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Title: Can share me the experience?
Post by: hugopua on June 30, 2024, 06:58:21 PM

Hi.

Do watch dealers sell fake watches? Can this also happen with dealers that have physical stores? How to prevent this?

Thank you.

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: sshark on June 30, 2024, 09:30:24 PM

The short answer is yes, you must be careful and not let your guard down.

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: Nazrain on July 01, 2024, 07:13:09 AM

Sadly yes, need to be on your toes when dealing with watches. Read and read the reviews on the shop. If its a current model of a watch, get a feel of it an a local authorised dealer. Play around with the watch. Wound it up see how the movement feels. Then go to the watch dealer that you browsed and play with the watch again. See if anything is off. Alternatively i think some watch shop are able to do an authenticate for a fee.

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: hugopua on July 01, 2024, 07:57:55 AM

Hi.

Thank you for your sharing. Any review for Dekairos Subang?

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: dpkong on July 01, 2024, 09:35:02 AM

Nowadays, fakes are so good even "experts" would be fooled until the caseback is removed and only a real expert can tell the difference.

I think the best yardstick is to know how long that particular seller has been in business. There would be a reputation to maintain.

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: hugopua on July 01, 2024, 03:41:23 PM

Agreed. They hard to verify if the calibre is real and using high quality watches case.

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: contender on December 23, 2024, 04:38:15 PM

Buying from grey dealers if got warranty card etc should be ok right ?

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: dpkong on December 23, 2024, 08:49:23 PM

Quote from: contender on December 23, 2024, 04:38:15 PM

Buying from grey dealers if got warranty card etc should be ok right ?

if you read the threads, it's still a coin toss

Title: Re: Can share me the experience?
Post by: bulletnos on December 24, 2024, 02:43:02 PM

Word of the wise - Buy the Seller, not just the Watch...

Grey dealers that mushroom around - can sometimes be fooled themselves with a combination of inexperience + speedy deals and sadly for some - greed.

Warranty cards can themselves be forged. Original Boxes and Manuals can be bought from the secondary market.

So if you spot anything amiss - or if the deal is too good to be true - then I would personally walk away.