Another "straight talk" thread.

[hooligan]

I understand your point, but AFAIK one of the main purposes of a bulletin board like this is to be one honest place in a world of rep scams. Allowing dealers to make, at best, dubious claims is not helping anyone and certainly not newcomers.

Edit: There are in fact 1:1 copies, but maybe not when it comes to watches (and it doesn't make them genuine). I used to work for a car manufacturer and we found copies of parts that were so good we had resort to metallurgy to tell them from our own.

There are Swiss movements out there. The DSN 027A rep that I bought last fall had a Swiss 2892 movement in it. The "1:1" or "Made from a genuine example" are tougher to control, but we try.

Calling mineral glass "synthetic sapphire" and the like is not allowed here, either.

If you see trusted dealers advertising as such, please notify a staff member. Thanks.