watch out, these grade 1 fakes are pretty convincing!

[roach7]

almost got taken by this one:

[Mr JJ]

The only dead giveaway, and im no expert on the milgauss but like all contemporary rolex watches with the engraving on the rehaut, the rolex engraving should line up with the indices mostly with the centre of the letter, the engraving also looks a little shallow!
still a pretty good quality fake, quite scary really....

[roach7]

i checked the rehaut at the 12 o'clock and it lined up pretty well... is there anywhere else i could've checked?

[onkyo]

The orange lume at 3,6,9 looks like a 10 years old applied it.... it's also the wrong shade/color and it's spotted.

Glad you were not taken...

[toph]

engraving is a joke,
2.look at the orange lume? it looks diseased
3. That green is so light comapred to the original
4. The lugs are too rounded
5. the word milgauss is not aligned correctly
6. the white script is far too thin and dull
also its the wrong shaped coronet on dial unless i am mistaken

good fake ..

[roach7]

nice one, now that i look at it, it is pretty bad

[toph]

Originally Posted by roach7

nice one, now that i look at it, it is pretty bad

once you know what the real one really looks like, the absurdities jump out at you glad you were not taken by it

[onkyo]

Originally Posted by roach7

nice one, now that i look at it, it is pretty bad

Make sure you wash your hands if you touched it....

[delltone]

As a newbie and not yet up with the many intricacies of spotting a fake, even my untrained eye picked up the poor application of the lume material on the majority of the numerals but in particular at 3,6 and 9.
It just doesn't look 'Rolex quality'.

[robertneville]

Originally Posted by delltone

As a newbie and not yet up with the many intricacies of spotting a fake, even my untrained eye picked up the poor application of the lume material on the majority of the numerals but in particular at 3,6 and 9.
It just doesn't look 'Rolex quality'.

The devil is in the detail!

[BH13GMT]

The hands look like they are made of cardboard, but at a glance it could catch someone out.
I am surprised you were able to take somany close up shots.

Godd work sir

[Gaijin]

[roach7]

+1

Trust me folks, it is easy to see the cosmetic imperfections when the watch is magnified 5x. But when you just hold this and with just the naked eye it is very difficult to tell... so when in doubt, use a loupe.

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[Mistry]

wow, that is an impressive fake, i could have seen myself almost falling for that

the lumes are the only big give away for noob eyes like mine!

[Mosco]

Too many giveaways there. Also, if you can, take pics of the back of the lugs, the finishing looks like it was dine with a Brillo pad.

[roach7]

too bad i already returned this POS, but i did take more pictures before that... let me try to dig up the picture of the back tonight... and once i show what's on the inside of the lugs, you'll die laughing

[kareemthedream33]

I knew right away without even having to see the details. Once you have handled many rolexes, you can just tell that something isn't right even if you see a good fake. On that one though, it was the orange Lume that gave it away immediately.

[Mosco]

The end-link spacing is probably the deadest giveaway. Plus it has the serial number 'tween the lugs if you take off the bracelet.

[RolexWatcher]

It is good that we can look at such big close-up pictures.
Next time I am buying, I am taking macro shots!!

[roach7]

Originally Posted by Mosco

The end-link spacing is probably the deadest giveaway. Plus it has the serial number 'tween the lugs if you take off the bracelet.

greg, you're dead-on the serial number, what about the end-link spacing?

[Mosco]

Originally Posted by roach7

greg, you're dead-on the serial number, what about the end-link spacing?

It's not flush to the case and the lugs. You shouldn't be able to wiggle it back and forth, but in the fake one you can.

[pawnshopkiller]

Open it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[pawnshopkiller]

This one ain't got nothing on this fake I saw earlier this year. Solid Gold!!!!
http://www.timekeeperforum.com/showt...KE-Rolex-18238

And here's a Solid gold Fake sub case just like it...

http://www.timekeeperforum.com/showt...lex-16618-case

Scroll down for the pics.

[T-Rip]

Originally Posted by roach7

i checked the rehaut at the 12 o'clock and it lined up pretty well... is there anywhere else i could've checked?

at the 9 position...the 9 and the "R" of Rolex should line up...

[mjrennie]

That is a good fake, as it were. Appalling that they go to such lengths. The rectangular lumes are dire, though, and the rehaut engraving is pathetic. Easy to see how someone would get taken by it, all said. Great spot.

[2th Dr]

Originally Posted by toph

engraving is a joke,
2.look at the orange lume? it looks diseased
3. That green is so light comapred to the original
4. The lugs are too rounded
5. the word milgauss is not aligned correctly
6. the white script is far too thin and dull
also its the wrong shaped coronet on dial unless i am mistaken

good fake ..

Yep, all those, and the fit and finish is very poor.
The hands are wrong.

[alexthegreat123]

Please, disclose the full serial #. These should be common for all GV fakes.

[335ic]

rehaut engraving also doesnt line up - clear tell.

[335ic]

sorry didnt see it was already written - crown should be at twelve, x at 15 and r at 45 i believe, with the rest of the letters being centered over the minutes.

[HockeyBrand]

Three more things I noted as I swiped pics of this one and mine back and forth several times.

The Rolex crown on the fake. The five ball tips are larger.

The hour hand. The rectangle lume is thicker on the fake.

The bezel on the fake (face on view) appears to overhang the casebody. Not flush and contoured like real one.

I'm sure the green 'crystal' on the fake is also just hued glass or lens coloring as well. The real GV is amazing when viewed under sunlight.


Here's mine from Atlanta AD.





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