Rolex is an expensive Swiss watch with a name known literally throughout the world. Most people, even those far from the watch topic, when talking about expensive Swiss watches, imagine watches of this particular brand.
Rolex is an object of desire for many watch collectors, and just people who strive for luxury, sometimes ostentatious.
Therefore, it is not surprising that this particular Swiss watch brand is the most counterfeited in the world.
The quality of fakes and their prices vary, sometimes dramatically. You can find extremely cheap fakes with Chinese quartz movements, slightly more expensive ones with movements from Japan or clones of Swiss ones, and, of course, “luxury ” fakes costing $600 or more.
In such watches, Chinese craftsmen try to copy not only the appearance, but also the appearance of the mechanism.
Naturally, an ordinary person can hardly distinguish such a watch from the original.
However, an experienced watchmaker can confidently recognize a fake.
But today I would like to talk about how to distinguish such watches from the original on your own.
The first difference, which occurs quite often, but which few people pay attention to, is the weight of the watch.
Original Rolex watches use high-quality and expensive materials , so the watch can be described as “ weighty ”.
Naturally, in cheap and expensive fakes, the low price is achieved through maximum savings in materials , so if the watch seems light to you, then you can almost with complete confidence call the watch a fake.
The second difference, which also gives away a fake, is the enlargement of the date on the glass.
Rolex uses cyclops glass technology to enlarge the date window. The multiplicity of such a window is x2.5 . This feature is distinguished by its difficulty in production, and therefore, when copying watches, manufacturers of fakes usually stop at an insufficient magnification of x1.5.
If you see that the date window is bad, uneven, or not visible enough through a “magnifying glass,” then you can confidently say that the watch is fake.
The third difference, which with 100% probability will reveal even a “luxury fake”, is the quality of the dial.
Let’s be honest, Rolex is an expensive watch, and even if it may be too expensive, for the money you get a really high -quality product with high quality finishing on the dial, bracelet and case.
Armed with a magnifying glass or other magnifying device, you will be able to judge the originality of the watch 100%, because with magnification you will see all the slightest flaws to the last.
Remember, in an original watch almost everything will be perfect and flawless , the font, polishing, bracelet links, engraving on the clasp and everything else.
The quality of even the most expensive fakes does not come close to the micro-quality of the original watches, at least not yet.
The engraving on them is rough, the font is too bold or thin, the inscriptions are made sloppy and the font differs from the original.
The fourth difference, which is a little more difficult, but can also be used to judge the originality of the watch, is the volume of the ticking.
Rolex, as a premium watch, also takes care of the “noisiness” of the watch. The original clock does not “go” loudly , the sound of its ticking is quiet, aristocratic and pleasant.
Rolex movements are manufactured works of art that engineers and designers have been thinking about for many years. It is quite obvious that such mechanisms will not be loud and unpleasant to the ear.
If a Rolex watch runs loudly and makes a lot of noise, it is not an original watch.
The fifth difference is a feature of the original watch that very few people know about.
Few people know that the sapphire crystal of the original Rolex at 6 o’clock is engraved with a miniature crown – the Rolex logo .
Naturally, such a feature is not the easiest to copy, because precision jewelry work with sapphire glass is not the easiest thing to do.
And besides, few people really know about this feature.
If the watch does not have such a crown, it is 100% fake.
And the last, sixth difference is the price.
In modern life, it is worth remembering the expression – “Free cheese only comes in a mousetrap.”
It is unlikely that anyone will sell original Rolex watches at prices two, three, five or ten times lower than the average market price.
And especially considering how famous they are in the modern world.
Always remember this and be vigilant!
