are later used by fakers to create better fakes?

No offense to the OP.
I haven't been here long, but I have seen a bunch of topics like that, with accounts that never post again afterwards.
Keeps me up all night.
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