Airport Security and Travelling with / wearing a Replica watch

[Killerqhk]

I always carry 3 reps ( sub nodate/ yachtmaster/ day just) to US, Korea, Japan, Turkey, Vietnam. There is no problem and no one asks me. (One on wrist and two in checked luggage)

 

[MontreDeLune]

I wouldn’t travel with a rep

 

[PTwatchLover]

I wouldn’t travel with a rep

I never travel with reps or gens or any watches or fancy clothes. I don't like to stand out of the crowd when I'm not sure about my surroundings. The only valuable items I carry are cameras and lenses because I'm into photography.

 

[MontreDeLune]

I never travel with reps or gens or any watches or fancy clothes. I don't like to stand out of the crowd when I'm not sure about my surroundings. The only valuable items I carry are cameras and lenses because I'm into photography.

Really ? Don’t you have a cheap watch to travel with ? I personally travel with a modded g shock

 

[PTwatchLover]

Really ? Don’t you have a cheap watch to travel with ? I personally travel with a modded g shock

No watch at all. Even the sunglasses are just a REALLY cheap pair I wouldn't mind loosing even though I love sunglasses and own several nice ones. But it's funny you mention the g shock because a couple of days ago I was checking what kind of models there were precisely to have a watch when I go on vacations. Do you recommend any? I had no idea there were so many g shock models!

 

[TESLA760]

I've traveled with gen and rep watches for years and never had an issue. Nothing like being on a yacht in Cabo

 

[PTwatchLover]

I've traveled with gen and rep watches for years and never had an issue. Nothing like being on a yacht in Cabo

Just to make my point more clear, I was talking about going on vacations and not having to worry about being robbed while site seeing some city that I don't know. I was not talking about airport security. I traveled a lot on business with gens and reps and never had issues of any sorts. (even when traveling in commercial airplanes and not on my private jet LOL)

 

[TESLA760]

Just to make my point more clear, I was talking about going on vacations and not having to worry about being robbed while site seeing some city that I don't know. I was not talking about airport security. I traveled a lot on business with gens and reps and never had issues of any sorts. (even when travel in commercial airplanes and not on my private jet LOL)

I have the Hotel put them in their vault for me. I also use the safes inside the room.

 

[TimeStopper46]

I have the Hotel put them in their vault for me. I also use the safes inside the room.

+1 Always always always use the hotel safe. Gen or not

 

[rol_man]

Have travelled all continents and not once did I have an issue. As stated earlier, one or two reps won't be cause for alarm but if you carry several, it may raise some eyebrows.

 

[CarpetRyd]

I think the question should be what are you trying to travel with…. if it’s a franken tudor sub you should definitely sell it before you travel. Actually, I’ll do you a solid and we can setup a reserved m2m…

 

[Summoned]

My local Rolex ad thinks my watch is real. Not sure why tsa would thing any different.

 

[RedBearrd]

Interesting watch on bringing watches to Dubai

Nico got taken out of the line when the scanner spotted watches. Pay up son!!

 

[kidcreole]

Interesting watch on bringing watches to Dubai

Nico got taken out of the line when the scanner spotted watches. Pay up son!!

The days are over for me when I used to travel with watch rolls of "$100k+" contents. It's got nothing to do with being a rep or not. It's either the tax they'll try to hit you with or money laundering concerns. It's not worth the hassle.

 

[g00n]

Travelled past October from UK to EU with a rep on my wrist, a rep on the missus wrist, 4 reps and 2 gens in backpack. No issues whatsoever going through security check. Not gonna lie was a little nervous about it…..

 

[OI812]

I call BS. I’ve been all over the world with reps and gens and no one has ever even looked at my wrist unless I forget to take my watch off at the X-ray machine. One tip I have though is to throw whatever watch you have onto a leather/rubber strap or nato just to make it less flashy to protect from thieves.

^^^ this...100% ^^^

 

[mmaggi]

Last summer I traveled to Italy (in & out of Malpensa airport, Milano) with a rep Daytona 116500 black dial, rep Hulk & a gen 16710 GMT-II. Nobody gave a crap. Nobody paid attention or any mind to me. You know why? Because it's insignificant!

I would love to know who spreads all this mindless stupidity and fear mongering. What a load of horsesh!t.

 

[0mkx]

I always carry a rep of a warranty card and a copy of someone else’s receipt just in case they want proof of authenticity

Now if someone at the airport does question your watch and decides to have it checked to see if it's counterfeit... Is it really worth it also providing fake documentation and using someone else's receipt as your own? I think it's best to just deal with the fine and move on instead of risking more charges or fines for presenting fake docs

 

[kidcreole]

Last summer I traveled to Italy (in & out of Malpensa airport, Milano) with a rep Daytona 116500 black dial, rep Hulk & a gen 16710 GMT-II. Nobody gave a crap. Nobody paid attention or any mind to me. You know why? Because it's insignificant!

I would love to know who spreads all this mindless stupidity and fear mongering. What a load of horsesh!t.

That’s 50 to 80k worth of taxable income or monies once sold to fund gangs or terrorist cells. Forget about whether it’s a rep that is insignificant. I live in uae and the hoops I need to jump through to transfer cash anywhere is nuts but you think you can come and go with “100k” worth of watches? I don’t understand why you guys think it’s so absurd?

 

[mmaggi]

At Malpensa I was wearing my gen GMT 16710 and had to pass through the metal detector twice because I forgot to take off my watch and jacket. In my carry on were my 2 reps.

I said to the security guard in Italian that I better see my Rolex that I placed in the bin and the 2 watches in my carry on on the other side otherwise I'm going to raise hell. He didn't even blink an eye. LOL! They don't care!