Accused of wearing a fake.

[GEO_79]

Originally Posted by SubmarinerMariner

C'Mon MAAAAN!!! You know that the watch is real...isn't that enough? A drunk sees your watch shows it to others declares it a fake and you take it seriously?

Just laugh it off, take a deep breath and don't worry about it. Get them safely to their homes and call it a day. Keep wearing your 'fake' Rolex whenever you're out with them - assuming you enjoyed their company enough to hang out with them (Rolex episode notwithstanding).

Can you imagine how ridiculous it is for an adult man to quit hanging out with otherwise enjoyable company because someone in the group incorrectly labeled your watch a "Fake" Rolex?

I can understand how such an episode can be seen as a personal attack and a directed insult, but considering the circumstance, location, company etc...is it really worth getting upset over?

I know you are deriving more enjoyment from your DSSD than these people can rob from you with their inane comments, so just chill...enjoy the fruits of your labor...and move on...

'I couldn't agree with you more'

[caryyee]

Originally Posted by JoeCool

I think someone who asks whether your Rolex is real is either envious or insecure, or both. I good answer is, "They really make nice looking fakes these days, don't they." The guy probably wouldn't even realize that you did not answer his question.

I like this response best. It's passive, doesn't provoke the other person, he leaves satisfied with your answer, and you leave satisfied that you've just duped him with an answer that's not really an answer!

[bungcarlo]

If some obnoxious drunk grabs my wrist, he will be swallowing the fist attached to it! j/k ( or not ).

[LightOnAHill]

Originally Posted by bungcarlo

If some obnoxious drunk grabs my wrist, he will be swallowing the fist attached to it! j/k ( or not ).

there will be no breakin-the-law with my wrist involved without me acting with affirmative defenses

[BOA]

"Wow! I see you are a Certified Rolex Verification Technician. I guess you went to Switzerland and took the "Rolex Authenticity Validation Course" that teaches one how to verify watches across the entire line at a quick glance in the dark even while loaded. Your certification must have lapsed since you obviously don't recognize the DSSD, or did you take that as a high school night course?"

Yeah, still probably better to say nothing.

[caryyee]

I can't believe some people here are actually advocating an aggressive or provoking response to someone calling your watch a fake? By responding in like to an obnoxious drunk you're bringing yourself down to their level ... plus I have no desire to be 'proving' to everyone in the pub in earshot that I'm wearing a 10k watch ...

Surely people are joking?

[BOA]

Originally Posted by caryyee

I can't believe some people here are actually advocating an aggressive or provoking response to someone calling your watch a fake? By responding in like to an obnoxious drunk you're bringing yourself down to their level ... plus I have no desire to be 'proving' to everyone in the pub in earshot that I'm wearing a 10k watch ...

Surely people are joking?

I'm joking, but what I'm offering is supposed to read like those "Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" from Mad Magazine.

"What? Are you calling my wrist fake? Well, actually, "artificial" is a better word. My whole arm is actually bionic, forty times stronger than the real thing, but made of a cellular material with very similar properties of flesh and bone, so while technically not real, I can throw a baseball a mile and crush a skull with my bare hand... Oh, you were saying something about the watch? My bad. Could you repeat it, please? Talk to the fake and powerful wrist though. There's a microphone in there. Talk to the hand!"

A few pages of these would be fun, at least for me. Don't mean to offend anyone.

[AmbSteve]

The bigger issue is that he assaulted you by putting his hands on you. While it's easy to look back and say what should have been done in that moment people can definitely react in many ways...especially when the liquid courage is flowing. The alcohol makes people do things they normally would do, but without the alcohol would not do because of inhibitions, etc. The guy is a moron plain and simple and adding the alcohol just cleared that up for everyone. Depending on my mood at that moment I could understand my blood getting in a boil over it, but am glad to hear the rest of the situation went without incident.

[jmp909]

Originally Posted by kilyung

I'm sometimes told that my 116619LB is fake because "Rolex doesn't make a blue ceramic dial/bezel sub."

Try using two dollar bills to pay for things on a regular basis- at least once or twice a week they demand "real money"

[jmp909]

Originally Posted by caryyee

I like this response best. It's passive, doesn't provoke the other person, he leaves satisfied with your answer, and you leave satisfied that you've just duped him with an answer that's not really an answer!

