Fake Daytona?

[morningbell]

fake watches the movements most probably not within COSC specs. Just time the watch a few days should know if it is geniue right? Even low end seiko also not within cosc specs. unless the fake movements so accurate these days?

[alviando]

Thanks. Very good descriptions of components.

@bro edson, we'll need face on shots to look at the position of the start stop buttons.

[ThomasSG]

Thanks. Very good descriptions of components.

[dennistwc]

Hi Bro Ian,

thanks for your sharing n do mind to share for other model like sub and gmt?

for item 7 - the numbers on the bezel as shown on the link is deeper and thicker. = fake or real??

[Ian Limm]

Hello All!

I'm back after more than 5 months.

back in June I told Darkangel I came across a good daytona fake...this is it! The best Daytona fake in market so far.

However, No need to panic,I have done some studies and compared it with my real daytona and I set out my findings below (similar to how I did for the Day date white gold)

Real Vs Fake Daytona:

1) If you don't get a chance to even touch the watch and you are not sure how a real daytona look like, the most obvious sign of this fake is the rolex logo on the band.It is higher up because it is a stick on! The real one is one piece with the logo raised up, not stick on.

2)The Dial.The quality cannot match up to the real deal.If you own a real daytona you can tell right away. For the white face even more obvious, for those who own a white face, you will see the face on the real is not really white...it is creamy white on the real piece,on the fake it is lighter white.

3)The words "Oyster Perpetual Superlative...Cosmograph" is not so crisp/ sharp as the real.

4)The 3 sub dials-the lines on the 3 sub dials are raised higher in the fake.

5)The wordings on the sub dials e.g "30" "10" "20" are thicker.

6)Markers- they are bigger and thicker on the fake.

7)the numbers on the bezel as shown on the link is deeper and thicker.

8)back of the case is a "R" engraved.

9)The edges on the links of the band are rough/sharp, not like the kind of smooth finishing on the real deal.

10)The shake test! just like any other rolex fakes,shake the watch and you can hear the strange noises , sometimes it sounds like a train

11)Swiss movement-The one I tested is suppose to replicate even the swiss movement but remember this, No faker can copy the Rolex movement!
I tested the stop watch the second hand does not sweep as smooth as the real one.The markers dont stop as accurate as the real deal.

12)Stainless Steel-high end fakers tend to fake SS models because the gold colour on the gold plated links will fade.

13)The rolex markings, I examine 4 of the highest end fakes but somehow they can't get the markings correct on the bracelet, the stamping or laser engraving methods they use somehow dont turn up correct,the wordings either too faded in certain parts or too deeply engraved in others

I can go on and on but I will stop here for now and leave with the 13 pointers above, should be more than enough for members here to digest this week

[ThomasSG]

Thanks Bro vince_hiro

[vince_hiro]

ThomasSG bro, yup the watch is fake, only it was taken by a good photographer.

[vince_hiro]

it always tells a different when u put on a real rolex or fake. the feeling dosn't lie...

[ThomasSG]

Are these fakes too?

Are these fakes too?

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ROLEX-DAYTONA...item35a4c9dd19

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/ROLEX-DAYTONA...item35a4d6449d

[triton]

reference to this picture 1

reference to this picture 2

if you look @ the real one, u can tell the logo is too far up.

also with reference to picture 2, the hole is solid thru, aka see the base, but real one does not.

You can't tell if that is tru as the pic was taken from 6 o'clock up

[DM101]

the rolex logo on the bracelet is too far up. the bottom of the logo should be lower.

You can't tell if that is tru as the pic was taken from 6 o'clock up

[triton]

the rolex logo on the bracelet is too far up. the bottom of the logo should be lower.

[edsonchan]

Can share what you saw inside when you opened it up at your friend's pre-own shop?

Man, this is scary. The watch looks totally genuine on the outside.

The movement do not have ROLEX engraving. There is no red wheel as well.

I am not even sure that it is ETA. It might be just some china movement.

[edsonchan]

Rolex rotor got sound one? I tht its quite silent?

Only ETA and other movements have those noisy whizzing rotor turning sound when you move your hand right?

Any rotor can make noises when they are moving.

The difference is just how the watchmaker keep the noise in the case. Rolex are pretty silent.

It is incorrect to say that ETA movements are noisy.

The fake one made some rotating noise when I move it. That should be quite an obvious giveaway in future if I see another one.

[exxondus]

EXPERT
You are right! That is the main difference! I didn't know about it initially

Rolex rotor got sound one? I tht its quite silent?

Only ETA and other movements have those noisy whizzing rotor turning sound when you move your hand right?