Thread: Fake 1665
View Single Post
Old 7 January 2018, 01:26 PM   #24
run23
"TRF" Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Brooklyn
Posts: 590
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abdullah71601 View Post
The parts he calls custom have coronets on them. That makes them counterfeit. He says the dial is repainted with Swiss ink (whatever that means). This watch is loaded with fake Rolex parts and is intended to deceive a buyer.



I don’t know why people think it’s OK to trade off someone else’s trademark.

Rolex enthusiasts have to me a bizarre protective instinct over the brand which I’ll never understand. In every other hobby and with every other brand taking old parts and restoring items, even if they are franken items and even if it’s restoring old faded logos, is considered a fun hobby. To Rolex people this is some sort of criminal activity where if you put an aftermarket bracelet on a watch the watch somehow becomes a counterfeit (I had someone tell me on a forum that my watch was now fake because I put non-Rolex clasp on my bracelet to test out a new clasp), let alone non-Rolex hands or something like that. You guys should definitely stay away from the vintage guitar and car worlds or your heads may explode.

To each his own I guess.
run23 is offline   Reply With Quote