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Makeup. It's not only for the ladies, it's also for watches...

JwRosenthal
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Those images have been heavily doctored. The damage on the bezel is completely gone on the first batch of images. If I got that ugly thing after buying based on the original pics, I would be pissed. This should be a cautionary tale to always ask for real world pics and not just studio glamour shots.
 
ndgal
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Exactly.
The lume on the H&M hands, the chipped white paint, that huge dent in the caseback, the scratches on the caseback from someone opening it with scissors, the dent on the buckle... ::facepalm1::
 
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Wow. They don't even look like the same swatch 😲
Correct.

It's not makeup.
It's just fraud.

tineye is your friend.

ugh.
never mind. disregard post.
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timecube
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I imagine posting pictures of a different item from what you're selling is against eBay rules. Maybe report it?
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K
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This is an “item not as described” eBay case when someone unknowingly buys it. Less hassle for seller to just show real pics 😉
 
mancio
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This detail on the listing photograph was more than enough to classify the listing as trash.
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A 64 with the Chrono subdial totally flat?......That's a big nope.
 
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timecube timecube
Correct.

It's not makeup.
It's just fraud.

tineye is your friend.

ugh.
never mind. disregard post.
The seller on the eBay auction is Gray & Sons - the same seller who had the photo'ed watch listed on the other sites I found with TinEye.
So, they didn't necessarily steal the photo from someone else.
Still, as the OP found, there is some element of switch and bait at work here.
Evidently I'm not up to the challenge of figuring it out. 🙁 🤦
 
Patrik83
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I have seen listings from them having "fixed" the lume like a sort of "this is how it could look if you relume" in the listing ... ::facepalm1::
 
SpeedyPhill
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Some might be tempted but never buy a watch from seeing a photograph ... Photoshop etc... ::facepalm1::
 
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SpeedyPhill SpeedyPhill
Some might be tempted but never buy a watch from seeing a photograph ... Photoshop etc... ::facepalm1::
I always buy online. If one look carefully there is always something that tells you if a watch is good or to run away.
 
JwRosenthal
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This is a situation where buying with eBay, paying with PayPal and using a credit card as backup can play in your favor. Someone who would be tempted to contact this jeweler outside of eBay to shave 10% off would probably find it much harder to return (or without restocking fee-aka return ransom) or keep it just because they didn’t want to deal with the hassle. As much as eBay is complained about on the forum (primarily from regular sellers) it’s truly the best way to buy for those protections in place.
 
Mark020
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It looks a bit like one the big auction houses 😀
 
mcemeren
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Please ask the photographer's name, we will all need one day, soon or later, not for our watches surely 😀
 
Stripey
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From the small print of the listing.

"Every Rolex watch is unconditionally guaranteed against defects in materials or workmanship in the mechanism for two full years after the date of purchase. This is double the manufacturer's warranty on a new watch! All other watch manufacturers' mechanisms are unconditionally guaranteed against defects in materials or workmanship for one full year after the date of purchase, unless otherwise specifically indicated in the terms of sale."

Tells you all you need to know, really.
 
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