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Originally Posted by Apache
You are so wrong as far as watches go. "Fake watches have extremely cheap movements and other parts. The quality of the metal is cheaper. Most are fold plated and the plating is so thin it might last a couple of months. The pins holding the links together are also inferior and the bands tend to fall apart after a short period of time. If they are copying a Rolex or one of those they are not even in the race as far as anything goes.
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Actually, you're the one who is wrong as far as watches go. Sure, the vast majority of fakes sit somewhere between utter crap and substandard, but fake watches featuring genuine or duplicated ETA movements are easy to come by. There's really no need to use cheaper metal, because the correct grade of steel is cheap to begin with. Plating will vary of course, but again it's often just as thick and just as durable as the genuine article. In fact, some fake watches today are so well made that all parts are interchangeable with real parts and only a watchmaker with extensive brand experience will be able to identify it as fake with certainty.