TIP : How to tell for sure if the pre-owned watch you are buying is genuine

[keanewoon]

Yes, from a different perspective if you are willing to spend eg. 24k on a preowned watch, paying additional 1% to have the peace of mind that you have a genuine piece is a small price to pay... actually i think it's almost mandatory to do this as you dont want a situation where one day when you send it in to eg. RSC and they don't want to service the watch because its not genuine...

but on a different perspective for those ocd ppl.
sending in what may appear to be a perfectly nice looking piece, may turn up issues like 'chip in crystal', 'dent in case' etc that is not that noticeable to the naked eye.
then u'll forever be wondering about it

This happened to me before. During cod, i tot the chip in the center region on the inside is just dust spec. When i send to rsc for service, they told me it's actually chip and cost me 600+ to replace.


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[keanewoon]

Yes, from a different perspective if you are willing to spend eg. 24k on a preowned watch, paying additional 1% to have the peace of mind that you have a genuine piece is a small price to pay... actually i think it's almost mandatory to do this as you dont want a situation where one day when you send it in to eg. RSC and they don't want to service the watch because its not genuine...

To me, authentication is not that hard of you know what you are buying or u have enough of experience in holding that particular model. But one thing that only rsc (for rolex) is whether the item is in their stolen goods database or not.


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[Nickmax]

Hi, just to share my experience with authenticating my omega watch at swatch group:
I just walk in on Friday (the place was crowded with people) to get it authenticated but apparently what they actually did was just a diagnosis of the watch condition and not verify the authenticity of the watch.


Quite a long queue


This is the report that I got



When I was about to leave, I actually asked whether is there a proper authentication process. The staff informed there is such services but the watch has to be send to Switzerland for the authentication at the cost of RM1100 and it takes 1 - 2 months.
If the watch were found not genuine, the watch will be confiscated and the owner still have to bear the postage charge of RM265. if the watch is genuine, there will be a proper documentation as well as new certificate issued for the watch.

 

[WatchW]

Nice sharing, Bro.

I think you can safely assume that your watch is genuine.
After all, it was closely inspected for by a trained Omega watchsmith. Surely, he/she would have known.

[keanewoon]

At least there is option to reissue certificate. Wonder will rolex offer the same service


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[herng0326]

Bring it to the boutique for authentic verification.
Insist to do so.