If you discuss the philosophical question of what others think they know and understand about your watch, then you need to understand that there is no specific answer.
The fact of the location is important, as already mentioned, there are cities where in some areas every second person wears a luxurious watch, and every tenth person in them understands something, and there are places where a person with a mechanical clock is a rarity.
Even at one location there is a question of the circle of communication and socialization in general, here I will not even give examples, everything is clear.
The next aspect is the brand and the quality of the replica. People have been wearing PAM111 or PAM005 for years, and they find out that it is fake when they try to sell it (as it was also said above). There are models where even factual errors are of little importance, because no one knows only about their existence, well, or at least the specifics or special details.
In the end, all of this depends on the "contact" factor. Here I can say by my example that holding the watch in my hands, I can determine, perhaps, any rep pam, but on the wrist of a passer-by I see only PAM / not PAM, 3-5 bright models of other brands, and even then without understanding specific REF., and almost everything else on the bracelet: "Something like Rolex".
I know great guys who used only gen before, they wear rep for a long time, and even when I explain how the PAM312 VSF differs from GEN, no one sees any difference at all.
They often like to say that the best tell is you yourself, here I will agree, in some variable range of prices for gen, after all, the watch is for 5 or 500k $.
But again, if someone recognizes PANERAI on your wrist, then asking to look will see GEN 201A, he will most likely think that this is a Chinese fake PAM000 at best.
