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Old 29 November 2008, 06:50 PM   #1
chennney
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Real Name: Chris
Location: San Jose, CA
Watch: Patek 5212A
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Icon4 GMTIIc Replica -- spot the differences

This should be a good thread for spotting the newer fakes out in the market and helping TRFers spot them sooner before purchases.

The following is a video for a GMTIIc replica that I saw someone post on another forum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA0F-QvMfRg

Being a GMTIIc owner, I was very intrigued by how similar the replica was and at the same time I was scared. I got a knot in my stomach thinking about "How can you spot a fake nowadays when they are almost exact replicas?" So, I spent a good amount of time watching and replaying the video (in high quality mode) trying to spot the differences.

Here's what I found:
  1. Unscrewing of the crown moved the 24hr hand even though the crown wasn't in any of the setting positions yet (00:16-00:20)
  2. Rolex crown in the rehaut engraving is not perfectly centered above the 12 o'clock marker (01:12)
  3. Clicking sounds from rotating the bezel sounds funny -- too loud (01:00-01:07)

The scary thing is that the flaws I've found are only more noticeable when you get to directly interact with the watch or through close examination in a video. This watch's flaws are almost unnoticeable with only photos.

Can anyone else spot anything?
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