How do they enforce this?
The only time I could imagine they will even notice your watch is when you have to take it off for the metal detector (assuming that is the case at France's airports). Unless it is an obvious fake and they are trained to spot one, I cannot imagine having any problems. I imagine how you dress, how you carry yourself and how nervous you are would be bigger tells than the watch itself.
That said, this is why I only buy reps of gens I can afford... a lot easier to pull off a rep of something that matches my lifestyle than an AP that is clearly outside of my budget.
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Well, metal detectors are operated by security officers, not custom officers, and they are situated at departures, not arrivals. So that shouldn't be a problem.The only time I could imagine they will even notice your watch is when you have to take it off for the metal detector (assuming that is the case at France's airports).
The law actually sanction it:It's a little workaround the law that don't sanction the simple fact of owning a counterfeit product.
but i have never seen or heard it was enforced."Est puni de trois ans d'emprisonnement et de 300 000 euros d'amende le fait pour toute personne :
a) De détenir sans motif légitime, d'importer ou d'exporter des marchandises présentées sous une marque contrefaisante
https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affi...XT000006069414&idArticle=LEGIARTI000028716941
The law actually sanction it:
I get customs but I travel internationally with reps on my wrist and i have never had a customs agent even look to see if I'm wearing a watch. I mean if you're importing or moving between countries with upwards of half a dozen watches, then yeah, that might raise an eyebrow. But otherwise, it's more to scare the easily scared than any real threat, IMO.