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18 May 2018, 08:16 AM | #1 |
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is this a factory serti?
Don't know much about Serti dials as this is my first one. but im thinking its aftermarket. The gold around the sapphires doesnt look that crisp as it should to me.
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18 May 2018, 08:21 AM | #2 |
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is this a factory serti?
Mine for reference... The surrounds on yours looks a little bigger?
Hopefully an expert will chime in.
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18 May 2018, 08:22 AM | #3 |
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Yes, yours look much sharper.
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18 May 2018, 08:23 AM | #4 |
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Yeah, I don't know, I am no expert, but the gold surrounding the diamonds and the sapphires does look a little off.
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18 May 2018, 08:28 AM | #5 |
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The Rolex crown is touching the 12 o’Clock sapphire. I don’t think it’s right.
Also the date number looks very skinny. |
18 May 2018, 09:06 AM | #6 |
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The spacing between the 1000ft, the =, and 300m looks too far apart. I'm no expert, but I would say it's aftermarket.
OP, did you buy this watch? Or, are you considering it? Has the whole watch been authenticated? Also looks like the cyclops is not completely aligned with the date window. |
18 May 2018, 11:09 AM | #7 |
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Nothing about that watch looks real to me.
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18 May 2018, 11:22 AM | #8 |
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No way to know unless you pull the dial and look on the back side of dial.
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18 May 2018, 11:30 AM | #9 |
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You don’t need to take it apart.
The dial is a refinished custom job which means it is a fake Serti. The underlying dial plate may have come from a Rolex but I doubt it. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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18 May 2018, 11:51 AM | #10 |
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I would pass on that one unless you can have it checked by A RSC inside and out.
Bezel and dial are suspect to begin with.
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18 May 2018, 11:59 AM | #11 |
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Horrible fake, just look at the bezel it looks like a 4 yr old painted it. Dial is trash city, bracelet is made of recycled aluminum cans and the winding crown looks like I made it in my basement with melted rolo wrappers. Mid level canal st fake 80-150$.
Op is a sweat shop owner that throws these fakes up for pros to pick apart so he can remake the next batch of fakes better... look into his thread history and the “ how do these look” threads are all fugazzzi. |
18 May 2018, 01:35 PM | #12 |
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Hmm. He does post a lot of fakes for confirmation. If he's not a counterfeiter, he's looking for love in all the wrong places.
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18 May 2018, 01:49 PM | #13 |
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Obviously refinished fake. OP is always looking for feedback on fakes. “I’m just a babe in the woods. Is it real??” I’m not buying your act.
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18 May 2018, 02:10 PM | #14 |
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The 11 & 1 hour markers are different thicknesses'
The surround to the diamonds (if they are actually diamonds!) are all over the place. If that's original Rolex, must have been a 16:45 Friday afternooner'.....lol I would walk....very quickly!
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18 May 2018, 02:35 PM | #15 |
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heres mine , bought it brand new in 2006 , cost me a fortune £4,400 🤣
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18 May 2018, 06:22 PM | #16 |
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Aftermarket dial and bezel insert. The watch appears to be genuine.
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18 May 2018, 10:49 PM | #17 |
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18 May 2018, 10:53 PM | #18 |
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Unless one has x-ray vision that works on photographs - it is impossible to know what movement is inside.
So when the dial looks sketchy, one must “judge a book by its cover” - and stay away. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro
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Looks fake to me.
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19 May 2018, 12:53 AM | #20 |
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And me
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19 May 2018, 02:26 AM | #21 |
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Its fake... also the serti was not available on 16803s... and while I know a dial change is possible... its just not often you see that...
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19 May 2018, 06:04 AM | #22 |
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Dial is no good as is the bezel insert
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However the rest looks fine (despite the amateur-hour refinish/polish work). The case looks OK, just improperly polished/refinished/contoured. The bracelet looks OK, but improperly refinished/polished (looks like someone went crazy with the Cape Cod cloth). Bezel itself looks OK, just heavily worn and/or carelessly polished. The winding crown looks OK, just heavily worn and/or carelessly polished. So yeah, hard pass for me, but the watch is not anything close to a "mid level canal st fake". |
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I would take Eric's opinion over just about anyone else's in the Watchout section.
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Not about to have a pissing contest on who can spot a better fake this is like the dumpster section of forum I’ll stick to the meet n greet n general topics for now on. |
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19 May 2018, 10:48 AM | #27 |
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It has the 3035 movement. Not fake, just sloppy aftermarket parts looks like.
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19 May 2018, 10:52 AM | #28 |
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19 May 2018, 10:54 AM | #29 |
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And my question was about the serti dial being factory or after market not if watch was replica. Never had a serti before so I didn’t know. Here’s the movement
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Stop lying bro... every post you’ve put on the forum has been a fake watch. |
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