What do you guys think about this?


Years ago I talked to a lawyer over dinner at a Club Med down in Mexico and he told me this:

When he was in Hong Kong on business, he bought a $hitload (about 30) of very sincere looking fake Rolex watches, really cheap.

He said the only way you could tell the difference between the real and fake, was that on one, the second hand was a sweep second hand, and the other, there was a second hand that ticked one second at a time.

Most people would never know the difference. I certainly wouldn't.

When he got back to Chicago, he had a jeweler gut all the fake Rolexes, and put bulletproof Timex watch guts in them.

They looked so real you could not tell the difference, and lasted forever.

Kind of the idea of putting a Chevy motor and tranny into a Rolls Royce, like that...

They made wonderful gifts, his busniness clients loved them, they were all delighted.

I can't afford a real Rolex, so I would probably take one, for fun....
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Although Jeremy Clarkson said, that people at parties who wore Rolex watches, at parties, were known to always seen checking the time far more often, and ostentatiously, than people who didn't.


hahahahha

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

It has the same nostalgia as a kit car.

What is the lure of counterfeit designer goods? Is it the vanity of giving the appearance of "wealth and taste" when the practice is precisely the opposite?

Ask that one outside of Walmart and report back to us.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)

As soon as I see a woman driving her Pack O' Kidsmobile" while wearing a Hermes scarf, I will.

I just got back from Wal Mart and did my shopping while wearing my real Rolex. Funny this post appeared as I felt sort of weird and out of place there as I wasn't wearing stretch pants and didn't have at least four screaming kids hanging off me. At least I didn't have to park my Benz there as I'm out of town (in Alabama) and driving a underpowered Toyota. "It's a brand new one" she said as she handed me the keys. I was so thrilled, I cried.

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99 ML320
94 SL600
92 SL500
95 E320 Cabriolet
87 560SEC
86 300SDL Grease Car
80 380SLC Euro

13 Fiat Abarth
02 Maserati Spyder Cambiocorsa
00 BMW Z3
90 Rolls Royce Silver Spur
80 Ferrari 308 GTSI
88 Jaguar XJS12 H&E Edition
99 Land Rover Discovery

Got to New York and get on down to Canal St. in Chinatown. Why stop at a Rolex. They have Jaegger LeCoultre, Pateks, Vacherons, Ulysse Nardins, anything you want. I once saw a Patek Sky Moon for $50.00. The amazing thing was that it was mechanical and all or at least most of the complications worked. That (the genuine article) is a $1,000,000.00 plus wrist watch.

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1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

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Well put.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

It worked with the lawyer, so why not now? You just have to find a market. I doubt potential buyers could give a crap about quality or are watch aficionados -- they just want the name.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

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Depends on how you’re trying to push them off.

If you give them away and state clearly that they are fakes. Fine.

If you give them to people you know may not know the difference, and act like they are real. Shame on you.

That’s kind of like a nice big “diamond” ring for the wife, and some time later (on her own) she finds out it’s CZ.
You’d be an AH there for sure, and should be treated as one.
Same with the fake watch.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

If I were to wear a fake to impress people it wouldn't be a poseur Rolex.


This is the part of the thread that people say:

My Rolex, yada yada to let everyone know they have a Rolex.

There are plenty of watches styled like Rolexes made by real manufacturers that you can get for under 100 bucks that I don't see why you'd bother.

Unless you just like to pretend you have a Rolex

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

Not me.
I have a cheap-a$$ Seiko, a few Russian Poljots and a nifty look'n Fossil.
Someone gave me a Breitling (not a big buck top-o-the liner. But right now, I'm not really even sure where it is.)

Nick? How 'bout you?

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

I thought Breitling was standard issue for all pilots, second only to a strap on.

I have found that most pilots need to know the time just about as accurately as everyone else. And everyone else is not wearing a Breitling.
I’ve also discovered that when I enter the aircraft with my Seiko, Fossil or Poljot saying the same time as the co-pilot’s Breitling. After the flight - When I get out, it gives me the same time as the co-pilot’s Breitling.

Go figure….

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !