I let a few days pass to give all the actors involved a chance to demonstrate their good faith.
Thanks to
@tigroz I was able to identify the original seller, who calls himself nickwatchstore and also has a replica site just like the ones we all went through before arriving here.
I can't say the same about
@Claudiomex who continued to provide evasive, generic or convoluted answers when the questions were very simple.
Taking a look at the history of his posts I came across other "pearls", always described as replicas or high end builds with gen parts.
For example, this looks like a modified BP with perhaps an aftermarket insert, but I don't even see a trace of the gen parts.
Buonasera, posso chiedervi cosa ne pensate? 1680 scritta rossa Cassa vecchia vietnam rilavorata e invecchiata Dial vietnam invecchiato Sfere after invecchiate Plexy after 1:1 Tubo e corona after 1:1 Ghiera americana Inserto gen Bracciale after corretto 1:1 Movimento eta 2813 con alternanze...
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Then I came across this post of which I took the liberty of highlighting a passage.
Good evening, can I ask you what you think? Could it be an ARf? Base 16610LV Case worked as GEN Lowered caseback GEN deep glass + gen. gaskets Data GEN Tubo e corona after 1:1 like GEN Insert after 1:1 (green corrected) lik GEN Hand-polished spheres same color as the indexes Caliber 3135...
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At this point I wonder, after 4 or 5 or 6 watches posted with dramatically inflated specifications, after various recalls and posts edited because they looked like sales posts, now we find ourselves with this 6538 and the name of the contact who supplies the "pearls" doesn't jump outside... but couldn't it be that if it has four legs, wags its tail and barks, maybe it's a dog?