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Old 27 April 2021, 03:38 AM   #1
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Genuine rolex box?

Is this box genuine? TIA[ATTACH][ATTACH]20210425_102540.jpg[/ATTACH][/ATTACH]
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Old 27 April 2021, 04:00 AM   #2
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Old 27 April 2021, 04:20 AM   #3
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Green outside paper box should not be yellow inside felt lining.

All my newer yellow inside flap is all the way up the top lid, not half way.

Old left, new right.

I took this end of 2014.
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Old 27 April 2021, 04:21 AM   #4
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So fake as it can be.
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Old 27 April 2021, 04:28 AM   #5
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Green outside paper box should not be yellow inside felt lining.

All my newer yellow inside flap is all the way up the top lid, not half way.
The outer box is green
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Old 27 April 2021, 04:38 AM   #6
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The outer box is green
Therefore inside should be green.

Compare the inside printing of my older style box to yours.
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Old 27 April 2021, 05:06 AM   #7
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Therefore inside should be green.

Compare the inside printing of my older style box to yours.
So if i had no outer how can you tell the box is fake? Could the inner be in the wrong outer sleeve?
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Old 27 April 2021, 09:02 AM   #8
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That inside material doesn't look like any Rolex box I have ever seen and I can't imagine Rolex would use such a sloppy crown and lettering, such terrible stitching, or allow loose threads to just poke around. While the contractor who makes these likely varies, I cannot imagine that is an authentic Rolex box.
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Old 27 April 2021, 09:07 AM   #9
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Doesn't look real from any angle.
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Old 27 April 2021, 09:12 AM   #10
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Is this box genuine?
No. Not even close.
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Old 27 April 2021, 09:12 AM   #11
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Complete fake
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Old 27 April 2021, 11:29 AM   #12
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Fake, and a terrible one at that. You can see screw heads poking out on the base under the green material. Rolex uses joiners, not fasteners in the construction of the boxes.


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Old 27 April 2021, 11:37 AM   #13
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So if i had no outer how can you tell the box is fake? Could the inner be in the wrong outer sleeve?
Look at my pic again.

From your pic, you have inner yellowish felt. The newer type box colour. If that is the case, the flap inside tilts out and should be all the way up. Also green ROLEX lettering.

If you have the greenish felt inside, the flap is half way up and fixed. Older style box. Your font and crown is also different from my old greenish box on the left.

My pic was taken end of 2014 around the time of transition, I think. I have a few more boxes before and after the transition and they are all consistent.

The other thing is the outer cardboard box. Yours is older greenish in colour. I could be wrong on this because I did not take all my older boxes out to check. The one in my pic does not have the fold out side. Only the newer yellowish cardboard box did that. However, my newer box on the right is WG BLRO, maybe the bigger boxes do that, not smaller boxes.

What watch is your box for?
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Old 8 May 2021, 05:53 AM   #14
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Doesn’t look like it. Give it a sniff, should be a good indicator of cheap material and plastics or genuine rolex
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Old 8 May 2021, 09:36 AM   #15
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Not even close
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Old 16 May 2021, 10:06 AM   #16
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It’s complete rubbish and very obviously so.
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