[rolexmonger]

Yes, I almost bought a Tudor Sub like that. Only the movment was real, and the rest, well, it was after all from Vietnam. Too nice to be true, and too clean to be vintage. Some lucky sucker paid almost $800.00 for a Tudor movement. Don't feel bad. At least you thought that what you were buying was real. Imagine buying a real Rolex for $6,000.00 only find out that most people want to pay $2,000.00, and that the one to pay you the $6,000.00 is hard to find. Believe me, even for guys that have been at it for years, mistakes do happen. In my case, all I have to do is find another guy like me to unload it on, but at least what I have is real, so the only complaint that someone can make later on is, "I paid too much," which is a relative term in the vintage watch market. Someone else always buys it for the same price if one is patient enough, but in your case it is different. Don't be too quick to judge the seller, however. If Rolex technicians didn't spot it right away, your seller might be as innocent as you. In that case, it might not be a bad sales practise to tell you to be a man and forget about it. I don't know. It is hard to tell what to do when you don't see everything clearly. You want to blame someone, but start with yourself, not with the seller. If he is intentionally selling fake stuff, he won't admit it anyway.