Being a “newbie” I had no idea that the weight between a Gen Rolex and a Rep can be quite a lot and that this is the first “tell” an expert tends to use when looking at your watch.
I was showing my Rep 116506 Daytona (Platinum) Noob but made in Steel to a friend who owns 22 genuine Rolexes and the first thing he did was compare it’s weight to that of the YG Gen Daytona he had on his wrist. He then declared that mine was a fake before even actually looking at it and when I compared one watch in each hand the difference was obvious. The Gen of mine was supposed to weigh 283 grams and mine weighs 136g. I realise that steel weighs less than platinum or gold but I’m surprised that the manufacturers of Reps haven’t addressed this yet.
One forum member suggested them being made in Tungsten but he said the cost of using new machinery would add substantially to the cost. I was prepared to get my Rep platinum plated but now I hesitate when anybody “in the know” can easily spot the weight difference. He said that besides the weight it was a good Rep and doubted he could tell it was a fake until he put it under magnification.
I now understand why the Daytona 116500/116520 in steel is so popular on here because I saw on another thread that the weight difference is minimal between Gen and the latest Reps. According to him, a Rolex enthusiast would have trouble telling the Gen from the Rep in these without magnification and the “weight test” would not give it away.
As I said, I’m a newbie”, and here is a dumb newbie idea – would it be possible to put a thin layer of lead glued to the inside of the back case to weigh it down? Don’t laugh me off, it’s just an idea and maybe there isn’t enough space in there otherwise you guys would have done it (I guess?). Naturally, it would be obvious once the watch was opened but until that time…………..
I was showing my Rep 116506 Daytona (Platinum) Noob but made in Steel to a friend who owns 22 genuine Rolexes and the first thing he did was compare it’s weight to that of the YG Gen Daytona he had on his wrist. He then declared that mine was a fake before even actually looking at it and when I compared one watch in each hand the difference was obvious. The Gen of mine was supposed to weigh 283 grams and mine weighs 136g. I realise that steel weighs less than platinum or gold but I’m surprised that the manufacturers of Reps haven’t addressed this yet.
One forum member suggested them being made in Tungsten but he said the cost of using new machinery would add substantially to the cost. I was prepared to get my Rep platinum plated but now I hesitate when anybody “in the know” can easily spot the weight difference. He said that besides the weight it was a good Rep and doubted he could tell it was a fake until he put it under magnification.
I now understand why the Daytona 116500/116520 in steel is so popular on here because I saw on another thread that the weight difference is minimal between Gen and the latest Reps. According to him, a Rolex enthusiast would have trouble telling the Gen from the Rep in these without magnification and the “weight test” would not give it away.
As I said, I’m a newbie”, and here is a dumb newbie idea – would it be possible to put a thin layer of lead glued to the inside of the back case to weigh it down? Don’t laugh me off, it’s just an idea and maybe there isn’t enough space in there otherwise you guys would have done it (I guess?). Naturally, it would be obvious once the watch was opened but until that time…………..