Hey all, this little thread caught my attention:
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=669791
From a quick glance it looks genuine, but it's not.
Pyccy (Andrea), a poster from Italy's Orologi forum has posted about a 1665 for sale that turned out to be a fake after his own examination, he went all the way to the UK to check it out. As I was typing this up, I realised it was the same watch being advertised here. Link to the thread:
https://translate.google.com/transla...3Ft%3D76701532
Timeline:
February 2019: COMEX5514_ lists DRSD for sale for "$50,000 USD" here on TRF, includes a photo of box & papers. It appears to have been deleted but the archived listing can be viewed here:
https://www.watchpatrol.net/listing/699270
April 2019: COMEX5514_ relists DRSD for sale for "£36,000 (bank wire)" here:
https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=669791 Photo of box and papers is gone.
May 2019: Andrea from the Italian forum posts about a fake Mark 2 DRSD from the UK.
COMEX5514_, coming from the UK selling a Mark 2 DRSD 1665 here might just be a coincidence?
Well here's COMEX5514_'s photos from his thread compared to Andrea's:
Midcase engravings:
Same scratches and dings.
Caseback:
Same scratches and dings on the lugs.
And my comparison of the dial:
Top is a real Mark 2 DRSD dial, bottom pic is retrieved from Comex5514_'s own thread. Do note the extra long serif on the right side of the bottom hour marker on the fake, real Mark 2s don't have that long serif!
And here's Andrea's comparision:
This fake watch that was exposed last
May on the Italian Orologi forum with the
owner informed it is a fake is the
same watch that's still being advertised and bumped today here on TRF. It's fraud. Falsified papers to match the engravings on the fake case.
Comex5514_ has listed his contact information as +44 7506 133965 and
pauliustankus@gmail.com