Finally it's a fake, I presume?

Short story: my husband went mad since I offered him a nice vintage Omega watch, which I naïvely believe to be authentic ( and according the seller who is a reliable one). So, yesterday he went mad again with a RADO DiaStar he bought straight away. I know nothing - or almost nothing - BUT I have understood - thanks to this forum - that you can't trust everyone concerning watches.... Immediately began my research, immediately I found that India is/was a huge production site of fake RADO DiaStar, with chinese mouvements, and that if he got an authentic RADO we should go directly to Las Vegas for the week-end...! The seller -kind of honest, though,- mentionned the caliber is a 2813-2. If I had had ten second BEFORE he paid the watch, I could have said " stop!"! But no, it was a mythic, iconic watch and so on.... Today, can you confirm that ETA 2813-2 caliber is a chinese movement, and my husband had his first lesson in watch hunting ? Ha! Ha!. ps: I found the dial suspicious too at first sight...

OK. So the seller is entirely unreliable. We should have the watch opened. I have not a good feeling, though. Pretty sure it's a fake....Thank you. He has not received the watch yet...

Hi!all! Finally my husband opened the watch ( yeees! He did ) and.. so far, the answer is... fake! Don't think we are wrong, are we? Very good quality, works perfect,ly well, just.... fake! Probably made in india

Yes, it’s fake.

Yep! We know now....

I hate fakes, the people who make them and sell them particularly, and the people who purchase them with their BS [fill in the blank] excuse for why. What should be an exciting moment - after finding a watch you have been seeking, agreeing on a price, taking delivery, opening the box, checking it out and being fairly satisfied it's real - you are still left with the pernicious doubt that it might be fake. Id rather not have to spend an hour with a loupe looking carefully at every watch I purchase. I get the most excited now about watches I've checked the fake sites for, and am sure nobody is making a replica of it (yet).

All the nukes we have between Britain and the US, and we haven't used any of them to vaporize replica factories... 😡

Sorry to hear. Don't know where your husband got his, but if you search for Rado Diastar on Ebay, you can see tons of them, most selling for less than $100 including shipping from India. All of them claim to be serviced, refurbished vintage ones, and each seller has sold dozens of the identical ones. Since they are so cheap, I guess they (Ebay) expect you to know that these are not real.

Smash it with a big hammer...

Well... it was lesson 1: do your research first! He likes it, anyway, and gonna to keep it.It is a very nice fake, perfect if you don't dig too much! Actually they are pretty brilliants in their business...of fakes!,