The notion that fakes are still Times Square quartz knockoffs is dangerous. People don’t realize how GOOD replica watches have gotten. $350-500 for one, and you’re in pretty close territory until you break out the loupe. It’s a very real risk when trying to buy a genuine watch nowadays and you need to be really careful. Or, ya know, just buy vintage instead. 😎

Snazzy Labs I agree with you but with vintage there's also is a lot of fake and franken watches

Snazzy Labs I don't know man. Even the vintage market is getting fakes

Snazzy Labs vintage becomes frankensteins very easily throughout its lifespan. Just buy a watch with clear caseback and its super easy to identify by its internal finishing.

If I'm ever chatting to someone with a nice watch I often ask to see it (offering mine in return) because we both like good watches and I love examining them to see the details and craftsmanship. Knowing how to spot a fake is a good skill and one you only utilise when you have it a few inches from your eyes but why is that surprising? We can make microchips, of course we can make something that looks 'mostly the same' from 6 feet away.

the left one is the fake, look at the branding on the face of the watch

Until the radial brushing, I had no clue the entire video😂😂

Paul P 🤣

The fake is the one in his hand.

Whic one is the real ?

lmao perfectly sums it up

@Dat Phung the fake tourbillons use a chinese tourbillon movement thats like 400 bucks... they all use the same one and its pretty obvious just by looking at it that its fake

No

It's worth 10,000 to those that pay 10,000.

Why the hell would you impress yourself ?

@@JohnRubenIndia Its nice to know you're not a fraud and rocking the real thing. I guess you havent' experienced it yet. Ive tried wearing a fake in my early 20s, it always bothered me knowing it was fake, especially when someone asks about it. Do you lie or tell them its a fake? If you're lying to them, are you lying to yourself too?

Yes you are right, I am definitely NOT the fraud, those people selling a watch at these rates are. When people in many countries are dying of hunger and poverty and the rich who have all the opportunity to help them instead spending money on these worthless things are fraud. If a person is respected based on what he wears then humanity itself is a joke, I am glad there are replicas to check these fraud companies.

@@JohnRubenIndia lol, and that attitude and view of the world is why you will always be the one hating on successful people

We all know how successful people are successful today, 99% of wealth owned by only 1% of population, this makes something definitely wrong with every country's govt. policies....oh wait aren't these same people who made these policies.

Lmao too broke for a real watch

nice one tim

The fake market will be there as long as people are not willing to pay retail prices. I'm not saying fakes are a good thing, but when a 99% copy of a watch can be made and sold for 5% of the original it says something about the true production costs and inflated profit margins.

Heimdallr Keep in mind that you also pay the art creators. Those fakes are only trying to copy the art. But you are right about the inflation. Fake watches are for fake people. Although there are people that buy for example an original rolex to fake themselfs aswell as its a weathy show off item. Anyway i would never support a business that only copys others work and also probably the craftmanship are children or extremely underpayed if not forced to work people.

Its funny how show-offy brands like Rolex and Cartier get all the fakes....Fake stuff for look-at-me types....A great match I would say....

ARJUN DIVAKERA Very true indeed.

Cartier won't lose money or even giving discount. They are the hottest celebrity brand for jewellery. There always be someone who are willing to buy overpriced shit from Cartier

I'd take a Seiko 5 over a real Rolex. If I took the Rolex it would be to sell that ugly thing and buy like 100 Seiko 5s.

or........they like the look but don't wanna throw 5 - 6K under the bus. You see, not all of us are rich snobs that can afford to pay rent, bills and gas and still have enough money to buy a 5 - 6K watch. Some of us, just like fell in love with the design of the watch but can't afford to pay for it, and the only option left is to buy a fake, and maybe one day, when I have that kind of money, I'll buy a gen watch.

Don't do it

Try saying that to yourself when it breaks and you can't get it fixed under warranty.

Then you buy another one.... Simple

no fakes there, relax

I bought a watch as CARTIER, the movement was ETA. I going to return it.