I'd rather the drunk obnoxious a$$h0!3 think my watch was fake, declare it to the world, and make it that much more unlikely I will get mugged than get into a loud argument about how my DSSD* is real... gotta love NYC.

*wishful thinking I had one

[A. Jacobs]

Calm down, remember that it's just a watch(although a really nice one) remember that nothing lasts forever and that we're all going to be in the ground or in an urn one day, think about what's important and what REALLY matters, and don't let someone else dictate your mood by his drunken actions.

[kekes7]

Originally Posted by HeyItsRaymond

I'm a new member of the Rolex Club and just picked up my DSSD this week. Last night I was at a club with some friends (and friends of friends that I did not know) when one of the more obnoxious drunks of the bunch (I was the designated driver) asked what kind of watch I was wearing. I said "DeepSea" because 1) I don't want to seam like a pretentious a**hole and 2) I don't want the pretentious a**holes, and shallow girls here in Scottsdale liking me because they think I have a Rolex.

He grabs my wrist and says to the group "He's wearing a fake Rolex!!!" (while laughing).

I politely disagree but after a few minutes of trying to explain to him what I have on I give up. Apparently he's an experts and He says that he buys all his watches from "his guy" at the local Tourneau (sp?) store and he has never seen that Rolex there before.

Tourneau isn't an AD and every time I've been in the local and very tiny store all I see are beatup Sub's in the preowned section.

Have you ever had a person say yours is a fake when they obviously have no frickin clue what they are talking about? It seems that if it's not a Sub or GMT people who do not know Rolex think it's a fake.

when i wear my daytona, and people ask what it is i tell them its a daytona, those that have no idea leave it at that. those that do compliment it. if ever asked if it is real i always say no, and say that i bought it in Bali.

Those that know me would never question my watches, those that dont and do question me i always say it fake.

who cares what others think.

just like there are many fakes of many brands, not just watches. the only person that truly knows if it is real or not is the owner. and if the owner is comfortable wearing a fake then good luck to them.

[Robbie1889]

Originally Posted by kilyung

I'm sometimes told that my 116619LB is fake because "Rolex doesn't make a blue ceramic dial/bezel sub."

Be careful guys cos I've seen a green version around too. Whatever next........ prob a gold coloured one covered in a vast rainbow of precious stones lol

[wowie74]

that happen to me too, as one of my co-worker grab my wrist same time looking at my watch and said "oh fake rolex-He is wearing fake rolex" men believe me i turn around right in his face ....f@#%in told him let's go to Wilson and Son(thank god we have one in our town) if its fake, give you all my money in my pocket(which i've shown to everybody,couple of hundred cash) if it's real, all i'm asking from you is shut your F@#$%^n mouth co'z you don't know anything about rolexes.

I think he was embarrassed or something, his face was so red that he left the
room and didn't say a word.

[AF_Rob]

Someone thought my sub was fake because it didnt have a date and a cyclops. It didnt piss me off, but rather showed me their ignorance.

[aardvarkbark]

Originally Posted by dalip

The bit I didn't like was the 'grabbing of the wrist'..Other than that I wouldn't be bothered at all.

Originally Posted by Gagebuilder

Wow.

Could not care less if someone thinks my watch is a fake.

I get much more offended when someone grabs my wrist.

I have to agree with these observations. His comment was irrelevant. Putting any type of hold on you was way out of line. I think a simple quick counter-move and calm but firm 'don't ever touch me' would've been my only response.

[franklin]

Originally Posted by drlindaphd

i always tell people my diamond earrings are fake and my rolex is a knock off because i don't want them following me home ! ! !

good move.

[versatile1]

Originally Posted by Deepsea Florida

My wife's boobs are fake

Pictures or it's not true!!

[Christiaan]

Originally Posted by HeyItsRaymond

Sounds like Tourneau. Was it the Vegas "flagship" (queue sarcasm) store?

No, San Jose CA store. Same awesome sales people everywhere

[msimm30]

I have had times where I have pushed it off or said that my watch was a fake to avoid prolonged discussion on it (in crowds where the idea of spending 13k on a watch is beyond absurd) but then again if your friend buys anything from tourneau then he must be the leading expert on anything that tells time. LOL

[dpkong]

Originally Posted by DrLindaPhD

I always tell people my diamond earrings are fake and my rolex is a knock off because I don't want them following me home ! ! !

if that pic in the avatar is you, it won't be the diamonds or Rolex that will make them follow you home!

for me, if someone declares my watch is a fake, i would just smile and buy him another beer and congratulate him on how good he is at spotting fakes. i sure do not want to draw any attention to my possessions in a public place.

