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r/Rolex banned this guy for suspicion of his brand new 2019 Hulk being fake, curious story ahead

majwilliams0308

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Here's the pic he posted:

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Here's the breakdown of why they said it was a fake:

- The font is off
- the "I"s in CERTIFIED are misaligned.

Here is another pic he posted on reddit:
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Then people said the minute hand of his rootbeer is "too long"
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The AD did not put his name on any of the warranty cards, either. So he was banned.

He reposted the picture to r/reptime to try and see if he could get some assistance. He went a little overboard and tried to show every detail about his purchase to people who doubted him (or said his story was legit, too). I decided to get involved and talk to this guy.

After much discussion with the user, I've been able to get some more photos, and from what I can see both of them are genuine. His paperwork, etc are fine too but I will not post those out of respect.

Here are additional pics

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VSMpVf.jpg



VSMbgX.jpg

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If these are genuine (which I have every reason to think they are), then I would like to know. Any and all help is appreciated. If they are reps, I want to know because I want one... lol.

EDIT: If you are familiar with this story, do not share personal details about his story, or how he bought the watches, etc. None of that matters for this post, we are only evaluating the watches, please.
 
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Dan8888

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To my untrained eyes, all of his three watches look gen.
I read on TRF that the newer 3285 movement sports longer hands on the new GMT's
 

k4jun

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Both watches are all gen.
Subscribed to see how he's bought them and why was no AD name.
 

Sonofalich

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Haha yeah they've really got no chill. Saw that post on RepTime too. Crazy how fast it seems to escalate. They banned him without even really questioning him or asking him.
 

xartan

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Not the first time a mod on a gen forum is way too quick on the ban button.
 

D Ramone

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It’s scary how they’re analysing all the photos to the nearest pixel. Probably some shitty AI fuck-bot doing it.
 

M_Hall

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The fine people of this forum know far more about authenticating watches then any Gen Fora.

Nothing about that Hulk looks even slightly suspicious to me. Everything you can see looks genuine.

I saw a video of AD opening a beautiful, freshly wrapped Nautilus once and almost all the comments were people saying it’s fake as an expensive watch would never come in plastic.


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I saw a video of AD opening a beautiful, freshly wrapped Nautilus once and almost all the comments were people saying it’s fake as an expensive watch would never come in plastic

Ahahaha this is hilarious :D
 

soupy

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This guy got cleared and everyone involved started writing public apologies to each other. It was actually pretty pathetic to read from the beginning to end. Some of the insults thrown at each other and the threatening flexes were disgusting.
 
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Rolexx

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Lol I saw this on Reptime. I knew it was Gen from the first picture. It always makes me laugh when I see these snobby gen owners act like they know everything there is to know about gens. And even when they’re corrected they continue to insist they know more than you because they own one and you don’t. I’ve seen many fakes on TRF and r/Rolex being complimented, it’s all a big joke.
 
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Lol I saw this on Reptime. I knew it was Gen from the first picture. It always makes me laugh when I see these snobby gen owners act like they know everything there is to know about gens. And even when they’re corrected they continue to insist they know more than you because they own one and you don’t. I’ve seen many fakes on TRF and r/Rolex being complimented, it’s all a big joke.

Lucky we have RWI ;)
 

Pope

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The reps are so good now that they are getting paranoid and are erroneously calling out gens as reps.
 
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zach_1622

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After being a member of both gen and rep-forums I have to say hands down that both the people and the knowledge is much better on the rep forums :) Love this place, left all my "gen" forums and facebook groups even though i own gens... And now reps! :D
 
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