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Old 10 January 2012, 02:33 PM   #34
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I've been comparing the pictures very, very closely to mine, and I see some slight differences that concern me. Mine I know is real, but I'm not 100% sure the one in the pictures is, though I have nowhere near as good an eye for detecting fakes as many others on the forum do.

My main complaints:

1. The crystal doesn't seem near green enough, though it may be the lighting, but I can't get mine to look as black as the top two pictures no matter what lighting I use. This one looks more like the black Milgauss in those two pix.

2. Seventh picture down: tolerances seem off. My bracelet is much more snug, fewer gaps, end pieces fit closer to the lugs.

3. Second to last picture: the crown seems off, and the brushing looks off on the links. The brushing on mine is much more subtle, while this looks more along lines of my Explorer II, which is really brushed, if you know what I mean. Finally the spikes and balls on the crown on mine look distinctly sharper than the one in the picture, which has a "more stamped" look, if that makes sense. Finally, something about those center links makes them look like they're not solid either, but there's not a single, really good side shot to make a good judgement on that.

It's all very subtle, I know, and I respect others' view on these things far more than my own opinion, but if all GVs are alike, I'm not sold by the pictures alone that this is a real Rolex. Mine, which I know is real, looks better to me than the one in the pictures.

Having said all that, someone's going to come out and say the pictures were stolen, and they're of a real Milgauss, but hey, if that happens I'll still say mine still looks better.
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