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Hi guys,
Apologies if this isn't the right thread, as I'm not looking to expose any scammer. Nevertheless, I still have questions about the authenticity of some of these watches in particular.
So I have been recently looking into this Japanese auction site (or the english proxy for it) that deals with many items, some being legit watches, and others selling items like this Now I know this isn't the best place to be looking for watches, gen or rep, but I did find some interesting stuff I feel like is worth taking a look at, rep or gen.
I've recently been looking into some vintage Tudor submariners as some of them caught my eye with their extremely low asking price. Now I am fully aware that when dealing with low priced items like this, it is always too good to be true, and I'm most likely looking at either replicas or heavily modified vintage watches. The more important question for me is, how authentic are these tudor subs? Are the dials genuine? The bracelet? The biggest indicator for me that these are at the very least, frankenwatches, is the movement. Here are some 3 links to watches I'm looking at:
https://www.jauce.com/auction/g451511778
https://www.jauce.com/auction/q393792037
https://www.jauce.com/auction/j650238039
It's been a while since I've done any reading up on vintage watch models, and I would definitely appreciate any sort of input or details on these watches. At this point I'm almost certain that they're frankenwatches, but like I said before, I'm more or less interested on how much of these watches are genuine and how much of these watches have been swapped/faked. The going prices of these appear to be anywhere from 50,000-180,00 Japanese Yen, which equates to around $1500 USD, which I think is usually what frankenwatches on this forum go for.
Another thing I would have to point out, is that these sellers have put a disclaimer that the watch is not fully original, so it is clear that there is no malicious intentions with selling these timepieces. I am just curious on what parts of this watch, if any is authentic. Even if they are frankenwatches, they would make unique/cheaper subs that I'd definitely like to have on the wrist, but any advice would be totally appreciated, thanks!
Apologies if this isn't the right thread, as I'm not looking to expose any scammer. Nevertheless, I still have questions about the authenticity of some of these watches in particular.
So I have been recently looking into this Japanese auction site (or the english proxy for it) that deals with many items, some being legit watches, and others selling items like this Now I know this isn't the best place to be looking for watches, gen or rep, but I did find some interesting stuff I feel like is worth taking a look at, rep or gen.
I've recently been looking into some vintage Tudor submariners as some of them caught my eye with their extremely low asking price. Now I am fully aware that when dealing with low priced items like this, it is always too good to be true, and I'm most likely looking at either replicas or heavily modified vintage watches. The more important question for me is, how authentic are these tudor subs? Are the dials genuine? The bracelet? The biggest indicator for me that these are at the very least, frankenwatches, is the movement. Here are some 3 links to watches I'm looking at:
https://www.jauce.com/auction/g451511778
https://www.jauce.com/auction/q393792037
https://www.jauce.com/auction/j650238039
It's been a while since I've done any reading up on vintage watch models, and I would definitely appreciate any sort of input or details on these watches. At this point I'm almost certain that they're frankenwatches, but like I said before, I'm more or less interested on how much of these watches are genuine and how much of these watches have been swapped/faked. The going prices of these appear to be anywhere from 50,000-180,00 Japanese Yen, which equates to around $1500 USD, which I think is usually what frankenwatches on this forum go for.
Another thing I would have to point out, is that these sellers have put a disclaimer that the watch is not fully original, so it is clear that there is no malicious intentions with selling these timepieces. I am just curious on what parts of this watch, if any is authentic. Even if they are frankenwatches, they would make unique/cheaper subs that I'd definitely like to have on the wrist, but any advice would be totally appreciated, thanks!
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