Actually, low end rep watch will not really hurt the geniune brand business.. In fact, some people may buy them as fun watch initially to wear for what ever reason.
Somehow the owner start to fond on the rep watch and like it so much. He himself know he must get one, real one.. He look for more info on the real one and find out more and more disimilarity of the gen and rep. He know the only way to satisfy his desire is getting a gen one unless they is a super rep which appearance wise looks 99.9% similiar to gen.
Geniune watch brand company know all this monkey business and they close one eye on it as they believe it is a good marketing for their watch and brand..
The real problem for gen watch company is when somebody start to produce real high quality reps which cost only 1/10 of the real thing but cosmetic wise looks exactly the real thing, including super lume, real titanium or whatever..
I think I have read a thread about a guy experience of rep watch in Malaysia. He claim selling low end rep is ok as most people think its some kind of fun and fashion. Authorities will not arrest those vender. Authorities will only start taking action when they discover the vender selling those high end and very good rep..
Come to think of it.. If somebody can come up with a watch as good as gen. For example a Rolex ceramic sub which looks exactly like the real one, Blue super lume, gen like sapphire bezel pearl. Everything looks the same and flawless (perfect pearl/bezel, perfect dial, perfect bracelet)except the movt inside is the SA3135 and cost only $800. Do you think will it hurt Rolex sales??
Yes, it will.
Somehow the owner start to fond on the rep watch and like it so much. He himself know he must get one, real one.. He look for more info on the real one and find out more and more disimilarity of the gen and rep. He know the only way to satisfy his desire is getting a gen one unless they is a super rep which appearance wise looks 99.9% similiar to gen.
Geniune watch brand company know all this monkey business and they close one eye on it as they believe it is a good marketing for their watch and brand..
The real problem for gen watch company is when somebody start to produce real high quality reps which cost only 1/10 of the real thing but cosmetic wise looks exactly the real thing, including super lume, real titanium or whatever..
I think I have read a thread about a guy experience of rep watch in Malaysia. He claim selling low end rep is ok as most people think its some kind of fun and fashion. Authorities will not arrest those vender. Authorities will only start taking action when they discover the vender selling those high end and very good rep..
Come to think of it.. If somebody can come up with a watch as good as gen. For example a Rolex ceramic sub which looks exactly like the real one, Blue super lume, gen like sapphire bezel pearl. Everything looks the same and flawless (perfect pearl/bezel, perfect dial, perfect bracelet)except the movt inside is the SA3135 and cost only $800. Do you think will it hurt Rolex sales??
Yes, it will.