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Old 23 November 2019, 08:06 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by jvmartin View Post
They have a few brick and mortar stores, including a huge store in a posh part of West Hollywood... I have pointed out fake rolexes to other resellers (not the realreal) in the past and generally their response is that their watchmaker signed off on it... the so called watchmaker usually looks at a few general indicators (i.e. serial number location) and gives it a greenlight but it definitely takes years of experience and expertise in order to determine not just the authenticity of a watch but its interchangeable components (i.e. dial, band, etc.)...
In NYC they have a ROLEX trained watch guy.
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