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Originally Posted by manaboutown
No, but I would like to know. I realize the difference in second hand movement distinguishes the Rolex springwound mechanical movement from electronic watches.
When a friend of mine bought a new Rolex in Hong Kong in the late 1980s they opened it up to show him the mechanism and serial number as I would guess the Chinese were manufacturing high quality fakes at that time. If I recall correctly they had to give up doing that to get the 2008 Olympics.
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It is the second-hand movement in the Rolex's that I was shown. A friend of mine who collect's watches taught me about this and also popped the back off a real and a fake and showed me how close the fakes movement looks and is marked.
He regularly bought items from Classified adds such as our and always asked for a paperwork trail on the item and made his decision at that point.
He did get burned when he was young and bought a Patek Phillipe watch for a bundle that was a fake. I looked at the watch and it was stunning. I guess its buyer beware.