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Old 7 March 2021, 01:59 PM   #1
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Need advice on this watch

In your opinion, is this authentic? There is no authenticity guarantee but this could be because of the aftermarket dial and bezel.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolex-Datej...cAAOSwtshfD5Si

Please give me your overall opinions with regard to authenticity of the timepiece itself, aesthetic tastes aside please.

Thank you in advance.
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Old 7 March 2021, 02:18 PM   #2
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Please give me your overall opinions with regard to authenticity of the timepiece itself, aesthetic tastes aside please.
Man, that is a tall order!

Looks like one of the many variants of the typical eBay flipper special. In this case, that is: Take a genuine-but-clapped-out SS DJ and add a counterfeit dial and aftermarket bezel.
Then mangle it further with an amateur/hack polish-job to make "look" like a PM piece. It's also over-priced by at least $10k IMO, and that's being generous (assuming the diamonds are real).

Hard pass here, but YMMV.
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Old 7 March 2021, 02:22 PM   #3
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Man, that is a tall order!

Looks like one of the many variants of the typical eBay flipper special. In this case, that is: Take a genuine-but-clapped-out SS DJ and add a counterfeit dial and aftermarket bezel.
Then mangle it further with an amateur/hack polish-job to make "look" like a PM piece.

Hard pass here, but YMMV.

Oh, and it's over-priced by at least $10k IMO, and that's being generous (assuming the diamonds are real).
Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it.
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Old 7 March 2021, 02:23 PM   #4
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Man, that is a tall order!

Looks like one of the many variants of the typical eBay flipper special. In this case, that is: Take a genuine-but-clapped-out SS DJ and add a counterfeit dial and aftermarket bezel.
Then mangle it further with an amateur/hack polish-job to make "look" like a PM piece. It's also over-priced by at least $10k IMO, and that's being generous (assuming the diamonds are real).

Hard pass here, but YMMV.
Would you worry about the diamonds being authentic?
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Old 7 March 2021, 07:57 PM   #5
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Or the fact it's listed as a day date in the description ?
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Old 7 March 2021, 11:49 PM   #6
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Aside from the wonky description, it's overpriced by about$14K. IMHO
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Old 8 March 2021, 12:35 AM   #7
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Nobody has said “hideous” yet. So I will.
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Old 8 March 2021, 09:38 AM   #8
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Nobody has said “hideous” yet. So I will.
Can't say I disagree....
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Old 9 March 2021, 05:39 AM   #9
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That's one mess of a watch
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Old 9 March 2021, 01:47 PM   #10
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In your opinion, is this authentic? There is no authenticity guarantee but this could be because of the aftermarket dial and bezel.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rolex-Datej...cAAOSwtshfD5Si

Please give me your overall opinions with regard to authenticity of the timepiece itself, aesthetic tastes aside please.

Thank you in advance.
They list the watch as a "President Day-Date," but, it doesn't have a "President" bracelet, nor is it a Day-Date.

Know that, if you bought it, even if it was genuine, Rolex wouldn't touch it for service - you'd pay a ton of money to have it restored to original or you'd be stuck with third parties for service.

Are you specifically looking for a blinged out diamond watch? I mean, if you are, I'd probably try to find one that's not a Rolex and that will be less expensive..... the watch you're looking at MIGHT have a Rolex movement, but, the dial, bezel, etc. are fake, so why spend money on them?
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