Who identifies this as a fake by just looking at the outside of the watch?

 

This is why is stay always from vintage Rolex and if I were going to buy one, it would be from an AD who deals in vintage (like my local who takes trade pieces), or a seller/dealer here who everyone knows. If I saw thay Daytona in a pawn shop, popped the back cover and saw that movement, I would think it was legit becuase I don’t know these watches... and I’m a watch guy and own 3 Rolex’s! It is indeed scary out there.

For education purposes in this thread-can someone please point out the tell-tales on that daytona so the uneducated of us can learn?

 

One thing I noticed is how bad a lot of the screws look like! But that can happen on a real one as well (but shouldn't).
The other thing is the regulator thingy on the balance bridge, the real one is free-sprung, isn't it?

 

Aren't the synthetic rubies fake? No post going through them.

And I know *nothing* about Rorax.

 

Nice presentation as well

 

Well, I just read this thread, and it the OP was disappointingly content-free. Not very helpful. Just "watch out", but no indication of what to be careful of.

 

Just put in your 10,000 hours become an expert.

 

I invested those hours in Invicta, was it a good investment?

 

Yes the bridge and the printing on the movement looking closely you could tell it wasn’t quite right I thought it was legit till he pointed out what the watch repairer showed him

 

Thank you.

 

This goes into a teardown of a fake 4130, and was pretty informative. I think to me the first clue is just how rough the movement looks.

https://28daysearlier.com/2019/06/28/tearing-down-a-fake-rolex-4130/