Here is the thing:
1. a lot of reps are so good, that it's pretty much impossible for most people to tell the difference with the naked eye. You aren't going to examine a watch for an hour, trying to see if font is a tiiiiny bit off from the real deal.
2. the number of people who are actually watch aficionados is next to zero. Go put on your Rolex rep and go outside. I mean a real shitty rep, ali special, a complete shit show quartz with wrong everything.
Out of 100,000 people who'll see you wearing the watch over a few years:
Half won't even care to notice that you are wearing a watch
That leaves you with 50,000 people who actually care to notice that you have a watch on.
Out of those 20% will think it's a very high end watch...an invicta or even a Seiko/Citizen...really high end shit.
And we are now down to 40,000 people that will actually recognize that it's a Rolex.
Out of those 25% will actually know that it's supposed to be a Submariner.
And you are now down to 10,000 people that actually know what the watch model is supposed to be.
Out of those, 10% will actually have a good view of the watch, where they can actually see the details.
So we are down to 1,000 people who'll actually have a chance to see the details of your watch.
Out of those 10% will actually know the basics of what to look for. i.e.. that a submariner has a cyclops, that it has rolex at the top, and submariner on the bottom, that it's not a quartz.
So we are down to 100 people who'll know the basics.
Out of those 10% will actually know the exact details to look for. i.e. that it's supposed to say submariner/ 1000ft/ chronometer/certified in that order.
So that's just 10 people. And maaaaybe one of those will actually be a Rolex nut, who'll know the exact font, the exact details, and who might call you out.
So out of 100,000 people who might see you wear a watch out in public, 1 might be able to know for sure that it's a fake.
3. But! All these watch companies put out a **** ton of models over 100+ years. Each year they change a bit here, a bit there. Each year they release special models and limited editions. So you still won't get called out because noone can actually know what the exact model of your watch actually is. And people just aren't keen to be assholes when they aren't 100% sure.
And that's with an ali special, any watch you buy from a TD is call out proof.
I'm talking about the real world. Ofcourse if you go around, posting high res instagram photos of your watches, where some loser can spend an hour going over the watch trying to prove that it's a fake...then you'll def want to stick to the super reps.
Honestly, stop worrying about this shit. I know watches, and I know reps, and I hang out with a lot of wealthy guys who are into watches and I always try and see what watches people have, but in the real world you won't even be able to read "Rolex" when the watch is on someone's moving wrist. And most people don't keep their hands still long enough for you to actually read the whole name...let alone for you to see if it even says submariner or if it just says sadmariner. And even when someone presents the watch for you to examine, you have maybe 20-30 seconds tops. That's usually just long enough to read the brand name and the model name. And you won't even have time to notice that it said 11,000 ft = 2,300 m on a submariner.
So again, let it go. This fear of getting called out is just asinine. Half the gen Rolex owners won't even know what watch they actually have on their wrist...you can say "Nice Daytona, and the guy will say ...no It's a Rolex"
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