How fake is my 005?

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Thats so not true. When I meet a random person with a watch I usually demand they take it off and give it to me. Then I proceed to pull out my lupe, but before so I unscrew the crown if possible to see the smoothness of the movement and I rotate the bezel and press all the pushers if it has some. Then I look through the lupe to see the close up detail of the hands and dial. Then I open it up and see the movement to make sure I am not talking to a fake watch wearing person as they cannot be trusted. Then I judge them in front of everyone and bash them for wearing a fake. I make sure I am loud and point so everyone in a 500ft radius knows it. Just have to protect the Gen Watch Community you know. I do Gods work.

And of course all other peoples around:

Just have to protect the Gen Watch Community you know.

You're joking, but this is a real concern that lot of users in gen forums have...

 

[EuroTime25]

And of course all other peoples around:



You're joking, but this is a real concern that lot of users in gen forums have...

Of course. Best enjoy it and no one will care. If they do its hard to tell unless its a cheap rep. Most see it and say nice watch.

 

[EuroTime25]

@EuroTimes25 . . . thank you.
Sometimes I think we've already reached a level of insanity. I've seen fake Rolexes in the 1980s, that created more damage to the soul than watching The Omen on TV at midnight. Today we have such high level of replicas, that it'll take a make specialist to identify it, yet people freak out over what they perceive as a 0.5% variation on a certain marker.

This isn't healthy anymore . . .

Lol as you said today reps are so good its hard to tell. Just see how many youtube videos are to show rep vs gen and just how close. The only way to tell is to have both in your hand and a magnifying lens. On this community people will get picky on a watch but just to infor you. But in the end 99% cant tell and wont see the imperfection even if they own a gen. How often do you memorize your gen watches. Only one who do are ones who buy and sell them. For us a hobby and one we enjoy. One of my favorite reps is the Panerai 911 from noob. The 6 isnt correct but who will care or tell. I can bet you someone who sells panerai wont know. Plus its a rare model which chances to see one in the wild is extremely rare. In the end a hobby to which we must enjoy and sometimes leave off the crazy detail. I was looking at some Noob Rolex Smurf and Hulk and to me it passes compared to Clean or VSF. Plus this way you can buy both compared to one from the newer factories.

 

[Hesekiel]

That's exactly it.
You take a VFR Rolex Submariner or Noob PAM 111 next to a GEN on a table with studio lighting and macro lenses and ask the viewer to guess, yes, guess, which one is the GEN and which one is the replica, and still the result will be depending on how many people guess correctly.

Nobody will be able to say that a certain watch is a replica while it's being worn by another person. As we've often said, the main indicator is the wearer himself. If the dude in the banged-up Civic wears a Patek Philippe, I'll guess it's a fake.

That said, my former business partner, now retired, still drives his banged up 2003 Buick Roadmaster, not because he can't afford another car, but because he loves it so much, and he often wears a the 14K solid YG Rolex that his dad bought new in 1954. Sometimes, you just can't be sure.