What to expect from a fake luxury watch? - Info On Counterfeit Luxury Watches - Part II

What to expect from a copy of a luxury watch?

You may be interested in this info to avoid a scam but also to know the different qualities of the copies in order to acquire one of them. Make no mistake, my intention is not to help you buy a copy. Counterfeits should disappear from the market and what you can expect is nothing more than owning a copy and continuing to encourage this market fraud. Do not buy copies, give yourself an affordable watch for your budget and treat yourself with that. There is nothing more to expect from this illegal participation in this market.

The most copied brands are Rolex and Cartier. The watch market is now growing and many other brands are now experiencing the same fate: Tag Heuer, Zenith, Breitling, Blancpain, Panerai, etc..

DIFFERENT DEGREES OF COUNTERFEITS
(Of lesser quality workmanship at the best)

Grade 5
Grade 5 watches are battery watches of very poor quality. These are the watches made in China or Taiwan and the latter has very little to do with the original. Although few people will offer this kind of watches, trying to make you believe they're original.

In this category, some Rolex models, like the model "President" or the "Submariner" are the most copied luxury watches in the world.
Grade 4 
Grade 4 watches are also battery powered and of poor quality but more like the real quality watches than Grade 5. The chronograph models happen to actually work, unlike in those in grade 5. The steel used for the manufacture of these watches is an alloy of poor quality, easily oxidizing and most often blackening the wrist. Thus, because of the poor quality alloy the weight of the watch is very far from the original watch's weight. In this category you will find mostly the following brands: Alain Siberstein, Rolex, Patek Philippe, Bulgaria, Hublot, Tag Heuer, Panerai, Daniel Roth, Breguet, Jacob & Co.,  IWC Locman, Parmigiani and etc...
Grade 3
 In Grade 3, the watch begins to be more difficult to identify for many brands. Now, they still remain poor watches and just by seeing the quality of the leather bracelets, you know immediately what type of "watch" it is.

The reason is quite understandable. The people making counterfeits need to be selling them in large numbers to make a profit. Imagine the cost for making fake spare parts, lathes, glasses, bracelets, dials, etc.. The cost of manufacturing a very large number of quality parts is very high.

When assessed as precisely as possible the investment costs of such an undertaking reach about $ 2 million for a plant that would only produce fake Rolex quality models. Imagine the cost of a factory which manufactures a greater majority of watch brands ... And besides that, this fraudulent activity is also pretty risky!

These grade 3 watch models are still models of poor quality, even if they come with Japanese automatic movements, they are nonetheless poor replicas.

Grade 2
 Here we enter the category of  "average quality" counterfeits. These watches called "Japanese" with a Miyota automatic movement brand (17 rubies) inside.

In this category you will find only Rolex brand watches ... almost all watches from Rolex! Even the Submariner Memorial 50 years model has copies of it made.

Here, we will have to start looking to differentiate a real fake watch. They can still be easily identified because many of them do not have a calendar (date). The bracelet also talks a lot. Watches of Grade 2 quality do not have serial numbers, this detail appears on Grade 1 quality watches only.

As to previous models, watches in gold or gold-plated steel are low quality tend to deteriorate very quickly after purchase.

Grade 1 (or A)  Here, you enter the field of watches copied in the smallest detail ... as far as it is possible (because it is impossible to obtain a 100% accurate copy). In the field of counterfeiting, there are many lies, the first being that these watches are accurate to 99%, the second is that these watches are manufactured in Switzerland.

As I mentioned before, there are no counterfeit making factories in Switzerland. Some sites that specialize in information on counterfeiting will tell you otherwise. Do not take their items for cash, they are simply promoting the manufacturers and distributors of fakes.

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