Need help/advice potential purchase 116610LV HULK

[SSdayton]

Greetings from the UK,

this forum and its members have always generated such a wealth of information i had to start a thread on a scenario i find myself in, and require some advice…

no better place to ask then from fellow enthuiasts , general purchasers and sellers of Rolex and other luxury time pieces..

I have an opportunity to potentially purchase a 2013 SUB stainless steel 116610LV (HULK), i have recently grown quite fond of this watch since its updates and now find myself contemplating this purchase quite seriously..

The sale is between myself directly and the seller who i found online selling it via a online sales site, he purchased the watch pre-owned from a well known pre owned watch specialist (they have a few branches scattered around London and i am aware of them), the watch is in good overall condition from the images i have seen sent to me, and he also has the original green leather box, cream outer box suede cloth and all important warranty card. I even asked for a face to face inspection and he is happy to accommodate, and i requested to see and include the original receipt of his purchase in 2013 which he agreed.

My concern is obvious, how do i know this isn't a good fake? As upon my purchase of my 116520 SS a few years ago, the seller told me of examples he had faced where a very good fake passed through his hands and his watch technicians, and they were astounded to find only after several days of inspecting it to be a fake, and informed me good fakes are not cheap but still cheaper than a genuine rolex hence why they make them and try to sell them. For some reason i keep thinking of this conversation and wish to take measures to safeguard myself.. As copies have probably become more refined since my last purchase of a Rolex.

So what would you do?


any suggestions would be great..

i can request the serial no? but how concrete is that?

Could we both go to a Authorised dealer hand the watch over, he gives the thumbs up to say its genuine and i hand over the cash..

Would the dealer frown upon this type of activity in the store as its a pre owned sale?

I'm just trying to think outside the box here


what do you guys think?