Best replica watch
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Am going to hong kong in about a month, and wondered whether I should get a pretty replica watch.
Now I have to say up front I don't agree with spending £1000's on a watch which is no more accurate than a £2.50 plastic one, and feel very little reason to do so. So this isn't a genuine watch thread or even a replica versus original watch thread. Hopefully this thread won't turn into a MR2/ferrari thread
I awlays fancied the look of breitling watches and wondered watch watches people thought were just simply good looking for a guy.
I must also say that I havn't worn a watch for the last twenty years of my life so it'll have to be damned pretty to make it past the first month when I get back
Now I have to say up front I don't agree with spending £1000's on a watch which is no more accurate than a £2.50 plastic one, and feel very little reason to do so. So this isn't a genuine watch thread or even a replica versus original watch thread. Hopefully this thread won't turn into a MR2/ferrari thread
I awlays fancied the look of breitling watches and wondered watch watches people thought were just simply good looking for a guy.
I must also say that I havn't worn a watch for the last twenty years of my life so it'll have to be damned pretty to make it past the first month when I get back
Unfortunately this is why I didn't want to post in the watches forum, and why I posted in pie and piston.
I obviously didn't make it clear enough I don't think genuine watches are worth buying for a mod not to move the post
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Honestly guys, read the original post. I'm not an enthusiast, I would never pay out for a genuine watch as I think its a total waste of money.
I have no problem with those who would pay out, its just not me.
So endless posts suggesting asking or suggesting I should buy the real thing are redundant unless you just like ruining the thread.
To the mod who moved my post to an enthusiast forum when I blatantly was looking for simple suggestions on a fake. Thanks for nothing.
I obviously didn't make it clear enough I don't think genuine watches are worth buying for a mod not to move the post
.Honestly guys, read the original post. I'm not an enthusiast, I would never pay out for a genuine watch as I think its a total waste of money.
I have no problem with those who would pay out, its just not me.
So endless posts suggesting asking or suggesting I should buy the real thing are redundant unless you just like ruining the thread.
To the mod who moved my post to an enthusiast forum when I blatantly was looking for simple suggestions on a fake. Thanks for nothing.
julian64 said:
Unfortunately this is why I didn't want to post in the watches forum, and why I posted in pie and piston.
I obviously didn't make it clear enough I don't think genuine watches are worth buying for a mod not to move the post.
Honestly guys, read the original post. I'm not an enthusiast, I would never pay out for a genuine watch as I think its a total waste of money.
I have no problem with those who would pay out, its just not me.
So endless posts suggesting asking or suggesting I should buy the real thing are redundant unless you just like ruining the thread.
To the mod who moved my post to an enthusiast forum when I blatantly was looking for simple suggestions on a fake. Thanks for nothing.
You can find plenty of Rolex copies, I would have a look though the Rolex,Breitling ect website, find one that you like then go from there I obviously didn't make it clear enough I don't think genuine watches are worth buying for a mod not to move the post
.Honestly guys, read the original post. I'm not an enthusiast, I would never pay out for a genuine watch as I think its a total waste of money.
I have no problem with those who would pay out, its just not me.
So endless posts suggesting asking or suggesting I should buy the real thing are redundant unless you just like ruining the thread.
To the mod who moved my post to an enthusiast forum when I blatantly was looking for simple suggestions on a fake. Thanks for nothing.
Just get a really mad comedy fake, something like a daytona leopard which is just so OTT that nobody in there right mind would believe it is anything else other than a fake, the real thing costs the price of a seriously nice car but unless your name is Poo Diddly or Fuggy Beer you just wouldn't
julian64 said:
Am going to hong kong in about a month, and wondered whether I should get a pretty replica watch.
Now I have to say up front I don't agree with spending £1000's on a watch which is no more accurate than a £2.50 plastic one, and feel very little reason to do so. So this isn't a genuine watch thread or even a replica versus original watch thread. Hopefully this thread won't turn into a MR2/ferrari thread
I awlays fancied the look of breitling watches and wondered watch watches people thought were just simply good looking for a guy.
I must also say that I havn't worn a watch for the last twenty years of my life so it'll have to be damned pretty to make it past the first month when I get back
Why bother? If you haven't worn a watch for twenty years, why start again wearing something that is a fake? If you want to tell the time but don't want to spend £'000's buy a Seiko or a Tissot, you'll get a well made product that'll last you years.Now I have to say up front I don't agree with spending £1000's on a watch which is no more accurate than a £2.50 plastic one, and feel very little reason to do so. So this isn't a genuine watch thread or even a replica versus original watch thread. Hopefully this thread won't turn into a MR2/ferrari thread
I awlays fancied the look of breitling watches and wondered watch watches people thought were just simply good looking for a guy.
