Has anyone called you out for wearing a replica?

[mech500]

I never understood this thing. So next time a guy knocks on your car window while you are waiting for a green light in Avenida Reforma, what are you going to do? Tell him to inspect the SELs and bezel insert numerals to demonstrate it's a ZZF v2 instead of a $10,000 Rolex Submariner?

Hand the rep over and be grateful it wasn’t a £10k gen?

Go home, Pick up the phone to VSF and get another one shipped over.

 

[Hinclimincli]

If I was going to be mugged, possibly murdered, for my watch, then I’d rather die with the smug knowledge that my mugger was only getting away with a $400 watch that they would later be exchanging for a score from their drug dealer, rather than a $10,000 watch, that they would later be exchanging for a score from their drug dealer.


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Haha, brilliant. The karma watch!

 

[Hinclimincli]

Hand the rep over and be grateful it wasn’t a £10k gen?

Go home, Pick up the phone to VSF and get another one shipped over.

Well... in Mexico your chances of handing the watch politely before being shot are quite slim, unfortunately. That's why I found it a bit puzzling. EU or UK is another thing, but I would never wear anything with a crown on it in Mexico, fake or genuine (same in Brazil or Colombia, actually).

 

[sw821]

Well... in Mexico your chances of handing the watch politely before being shot are quite slim, unfortunately. That's why I found it a bit puzzling. EU or UK is another thing, but I would never wear anything with a crown on it in Mexico, fake or genuine (same in Brazil or Colombia, actually).

Exactly...

 

[UnluckyXIII]

I never understood this thing. So next time a guy knocks on your car window while you are waiting for a green light in Avenida Reforma, what are you going to do? Tell him to inspect the SELs and bezel insert numerals to demonstrate it's a ZZF v2 instead of a $10,000 Rolex Submariner?

 

[GottaHave]

Well... in Mexico your chances of handing the watch politely before being shot are quite slim, unfortunately. That's why I found it a bit puzzling. EU or UK is another thing, but I would never wear anything with a crown on it in Mexico, fake or genuine (same in Brazil or Colombia, actually).

I'm in Mexico as I write and I wear my genuine Breitling Blackbird, Omega Speedmaster & Tag Carrera each day & nobody takes any notice.

FTR I'm not a UFC champion that scares people off either. :biggrin:

I'm not going to say Mexico is perfectly safe, however, it ain't half as dangerous as people, the press & Hollywood make out.
Don't accept or do drugs in any manner in Mexico & they don't even take a glance at you.

I've been far more concerned about safety & theft at night in the US & Australia.

Of course YMMV.

 

[alexcast]

I'm in Mexico as I write and I wear my genuine Breitling Blackbird, Omega Speedmaster & Tag Carrera each day & nobody takes any notice.

FTR I'm not a UFC champion that scares people off either. :biggrin:

I'm not going to say Mexico is perfectly safe, however, it ain't half as dangerous as people, the press & Hollywood make out.
Don't accept or do drugs in any manner in Mexico & they don't even take a glance at you.

I've been far more concerned about safety & theft at night in the US & Australia.

Of course YMMV.

Dangerous places In Mexico to wear any watch

- Polanco
- Santa Fe
- centro
- condesa
- any traffic jam and red lights
- secondary streets

Walking down the streets, being at any restaurant, driving


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[YellowFin]

Dangerous places In Mexico to wear any watch

- Polanco
- Santa Fe
- centro
- condesa
- any traffic jam and red lights
- secondary streets

Walking down the streets, being at any restaurant, driving

Note taken: no vacation in Mexico.

 

[kavorca1]

You can always wear an apple watch like mine and you should be relatively safe in Mexico.

 

[AlphaProt]

You can always wear an apple watch like mine and you should be relatively safe in Mexico.

that apple will get you robbed.

 

[tony8028]

If you wear a rolex it's assumed to be fake.

 

[Hinclimincli]

If you wear a rolex it's assumed to be fake.

"A thief believes everybody steals", E.W. Howe

 

[gcp42]

Having owned gens and reps for years I can report that not a single person has questioned authenticity of any watch I’ve worn. Most people don’t notice that I’m even wearing a watch, while the ones that do either are watch folks and are courteous enough not to ask, or just don’t care. That being said, I’ve never shown up to a ‘watch’ event with a rep, so who knows really. Like others have said, maybe anyone that sees Rolex on the dial assumes it’s fake...


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[mech500]

Well... in Mexico your chances of handing the watch politely before being shot are quite slim, unfortunately. That's why I found it a bit puzzling. ).

That’s a bit of a generalisation buddy but I get your point.

 

[SHB]

If you wear a rolex it's assumed to be fake.

That's why I wear a tudor gmt as daily so no one say "oh rolex ah oh he fake he oh ha?" lol

Tbh, even if you wear a gen rolex or a shitter 99.9% of peeps won't see a single difference and they most of the time start by "it's a fake".