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Originally Posted by Leopard88
Its not necessarily a fake- clasp is ok for an old model, crown is overpolished so it probably is solid gold and there are no real two tone fakes with solid gold. Dial just seems to bear waterdamage thats why lume looks so bad and there are stains on the dial too. This might be the reason why its running bad.
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This.
The watch appears to be genuine, but with a very poor/amateur refinish job and dial damage (likely from water intrusion, or mishandling/attempted cleaning of the dial during service).
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Originally Posted by Leopard88
i noticed here on this forum that so called experts claim 90% of original watches to be fake
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+ 1000.
People making
definitive statements here, when they have no idea what they are talking about, is a bit frustrating...and it seems to have gotten more prevalent over the years.
Granted, fakes have gotten much better over the years as well, but still...