I must also say that I havn't worn a watch for the last twenty years of my life so it'll have to be damned pretty to make it past the first month when I get back
You clearly enjoy spending good money on fine cars, stick to that you won't be disappointed by a fake/replica.....
So you don't think the real thing is worth the money, but want other people to think you do?
I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
Haven't been to HK for 5 years or so, but fake watches were plentiful in the street markets in Kowloon and TST and are everywhere throughout SE Asia.
I buy a couple of fake watches whenever I go to Asia, usually from Bangkok, as much because I enjoy the sport of haggling for them and becuase they make nice Chrissie presents for young relatives as much as anything else.
Quality ranges from terrible to quite convincing from 3 feet away. Generally the ones on open display are rubbish, the better ones are round the back so they don't lose their good stock when they get raided - they'll hussle you off somewhere to show you the good stuff when you tell them you want something better than offered.
Do some research and print off some some pictures of the real thing so you know want you're looking for and so you can use the inevitable errors that you'll spot easily in the copies as bargining points.
Opening price is always outrageous, often £200+, I generally end up paying around £20 for a chrono stype Breitling copy etc or £10 for a non Chrono style and I expect I'm still getting stiffed, but who cares.
I've never had one stop working and they keep good time, but the quality is rubbish even for the ones that are visually convincing - if you wear one everyday the strap will wear very quickly - the leather cracks and steel links go stiff, the lacquer will start to peel irritating your skin and annoyingly the luminous (sp?) glow in the dark bits on the face don't glow in the dark, so you keep heving to flick your bedside light on to tell the time at night.
Very embarrasing when you meet someone who's wearing the real thing and they immediatly point out the differences between theirs and yours and you have to fess up.
Good sport for a bit of fun, but don't kid yourself with what you'll be buying. My trusty £100 Seiko that's been on my wrist pretty much constantly for the last 9 years and has been to exposed to numerous beaches, swimming pools, seawater, spas, cycling accidents etc is an infinitely better watch than any of the numerous fakes I've bought over the years and looks like new whilst the fakes are only good for a month or so's wear before they look embarrasingly worn and end up in the bin.
I buy a couple of fake watches whenever I go to Asia, usually from Bangkok, as much because I enjoy the sport of haggling for them and becuase they make nice Chrissie presents for young relatives as much as anything else.
Quality ranges from terrible to quite convincing from 3 feet away. Generally the ones on open display are rubbish, the better ones are round the back so they don't lose their good stock when they get raided - they'll hussle you off somewhere to show you the good stuff when you tell them you want something better than offered.
Do some research and print off some some pictures of the real thing so you know want you're looking for and so you can use the inevitable errors that you'll spot easily in the copies as bargining points.
Opening price is always outrageous, often £200+, I generally end up paying around £20 for a chrono stype Breitling copy etc or £10 for a non Chrono style and I expect I'm still getting stiffed, but who cares.
I've never had one stop working and they keep good time, but the quality is rubbish even for the ones that are visually convincing - if you wear one everyday the strap will wear very quickly - the leather cracks and steel links go stiff, the lacquer will start to peel irritating your skin and annoyingly the luminous (sp?) glow in the dark bits on the face don't glow in the dark, so you keep heving to flick your bedside light on to tell the time at night.
Very embarrasing when you meet someone who's wearing the real thing and they immediatly point out the differences between theirs and yours and you have to fess up.
Good sport for a bit of fun, but don't kid yourself with what you'll be buying. My trusty £100 Seiko that's been on my wrist pretty much constantly for the last 9 years and has been to exposed to numerous beaches, swimming pools, seawater, spas, cycling accidents etc is an infinitely better watch than any of the numerous fakes I've bought over the years and looks like new whilst the fakes are only good for a month or so's wear before they look embarrasingly worn and end up in the bin.
Edited by Seight_Returns on Tuesday 9th September 17:43
Justayellowbadge said:
So you don't think the real thing is worth the money, but want other people to think you do?
I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
Nope, do read my posts I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
.I want a watch that looks pretty.
I don't care how expensive the original is, I don't want an original.
I don't travel in the sort of circles where anyone would either know what an original was or care that I was wearing one.
Originals look pretty.
£2.50 watches don't.
Hence original looking pretty, and crystal quartz inside for all I care.
Oh I give up
julian64 said:
Justayellowbadge said:
So you don't think the real thing is worth the money, but want other people to think you do?
I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
Nope, do read my posts I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
.I want a watch that looks pretty.
