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Old 12 November 2020, 02:11 PM   #1
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Authenticity Check on Tudor Bronze Bay

First, thanks for reading my post.
I recently bought my first decent watch, a Tudor Black Bay Bronze, from a person with a great reputation as a seller in this community. He was awesome and I have absolutely no reason to think that I have been sold a fake.

I am, however, a first time buyer and I just watched a youtube video about a fake black bay bronze that initially fooled a prior owner of a legit one, so it kind of freaked me out.

It came with all the box stuff, straps etc. The warranty card has the name of a real jeweller on the back of it, who currently is not a Tudor AD, but could have been as they sell high end watches still. The warranty card and the number on the watch also match. If you think its fake, I don't need to know why. My understanding is that passing this info along helps people selling fakes, so I don't want that. I apologize in advance for the quality of some of the photos. Taking close ups of a watch face in artificial light proved to be harder than I thought.

Hopefully you can tell me that I'm paranoid and that I should enjoy my new purchase.

Thanks!
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Old 12 November 2020, 02:58 PM   #2
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Man, it is hard to get a good pic of the face. Sorry for the blurry nature. To my eye, writing looks sharp and glass looks good, but I've never seen one IRL other than my own. More pics.
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Old 28 December 2020, 12:26 PM   #3
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Old 28 December 2020, 03:44 PM   #4
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Cant say much because the photos look like they were taken with a potato.
If you can take a macro photo from the hands, that is a good way to tell.
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Old 29 December 2020, 04:36 PM   #5
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Hopefully these help. Harder to get good pic than I thought. Thanks!
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Old 2 January 2021, 07:30 PM   #6
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Mmmm, I wearing mine and looking at the pics and something looks strange, are the hour markers gold or bronze ?
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Old 2 January 2021, 07:53 PM   #7
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I’m not sure. You’ve got to be careful though, an ex colleague of mine had what he called a ‘Super Fake’ one of these and I would have thought it was real if he hadn’t told me. I would try and get one new from an AD Orr buy from a trusted seller like DavidSW if I were you to be safe.
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Old 2 January 2021, 09:24 PM   #8
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This is a genuine watch. Sharp markers, hands without dirty/greasy or eneven marks. Good bezel fit. This is 100% a genuine Tudor, no worries
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Old 2 January 2021, 09:54 PM   #9
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This is a genuine watch. Sharp markers, hands without dirty/greasy or eneven marks. Good bezel fit. This is 100% a genuine Tudor, no worries
Maybe however the pics are not great , op can you get better pics ?
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Old 3 January 2021, 04:04 AM   #10
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Thanks guys. The last 4 pics may be the best I can do. I know the ones further up are crap. I'm going to attach one in natural light in case that helps. I also have attached one with lume. The focus is horrendous but I have heard that the color and consistency of the lume can be helpful.

I would have loved to use an AD, but given that Tudor stopped making this particular model a few years ago, I couldn't find one with stock here in the US. The watch did include original packaging which had the original card that was filled out with the name of a legit jeweller in the US that used to carry Tudors. No purchaser name or date.

I spoke with a local AD who said their policy is that if they open up the back, they have to send it in for service, but I can come in and they will take a look and listen to / watch the movement for comparison. Please let me know if you think that is worthwhile or if it's overkill. Thanks again to each of you.
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Old 3 January 2021, 09:55 AM   #11
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Watch looks authentic to me.
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Old 3 January 2021, 10:06 AM   #12
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always look at the edge of the hands
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Old 3 January 2021, 10:17 AM   #13
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Looks fine from here (no immediate red flags), but better pics would help confirm.

Just keep in mind the newer Tudor references are some of the most accurately faked watches out there.
So, I would always be absolutely sure you know what you are looking at (what to look for), and who you are dealing with before pulling the trigger on one.

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Get a caseback remover and pop that sucker open. If it pops its total gabage.

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