Fake Watches - Replica Watches
Fake watches are an illegal copy of a genuine watch, which also has the original's brand name. According to Swiss Customs Service, there are an always increasing number of fake watches being circulated each year. They estimate that they amount to about thirty to forty million fake watches. There are two types of fake watches:
* Trademark violations - these fake watches are low priced watch imitations. This fake watch has the name of the prestigious brand, however it lacks its functions and designs.
* Trade dress - Trade dress is a legal term of art, which refers to the visual appearance of a product.
These fake watches are designed to resemble the authentic watch. They are often produced out of the same materials, and are priced a bit higher than the first type. You will hardly see the difference, when you put this replica side by side with an original one.
How would a person know that they are purchasing a fake watch?
* Designations of the watch housing has poor quality.
* Branded watches that are sold on the street are clearly fake watches.
* If there is no official guarantee certificate for the watch that you are buying, then it is a fake watch as well. However you should be careful because there are fake watches, that also come with fake guarantees, so be always careful.
* Check the packaging. An authentic watch should be packaged in a polished manner.
People should also be aware that by buying fake watches they are violating the trademark and design rights of the original manufacturer. Also, supporting fake watches, shoes and other products would lead to legitimate manufactures' significant loss in profits. As for dealer, they do not only lose profits, but also jobs, because the community is not collecting the correct tax revenues.
Rolex nowadays is one of the most counterfeited brands so here are some tips to avoid buying fake Rolex watches.
* Rolex watches have a smooth "sweeping" movement. High end fake watches will try to duplicate this effect to no avail. Even the high end fakes still tick around three or four times per second.
* Bear in mind that Rolex does not have a clear back casing.
* The Cyclops magnifying glass of Rolex can magnify up to 2.5 times and fake watches can only do that up to 1.5 times and sometimes this function is not working.
* Check the weight of the Rolex watch because a genuine watch is heavy in weight.
* Check the bracelet. A Rolex bracelet can be bent smoothly, unlike the fake watches on which you will see a kink.
Though it is tempting to buy fake watches for various reasons such as pricing and sometimes these are almost as good as the original ones, you must always think first about the consequence of buying replicas. There are a lot of things to consider. If you want to buy a branded watch for a good price you can buy used branded watches. You could go online and look for various shops that offer these types of watches that are sold at a lower price, and you just have to be careful as always that you are buying the original used watch.
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