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Cheap Rolex rep

Nightwatchman67

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Is this the sign of a cheap rep? The OP8?
It’s on a Sub on eBay, with 19 bids and it’s up to £3650.

 

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Clasp ref' numbers, serial numbers, date stamps etc are an extremely poor method for determining authenticity. This sort of nonsense originated on reddit, a place where people don't, can't, won't understand that the ref' & serial numbers, date stamps etc used by rep factories are based on real ref' data used by Rolex themselves - OP8 exists, Rolex used it on their bracelets.

I couldn't find the watch above, but it looks fairly crap from that one pic, but ebay is crawling with cheap fakes and people are queuing to purchase them.



 

Art Vandelay

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I think I've found the listing.


Shit photos, incorrect reference listed, plenty of red flags.

Wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.
 

Nightwatchman67

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Yes that’s the one, was looking about, as you do and that was the first thing I noticed and to be honest, I know cheap watches 😞