[dpkong]

Originally Posted by HeyItsRaymond

That's exactly what I tell my friends when they ask me why I spend so much on a watch. It's been my dream since I was a teen.

They all drive Range Rovers, BMW's, Mercedes, etc... while I drive a Toyota. I don't question their car purchases.




I don't know. It just annoys me. LOL



Some giant Raymond Weil. It was bigger than my DSSD.



God!!! That is my Grail. Someday hopefully.

in my part of the world, you could be driving a Merc/BMW/Range Rover and wearing a fake Patek/AP/Rolex and people would believe it's real. But if you were driving a Toyota and wearing a real Patek/AP/Rolex, people would always think it's a fake.

maybe your crowd had the same mentality....

[massang]

You wear a high end watch only for yourself. You know it's not a fake and that's what matters. Ignore the rest. They can believe whatever they want, it's not important

[A.Sharp]

Originally Posted by HeyItsRaymond

I'm a new member of the Rolex Club and just picked up my DSSD this week. Last night I was at a club with some friends (and friends of friends that I did not know) when one of the more obnoxious drunks of the bunch (I was the designated driver) asked what kind of watch I was wearing. I said "DeepSea" because 1) I don't want to seam like a pretentious a**hole and 2) I don't want the pretentious a**holes, and shallow girls here in Scottsdale liking me because they think I have a Rolex.

He grabs my wrist and says to the group "He's wearing a fake Rolex!!!" (while laughing).

I politely disagree but after a few minutes of trying to explain to him what I have on I give up. Apparently he's an experts and He says that he buys all his watches from "his guy" at the local Tourneau (sp?) store and he has never seen that Rolex there before.

Tourneau isn't an AD and every time I've been in the local and very tiny store all I see are beatup Sub's in the preowned section.

Have you ever had a person say yours is a fake when they obviously have no frickin clue what they are talking about? It seems that if it's not a Sub or GMT people who do not know Rolex think it's a fake.

Tourneau here is an AD... and carry's virtually all models... all though not always at the same time or same frequency.

Sounds like he was having a drunken laugh. Wouldnt let it phase you int he slightest, it is a reflection on him and not you.

If someone where to say that to me I would say ok and not even entertain it.

[Willygallardo]

I tell people my watche's are fake but then they see me getting out of the lambo...

[Astute]

Well, they always stare into the dial, remembering their "idle gossip philosophies" that the second hand movement is "electrical type swept" & not "high beat"....Don't they?

[sergio671980]

i went into a local mayor's to try on the milgauss wile wearing myold ss sub,
the girl at the counter helping me pulled out the watch and i took mine off to try the milgauss on. so when i put my submariner down she went to move it and looked at it and put it down quick so i asked what was wrong and she had the nerve to tell me "im not allowed to touch that watch, its fake and we cannot even look at them gave, gave me a weird look and changed the subject. i didnt care much about it but it was a bit weird since there next to us were a few other people and they looked at me funny too....
anyways i then asked if i could please talk to the manager just to make him aware of the situation, when he got there i explained it to him he took the watch and offer to clean it and polish it for free for the miss understanding. you should have seen her face
came to find out the idiot had never seen a sub with the center link polishe like the ne gmt wich i now own... so she assumed it ha to be fake.

well at the end of the day i got my self a free clean and polish hahahahaha

[Stuxnet]

Wait, have you ever considered that he knows it is not a fake. He probably was staring at your watch all night and when he got really drunk he couldn't control his jealousy or cover up his inferiority complex. If he geniuniely thought it was a fake he would have probably asked to take a closer look early in the evening when he was sober. If it really appeared a fake to him he may or may not have brought it up later because in his mind he is better than you. But it probably ate at him all night long. "This dude has a Rolex and I don't. How do I make myself feel better about the situation? Hey everybody, look, a fake Rolex".

Don't be frustrated and annoyed. You won. Be kind to him, he will be mowing your lawn and cleaning your pool in a couple of years. Better to remain "friends".

[Watchflair]

Lol! This thread is still going....

[Trouble15]

Originally Posted by Watchflair

Lol! This thread is still going....

lol I'm with this guy....