I don't care how expensive the original is, I don't want an original.
I don't travel in the sort of circles where anyone would either know what an original was or care that I was wearing one.
Originals look pretty.
£2.50 watches don't.
Hence original looking pretty, and crystal quartz inside for all I care.
Oh I give up
Justayellowbadge said:
julian64 said:
Justayellowbadge said:
So you don't think the real thing is worth the money, but want other people to think you do?
I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
Nope, do read my posts I don't get it. A has been suggested there are plenty of real watches at the price that will be unbelievably better in quality terms, and you don't look like the slightly desperate bloke down the pub flashing his Bolex.
.I want a watch that looks pretty.
I don't care how expensive the original is, I don't want an original.
I don't travel in the sort of circles where anyone would either know what an original was or care that I was wearing one.
Originals look pretty.
£2.50 watches don't.
Hence original looking pretty, and crystal quartz inside for all I care.
Oh I give up
You seem to have already justified in you own head why you want to buy one so I do not understand why you are asking us our opinion.
fake watches are not for me but I'm not going to get on a high horse about your choices. if see one you like get one whats it to us?
Id rather buy a decent Seiko but thats just me. I kind of think you knew we would say that on the watch section so why ask. confused.
be man if you think its a good idea to get one then get one, why do you need us to validate your decision?
fake watches are not for me but I'm not going to get on a high horse about your choices. if see one you like get one whats it to us?
Id rather buy a decent Seiko but thats just me. I kind of think you knew we would say that on the watch section so why ask. confused.
be man if you think its a good idea to get one then get one, why do you need us to validate your decision?
i bought a replica breitling cronomat with a diamond bezel . looks the part and its a good weight.but i new it was not real so i treated myself to a real breitling super avenger . wife was a little pi--ed off about the price , so treated her to a boob job . how we are both happy. win win . he he .any way back to the watches . the replica is now for sale .
Pesty said:
You seem to have already justified in you own head why you want to buy one so I do not understand why you are asking us our opinion.
fake watches are not for me but I'm not going to get on a high horse about your choices. if see one you like get one whats it to us?
Id rather buy a decent Seiko but thats just me. I kind of think you knew we would say that on the watch section so why ask. confused.
be man if you think its a good idea to get one then get one, why do you need us to validate your decision?
Beacuse I didn't post on the watches section. This section is the last place I wanted my post moved to. It would be like wanting to build an MR2 ferrari based repilca and posting on the ferrari forum to find out what their opinion was. I was moved here by some mod who didn't read further than the title before moving me out of pie and piston and onto here fake watches are not for me but I'm not going to get on a high horse about your choices. if see one you like get one whats it to us?
Id rather buy a decent Seiko but thats just me. I kind of think you knew we would say that on the watch section so why ask. confused.
be man if you think its a good idea to get one then get one, why do you need us to validate your decision?
julian64 said:
Unfortunately this is why I didn't want to post in the watches forum, and why I posted in pie and piston.
I obviously didn't make it clear enough I don't think genuine watches are worth buying for a mod not to move the post.
Honestly guys, read the original post. I'm not an enthusiast, I would never pay out for a genuine watch as I think its a total waste of money.
I have no problem with those who would pay out, its just not me.
So endless posts suggesting asking or suggesting I should buy the real thing are redundant unless you just like ruining the thread.
To the mod who moved my post to an enthusiast forum when I blatantly was looking for simple suggestions on a fake. Thanks for nothing.
The bit in bold is the bit I don't understand.I obviously didn't make it clear enough I don't think genuine watches are worth buying for a mod not to move the post
.Honestly guys, read the original post. I'm not an enthusiast, I would never pay out for a genuine watch as I think its a total waste of money.
I have no problem with those who would pay out, its just not me.
So endless posts suggesting asking or suggesting I should buy the real thing are redundant unless you just like ruining the thread.
To the mod who moved my post to an enthusiast forum when I blatantly was looking for simple suggestions on a fake. Thanks for nothing.
Even a replica is a genuine watch - ie it tells the time, its just made to look like (and benefit from) something that someone else has spent considerable money and IP designing marketing and developing.
If you don't care about it or move in circles that care but simply want something that looks "pretty" then buy whatever takes your fancy in HK. Though whether you or they care about what is printed on the dial seems unlikely.
However, unless you spend a reasonable amount of money, and I suspect that means north of, say £50 or so, it'll be rubbish and won't look "pretty" for long.
The same (or nearly the same) money would be better spent on a low cost, but genuine watch from somewhere like RLT, Timefactors, Christopher Ward, Werners, Poljot, Alpha
(Alpha's a bit borderline I agree ...)
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