What's the deal with this Seamaster 120?

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Looks like one of the counterfeits that have been appearing with some regularity.

There is a whole thread on the forum about these.
 
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Looks like one of the counterfeits that have been appearing with some regularity.

There is a whole thread on the forum about these.

It doesn't look as bad as the commonly seen fakes though. For instance, the case looks original.
 
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It doesn't look as bad as the commonly seen fakes though. For instance, the case looks original.
Or at least right, though I think the caseback is too deeply engraved.
 
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Ok..seen more pictures. For me looks ok but let's hear the opinion of the experts.
 
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I have seen these listed very often and I wouldnt be surprised if its the same watch, I was going to fall for one about 6 months ago. Sellers are always from Croacia or UK. I would stay away
 
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Looks to be the same one/type.

Again the bezel is clearly not right (look at the pip at 12!), and the dial is different to the original with terrible fonts, but the case still looks correct.

There are two likely scenarios for me:

1) genuine case with genuine modern service dial and bezel (unlikely).

2) ffenuine case with fake dial and bezel (more likely)

However, would someone really go to the effort of obtains genuine cases and faking these?