Help, i bought a Bvlgari on EBAY

[GerardoPG]

hi, i'm new in this site, and i need some help of you experts, i bought this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...737443&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_3840wt_939, the seller said that is genuine, but to be shure i took it to a jewery store and they told me that i has a ETA original machine, and it's really titanium, but he said that could be a 80% shure it's original, so what can i do to be totali shure, because i've seen pages where sell replica watches with swiss movement, so could be this the case? what can you recommend me to do?
thanks for your help!

 

[alvinado]

any boxs ans papers?

 

[GerardoPG]

just box, no papers

 

[alvinado]

hmm, hard to tell, why don't you go to a bvgari boutique and ask them to verify..

 

[GerardoPG]

ok i will take it to a store where they sell this watches, and try to verify, thanks por your help and time

 

[If you see Kay]

I have the exact same watch.

But mine is a rep. The rep has a white datewheel, and the gen has a black date wheel.

When you get it take a look at how the strap fits onto the lugs and take a look at the buckle. The strap/lug connection should be real smooth and not "cut" looking. The buckle should be stamped with the Bvlgari text, not laser etched. The BVLGARI text on the strap (metal part) should be stamped heavily and evenly and very clean.

Judging from the pics. I'd say gen. You got a good deal on it too, as MSRP is around 4 to 5K

Here's mine.

 

[levelmanroger]

If it's a rep it's a very good one.
The ETA movement rotor in the gen should be stamped "Bvlgari". The rep either will not say Bvlgari on the rotor, or will most likely have a sticker that makes it look stamped. If it's stamped and cleanly done (properly aligned, etc), then it is most likely a gen.

 

[CBR]

If you received the watch in the auction pictures, it is a gen. There are several issues with the reps that are not present in the watch in the pics.
On a side note, if the watch shop opened it up... make sure they properly sealed it again.
Thats a great looking watch, and you got a great deal on it!

 

[Edward Cullen]

I'm not sure that the watch in the photo's is genuine. I've seen and owned several Bvlgari watches, both replica and genuine, and all genuine Bvlgari watches I've owned have had a very rounded G stamped into the case at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions. Something about that one doesn't look right, to oval shaped. Replica Bvlgari's use an ever so slightly different font to the genuines, and to me that looks like the replica. Although everything else points to genuine. The biggest givaways with fake Bvlgari watches is the font around the bezel, and wether the text is etched or engraved on the buckle.

 

[If you see Kay]

I'm not sure that the watch in the photo's is genuine. I've seen and owned several Bvlgari watches, both replica and genuine, and all genuine Bvlgari watches I've owned have had a very rounded G stamped into the case at the 12 and 6 o'clock positions. Something about that one doesn't look right, to oval shaped. Replica Bvlgari's use an ever so slightly different font to the genuines, and to me that looks like the replica. Although everything else points to genuine. The biggest givaways with fake Bvlgari watches is the font around the bezel, and wether the text is etched or engraved on the buckle.

I believe it is a genuine, as it has a black datewheel and the BVLGARI on the buckle is stamped rather than laser etched. THe lug screws also sit over the lugs, not recessed into the lugs. Andrew is the only dealer that has this watch on their website. Unless this watch came from another source.

 

[ThinkBachs]

To make it easier, here are the auction pics...

The carbon fiber texture looks wrong to me, and the bezel has a stamped appearance rather than the engraved as shown in the gen version next to the first image from the auction. I can tell you that it's not easy to find a rep of this watch...