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Originally Posted by Belfaborac
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.
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I think you might be misunderstanding the difference between generic parts for high-line watches and knockoff watches of major brands. Have you ever opened up both knockoff watches and compared them to the real watch? Or taken the bands apart and compare them? I do this all the time and have yet to see a knockoff that uses high quality parts. Most of the knockoff copies are not even water resistant at all. They use pot metals that are soft and corrode when in contact with perspiration. Knockoffs do not even use stainless steel cases. And no you can not take parts from a knockoff and use it interchangeably with a genuine watch. Or visa versa.
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