These alleged 1:1 knock offs.

corn18 · Jun 3, 2019

axl911
Are these N**b v9 fakes you are referring to?

If so, then yes, they are scarily close to the real thing, including the movement.

Affirmative.

dabbispade · Jun 3, 2019

Unfortunately the replicas are getting better and better and I’ve seen some dodgy watches for sale on the bay like Tudor Black bay watches where there is a clear difference in the lume and hands and so on.

dputydwg1 · Jun 3, 2019

wsfarrell
Good question. Reminds me of a Steven wright line:

"I woke up one morning and discovered that a burglar had stolen all my stuff and replaced it with exact duplicates."

Per Steven Wright "It's a small world, but I'd hate to paint it."

janice&fred · Feb 8, 2023

E Erinwaran
The market for replica watches is definitely getting more advanced, with some replicas being so close to the real thing that even jewelers can be fooled.

Jewelers? How about Rolex service centers? John Buckley (of Buckley dial fame), myself and a few other NYC watch hunters remember a few that passed muster at the Manhattan RSC complete with service receipts, and I'm talking almost 20 years ago. "Vintage" 1655's and subs with genuine movement, fake everything else including the bracelet. The fake components all came out of Vietnam. The only person we ran into who could detect them as copies was Janice's Godfather who cut his teeth at the Rolex service center in Manila for decades.

If one browses the night markets in Kowloon, there is usually a bunch of vendors selling loads of genuine vintage men's datejust and date cases. Guess what those movements went into?