Also solid tip!! If the watch is very good and you can’t tell listen to the movement as the rotor spins. ETA based movements have a “click” as they rotate. Most all fakes will have an ETA movement. The 1847 MC while “somewhat” noisy (the sound is relative. All automatics have rotor noise. Rolex is really good at silencing that. But boy you should hear the Patek Nautilus!! That sound is like no other) spins effortlessly with no click.

haha to me you come off as salty cuz u out here buying something so expensive, yet easily cloned. No one cares about your trained eyes or trained ears lmao stfu

at 1:10 the fake is on the right

this video got me confused, some features of the watch i have fit one and some other so im totally lost

True however if I don't think what a brand charges is worth what they're selling I simply don't buy it, I'd buy a genuine cheaper watch (hence why my small collection is exclusively Seiko for now), I wouldn't buy something dodgy that pretends to be the product from the brand I just refused to buy from however.

jacc88888 maybe you haven't heard about Cartier ID one and two concept or their mystery clock, I'd suggest you to watch watchfinder video on Cartier Rotonde De Cartier central chronograph to really understand how important Cartier in the watch industry

@@G1NZOU The price of high end watches has mostly risen well above inflation for a while now. I bought an Omega Speedmaster Moonwatch a little over fifteen years ago, brand new at Mappin & Webb on the high street for £1204. The same store today sells it for around £4200. Mine is down as an item of value on my house insurance so I could replace it if I lost it but I could not really afford to just go out and justify buying a new one today at the price they ask. I earn a little more than I did back then but nowhere near roughly three and a half times what I did. It cost me half a month's wages then and it now costs 1.5 x my month's wage today. The Speedmaster used to be amazing value for money, now they are on a cash grab it seems and have attempted to create perceived extra value of the watch simply by putting the price up a ridiculous amount.

But you'll know you are wearing a fake...all the time.

@Row fair enough IF it makes someone happy. I myself don't want to support fakes that profit organized crime with my money and the illegal theft of intellectual property.

You can take your real Cartier to an authorized dealer and they will polish it up back to the new-like condition.

+Magister Ludi, thanks, I appreciate your reply! About Rolex replicas: I think there are two factors that go into this, which are (in no particular order): Rolex are clearly the most desired fakes to this date. The brand's image has suffered a lot, because unless you're at least in the sort of mid to upper middle class, the first perception by your environment is gonna be "come on, that's a fake, right?", even if it's actually legit. Long story short: Huge demand => Incentive for fakers to improve their products. The second point is, they are arguably easier to fake. The most popular (fake) models, i.e. your Datejusts, Submariners, and to a slightly lesser extent Explorer I's and Milgausses are all quite basic in a sense. You need some good CDC and polishing machines, which are ubiquitous by now. For the high quality fakes, you'll get affordable sapphire crystals, proper ETA clones (legally manufactured, since a lot of patents expired), possibly from Japan or even Switzerland.... So in that sense, I agree that there are Rolex fakes that look even more flawless. On the other hand, I've never ever seen a proper functioning fake Sky Dweller or Yachtmaster... BUT: If you take into account the intricacies of this Cartier, i.e., the unusual case design, the dial with its guilloche (as you rightly say) but also its other elements which require different finishing techniques, etc... This is a remarkable, highest quality fake. And in comparison, I would argue that a 97% perfect copy like this is superior to a 99% perfect Rolex copy. As for ordering this stuff off the internet. Well, there's lots of things you can allegedly buy, including counterfeit money and hit jobs. I've never tried those, but I assume that in 99.99% of cases you end up with nothing (or in prison, because the offer has been planted by a state agency). For watches, yes, these sites exists, and some of them actually do deliver. However, you likely won't get the product as advertised, and/or it will be intercepted at customs depending where you live. That's where the real trouble starts. I know a lawyer here in Switzerland from a firm that almost exclusively drags people to court for their counterfeit orders being intercepted at the border. And it won't come as a surprise that Rolex is one of their biggest clients ;-) In short, you might give the few hundred dollar fakes a try and get lucky all the way. But the top fakes, which do set you back around 1k, there's not much to find. Likely because people who are willing to gamble away $1000 can probably afford the real thing in the first place.

It's not a 1k rep, it can be bought for around 300usd - you just need to know the places where to buy them.

This is not true. There are entire fora online dedicated to high end watch reps that come straight from manufacturers (known as "factories") in China. This rep is $300-$400, tops.

LOL as if wearing a fake watch is a crime punishable by death. It’s just a fucking watch brand founded by some person like u and me some years ago. Ppl act like it’s some sort of holy item and worship them like a god. Honestly even authentic Cartier quality aren’t that great and it’s definitely not worth the 6k they are asking for. Btw this is coming from someone who doesn’t even own a fake.

Well said

rinse off our soul..omg

Victor Tan exactly. They are embarrassed to show he movement. Its an entry level swiss watch. Hardly special.

That is fair enough and at least partly a matter of taste. There are a dozen watches I'd buy before a Cartier even though they are well made and often beautiful.